Author: WTN News

Notion of bandwidth spedometers for DSL, cable sparks controversy

Audio rigs, hamburgers, milk, beer, and high-speed Internet access...

06 April, 2006 / 0 Comments

State commits $500,000 to boost bachelor's degrees

Green Bay, Wis. — In a bid to increase per capita income, retain more college graduates, and give working adults more career advancement options, the state announced a commitment of $500,000 to help more residents complete baccalaureate degree programs....

06 April, 2006 / 0 Comments

Broadband access needs a champion, FCC commissioner says

Milwaukee, Wis. — The United States ranks a dismal 16th worldwide in broadband deployment largely because it lacks a national broadband strategy, a member of the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday....

05 April, 2006 / 0 Comments

Fiserv crosses Fortune 500 threshold

Milwaukee, Wis. — Fiserv, Inc., the Brookfield-based provider of financial and health benefits technology, is one of 10 Wisconsin companies to make the annual Fortune 500 list of the largest revenue-producing companies in the United States. ...

05 April, 2006 / 0 Comments

Audit of multi-million dollar state IT spending will proceed

Madison, Wis. — The Joint Legislative Audit Committee voted unanimously to authorize an audit of troubled information technology system projects in state agencies....

05 April, 2006 / 0 Comments

Neurognostics partners with Medical Numerics

Milwaukee, Wis. — Neurognostics Inc. said it has partnered with Medical Numerics Inc. in Virginia to deliver a combined functional magnetic resonance imaging software product....

03 April, 2006 / 0 Comments

Executives hear about promise, limits of RFID and nanotech

Wisconsin business executives gathered in Milwaukee to hear how radio frequency identification and nanotechnology can make their businesses more competitive, but while several applications are tantalizingly close, barriers remain....

03 April, 2006 / 0 Comments

Morgridge gift enables phase one of Institute for Discovery

Madison, Wis. — The planned Wisconsin Institute for Discovery has drawn the largest individual gift yet to the University of Wisconsin-Madison: $50 million from John and Tashia Morgridge....

03 April, 2006 / 0 Comments

Froedtert invests $1.5M in local medical imaging startup

Milwaukee, Wis. — Wisconsin biotechnology officials hope Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital's decision to invest $1.5 million in an entrepreneurial medical imaging company will be the tip of the iceberg of close-to-home venture investing....

03 April, 2006 / 0 Comments

Small Tree receives additional angel funding

Eau Claire, Wis. — Small Tree Communications said it has received $285,000 in further angel funding from the Chippewa Valley Angel Investing Network, which invested $445,000 in the networking company last year....

03 April, 2006 / 0 Comments