Commentary

November 1, 2008 is the deadline for compliance with the federal Red Flag anti-identity theft regulations, warns attorney and columnist Mark Foley. In this edition of Digital Lex, Foley notes that even if these regulations do not specifically apply to your company, they establish a...

If you don't understand that information technology has become inextricably linked to the core business of most industries, then you don't understand IT, observes columnist James Carlini. In this edition of Carlini's Comments, he critiques the IT-belittling premise of Switch, Nicholas Carr's latest book....

The Kikkoman Corp.'s relationship with Wisconsin is unique and longstanding, but the company's decision to strengthen ties with a lab at University Research Park underscores Wisconsin's potential for international economic relationships, according to columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still said Wisconsin's...

A group of recent Wisconsin college graduates, armed with nothing but tech savvy and big dreams, hope to build the next mega dot.com business, according to WTN columnist Steven S. Clark. Hardin Design & Development may have started in the basement of a home, but...

Silicon Valley and Northeastern Wisconsin are a half a country apart, but when it comes to their respective risk tolerance, they might as well be on different planets, according to WTN guest columnist Paul A. Jones. In this look at differences in the culture of...

Admiring how British telcos market their network speeds, columnist James Carlini wonders why America doesn't have aggressive network marketing like this. Marketing new network services was never a strong suit of U.S. phone companies, he asserts in this edition of Carlini's Comments, and they could...

With all the drug discoveries being reported around the globe, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is becoming the world's prevailing regulatory authority for the approval of healthcare products, notes columnist Michael Rosen. In this edition of Yer Biotech Blues, Rosen says a truly harmonized...

Stem-cell research in Wisconsin defies the publicly funded strategies of the “Joneses” on the coasts, according to Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still. As the annual World Stem Cell Summit approaches, Still notes that in the short haul, this reality poses a competitive threat. Over time,...

If you want to get a glimpse into the technology trends of the future, don't assemble a focus group - unless, of course, it is composed of kids. In this edition of the Innovation Zone, columnist Tom Koulopoulos explains why adults are so “out of...