Wednesday is Data Privacy Day, notes columnist and blogger Joe Campana, and it's a perfect time to understand just how vulnerable we are to identity theft and other forms of cyber crime. In this edition of Privacy Diary, also the name of Campana's blog, he...
While infrastructure projects - concrete and digital - figure to be on the federal stimulus menu, an economic recipe with some staying power features an innovative workforce as the main ingredient. As Tom Still explains in this edition of Inside Wisconsin, having innovative workers that...
American businesses lose an estimated $150 billion annually in trade secret theft, and most of the losses occur among small and mid-sized businesses that are unaware of steps that can be taken to protect trade secrets, according to Madison attorney Sharon Mollman Elliott. In this...
The Jan. 31 deadline to enter the Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest is fast approaching, and the backdrop of this year's contest is today's unprecedented economic conditions, notes columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still says the contest provides incentives for would-be...
Technology transfer is an essential job-creating process, and some believe that one way Wisconsin can improve economic conditions is to increase the rate at which research discoveries are transferred from its universities to the business community. In this WTN guest column, Kurt Waldhuetter, a regional...
Surviving the worst economy in decades requires some boldness in terms of operational objectives, notes columnist and accounting executive Ronald Kral. Unfortunately, Sarbanes-Oxley, while improving transparency and the accuracy of financial reporting, also may have taken too much time and energy away from operational excellence....
With interstate economic competition gradually becoming a thing of the past, Wisconsin and Minnesota are working to save money on everything from software to call centers, but they should not stop there, opines columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still says inhabitants...
With many Big Pharma companies approaching the cliff of patent expiration, and recent changes in the executive suite at major companies, 2009 should be a year of transformation in the life science industry, writes columnist Michael Rosen. In this edition of Yer Biotech Blues, Rosen...
Infrastructure projects are nice, but they are no substitute for real, sustained job creation, notes columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still hopes the Powers that Be remember this as they craft the economic stimulus bill, which should reauthorize the federal Small...
If you're suddenly unemployed and thinking about starting your own business, your technology set-up is one of your most important considerations. In this WTN guest column, Jerry Norton of Candela Solutions, who usually writes about business accounting, wears the hat of technology consumer as he...