Author: WTN News

Twenty contestants remain in the fifth annual Governor's Business Plan Contest, with several technology companies among the finalists. The finalists, who have submitted their business plans for judging, will compete for cash and in-kind prizes, and the winner will be announced in June during the...

Gov. Jim Doyle has awarded $231,000 in community development zone tax credits to accommodate expansion at AVISTA, Inc. The Platteville software engineering firm will use the money to expand its office space in the Platteville Business Incubator. ...

The lack of good-paying jobs for American citizens is reflected with the latest multi-billion dollar financial collapse, which affirms previous economic observations of columnist James Carlini. In this edition of Carlini's Comments, he notes that cheap labor is not cheap, and judging by the rate...

Erik Forsberg, formerly the senior director of scientific development at Pharming Group, has been appointed to the new position of executive director of the WiCell Research Institute. Forsberg, who has ties to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be responsible for supporting the UW's stem cell...

The technology industry in Dane County saw solid gains in the number of firms and in employment, and stronger growth in revenue, according to the 2008 Greater Madison Area Directory of High-Tech Companies. Despite a slowing economy, the annual directory reports a 1,000-job increase...

Whenever a software vendor tries to dictate the terms of a software license, the purchasing company should consider it a red flag, advises columnist and attorney Mark Foley. In this edition of Digital Lex, Foley says standard vendor agreements should be viewed as a starting...

Kevin Hayden is leaving his post as secretary of the Department of Health and Family Services to return to the private sector, but not before helping to expand healthcare coverage in Wisconsin and developing legislation to remove barriers to the electronic sharing of patient data....

Governor Jim Doyle's alternative energy plans calls for the state to generate 25 percent of its electricity and 25 percent of the fuel for cars and trucks from renewable sources by 2025, and targeted investments are part of the strategy. The latest example is a...

Jim Maurer was one of AT&T's lobbyists on the controversial bill to create statewide franchises for telecommunications companies interested in providing video services, including television. As a lobbyist, it was his job to advocate in favor of a bill, now a law, that will provide...

Having deployed virtually all of the core Epic Systems' ambulatory and insurance modules, and McKesson clinical-management tools, Group Health Cooperative's Galen Metz looks forward to leveraging the new medical records for a purpose that many hospitals and clinics haven't yet had time to think about...