Author: WTN News

Fair or not, if you are an entrepreneur here in Wisconsin the implications of being in flyover country are serious. You face a number of funding and execution challenges your Silicon Valley and Corridor counterparts are generally spared. Let's explore some of those...

26 August, 2008 /

Milwaukee, Wis. - Metavante Corp., a leading provider of banking and payments technology, today announced an alliance between Metavante and Connect Software Solutions, LLC, an online banking provider for credit unions. Together, Metavante's bill presentment and payment solutions and Connect's online banking platform will yield...

26 August, 2008 /

Following a disappointing second quarter financial performance, TomoTherapy has announced some changes to its management team. The Madison-based medical device manufacturer said its chief financial officer would retire in March of 2009 and that its vice president of global sales has resigned....

26 August, 2008 /

Despite the cost associated with implementation and operation, and in spite of the fact that hospitals and health systems are bearing the brunt of those costs, the pace of health information technology adoption in Wisconsin hospitals is encouraging, according to Dana Richardson, vice president of...

25 August, 2008 /

Madison, Wis. - Widen Enterprises, a Madison, Wisconsin-based premedia and software as a service provider, is proud to announce the release of the latest version of Backdrop, its photography workflow management application. Backdrop by Widen is a web-based image management application for creative professionals that provides...

25 August, 2008 /

The Wisconsin information technology industry was represented on Inc.com's second annual ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies. In all, nine Wisconsin IT companies (68 overall) made the list, which reported aggregate annual revenues of $185 billion. The top ranked Wisconsin IT company was CCI,...

25 August, 2008 /

America's economic malaise is dampening the ability of biotech companies to raise money from the financial markets, a traditional source of biotech capital, according to Yer Biotech Blues columnist Michael Rosen. Fortunately, something is sustaining the biotech industry, and that something is the voracious appetite...

25 August, 2008 /

Caden Biosciences, which relocated to Madison amid great fanfare and after securing nearly $6 million in venture capital from Illinois and Wisconsin investors, has closed its doors. Caden had been developing a tool to help researchers screen for additional drug targets, but company officials and...

25 August, 2008 /