CAN-SPAM: Where’s the Meat?
The CAN-SPAM Act went info effect Jan. 1 and, although its enforceability is weak, it gives Web marketers a taste of things to come....
The CAN-SPAM Act went info effect Jan. 1 and, although its enforceability is weak, it gives Web marketers a taste of things to come....
MADISON – It was all cheers and high-fives in Janesville last week as General Motors announced it will continue to roll trucks off the city’s GM assembly line, a decision that will keep high-wage manufacturing jobs in southern Wisconsin....
Last Monday morning, I asked the question I hoped never to ask the Mauna Lani Hotel concierge: "Where is the business center?" For a moment I thought I had a reprieve, a good excuse. "I'm sorry," she said, "the business center is closed for renovation."...
I’m not a big Bob Dylan fan, but lately I can’t help thinking of the second verse from “Blowin’ in the Wind” (http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/blowin.html) in which he questions man’s inability to confront what is really happening all around him. ...
The days of technology for technology’s sake are long gone and not much mourned. However, the recent round of cost cutting has not led toward an obviously more valuable and satisfying technology portfolio either. Companies are left knowing they have to invest in information technology...
Corporate America is currently facing major government-mandated change as a result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sarbox). While the act requires near real-time reporting and companies to continually evaluate their financial controls and regulatory compliance, it is not explicit as to the technology requirements and information...
Wisconsin got a much-needed boost from a recent Barron’s Magazine story entitled “Rust Removal. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published, “Barron’s article knocks the rust of state manufacturing outlook,” in which I discussed some of the...
CHICAGO – Michigan has an ancient and proud history of interstate sports rivalries (especially with Ohio, Illinois and other Midwest states). Sometimes, like this past New Year’s Day, the rivalry generates nasty taunts such as: “What do the Michigan Wolverines and marijuana have in common?...
Social networking is a tech bubble that I fear is about to burst. Months ago, venture investors and entrepreneurs jumped on the pump and began inflating the idea that there was money to be made by exploiting so-called six degrees of separation....
CHICAGO – They’re back. In its forecast of the top 10 entrepreneurial trends for 2004, Red Herring magazine recently proclaimed: “Angel investors are back – funding the small start-ups that will be tomorrow’s giants.” Angels, of course, are an important source of venture financing. ...