World health experts are concerned that an avian flu pandemic could wreak global havoc, and the rush is on to prevent such a catastrophe. Toward that end, the Gates Foundation has provided a $1.3 million grant to UW-Madison and Lentigen Corp. to donate information and...
Most organizations are not very good at change management transitions, and healthcare is no exception, according to St. Mary's Hospital president Frank Byrne. In this first part of a Visions interview with WTN, Byrne notes that effective change, however technology enabled, is more a matter...
Okay investors, you have a choice of placing your venture capital bet on one of two companies, each developing a promising therapy for prostrate cancer. Which do you choose? WTN columnist Steven Clark offers an example of how a good scientific understanding of emerging...
Ed Delaporte, the former director of information technology for Electrolux Home Care Products North America, has been appointed vice president of information technology for the Gehl Company, a West Bend manufacturer of construction and farm equipment....
The Seattle-based Avanade, Inc., citing an emerging customer base in Milwaukee, has opened an office in the Milwaukee Center on Kilbourn Avenue. The company had been serving metropolitan Milwaukee clients through its Chicago office....
Origin Investment Group has provided $200,000 in angel capital to eContractorBids.com, an Onalaska-based service that allows business and government entities to solicit bids from local contractors. The LaCrosse-based Origin Investment Group was established with the support of the Small Business Development Center based at the...
In 2006, Wisconsin citizens spent $19.5 billion on energy, and costs increases are expected to continue in the foreseeable future. That according to Gov. Jim Doyle, who has announced a new $15 million program of state grants and loans for alternative energy development. ...
Failing to understand data privacy could cause CIOs and other managers headaches like sanctions and redesigns, writes lawyer Mark Foley. When data privacy laws collide with enterprise human resources information systems, even simple reports or data access can involve cross-border data transfers under multiple jurisdictions....
John Byrnes, executive managing director of Mason Wells, explains the Milwaukee Institute, which is building computing resources and tools for shared use by researchers. He hopes the institute will provide a base for large-scale research projects of national importance, and goes over some of the...
The original Star Wars was groundbreaking in many aspects, including its use of Dolby's four-channel surround sound. So stunning was the sound that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences created an award for sound effects director Ben Burtt. But the dramatic improvement in...