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In Robert Merrill's estimation, accurate software estimates are a myth. Merrill, a columnist and software entrepreneur, advises software intensive businesses to wake up to the reality that estimates may never be good enough. Even the best estimates don't tell us about uncertainties due to team...

How much longer will the Midwest dominate the medical device landscape? That's what Yer Biotech Blues columnist Michael Rosen wonders after a recent trip to Switzerland. While 10 of the top 20 medical device companies have their headquarters in the Midwest, growth in the medical...

Brookfield, Wis. - Fiserv, a leading provider of information technology services to the financial industry, today announced it has acquired The Data Center (TDC) based in Grapevine, Texas, from Compass Bank. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. TDC was a licensee and reseller of the...

More evidence of that Wisconsin is becoming noted for its computing prowess comes in the form of an FDA contract awarded to Sun Prairie's Comprehensive Computer Consulting. The company, along with teaming partner EDS, were awarded a five-year, $12 million contract from the FDA, which...

For several election cycles, Big Pharma has been delivering the mother's milk of politics, namely money, to the Republican Party, but 2008 is different. In this edition of Biotech Takes, columnist Steve Clark notes the pharmaceutical industry has made a dramatic, not to mention pragmatic...

Madison, Wis. - How does state government view the future of Wisconsin 's “knowledge-based” economy during uncertain economic times? Gov. Jim Doyle and Commerce Secretary Dick Leinenkugel will address that question the morning of Nov. 6 at the 2008 Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium. Doyle has made...