CIOs have become frustrated as internal improvement projects with strong ROIs are being canceled in the face of tight IT budgets, says Mark McDonald, group VP of Gartner Executive Programs. These efficiency projects have one year paybacks and strong year-over-year benefits, and are well within...
Governor Jim Doyle signed into law a bill to make it easier for healthcare providers to share patient data, particularly in the case of patients with mental illnesses. Reactions from some in the healthcare community were positive, but they called for more steps to be...
Bernie Siegel was a Miami lawyer in 2002 when a cult-like organization known as the Raellians claimed to have cloned a human baby. Siegel filed a motion in a Broward County on behalf of the "baby," suspecting all along it didn't exist, and helped to...
A Cystic Fibrosis test developed by Third Wave Technologies has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration. It is the second Third Wave technology product in the past week to clear a key regulatory hurdle. ...
Investors in Milwaukee and Madison have joined to start a new investment company, Spire Capitol Advisers, to provide investment capital to Wisconsin companies with between $2 million and $20 million in annual revenue. ...
Madison's Third Wave Technologies saw its stock price rise 25 percent the day following its announcement of a successful trial phase for its human papillomavirus (HPV) test. ...
Sonic Foundry has received an initial delisting warming from the Nasdaq Stock Market that basically says, “get your stock price consistently over $1 or else.” The company's stock price had traded below that floor for 30 consecutive business days. ...
In today's constantly changing workplace, one thing remains constant: a younger generation of workers have vastly different expectations and needs. To meet their workplace expectations, and hang onto their skills and talent in the process, IT and other managers will have to think outside the...
When it comes to major technology project failures, the problems often begin in the project's initial stages, according to attorney Erik Phelps. That means negotiating detailed, iron-clad contracts that serve the interests of both technology adopter and vendor. These deals are not rocket science, but...
Columnist Tom Koulopoulos has been immersed in the subject of innovation, especially in corporate settings, for the past several years, but he recently received a wake-up called that challenged his assumptions. In a talk to students at Babson College, he found evidence of an emerging...