Orbital Technologies Corp., a privately held Madison-based technology group, announced Monday that it is seeking private investors to embark on its next stage of growth. The 20-year-old company also recently announced that it is reorganizing itself into five separate operating groups because the technologies developed by...
Hartford, Wis. — Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity fund, today announced the completion of its acquisition of API Software Inc., a Hartford developer of labor management systems for the healthcare industry. "We are extremely excited about the future for API," said J.P. Fingado, API's President...
The state will have to leave 3,500 state jobs vacant, eliminate employee bonuses and cut agencies' budgets by 2.5 percent to deal with the worst projected budget deficit in its history, Gov. Jim Doyle said Thursday. Doyle also called for targeted tax increases and wouldn't rule...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. lawmaker plans to introduce a bill in January that would bar Internet providers like AT&T Inc. from blocking Web content, setting up a renewed battle over so-called network neutrality. Sen. Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, believes a law is...
A prominent University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher has been named to President-elect Barack Obama's transition team. R. Alta Charo, a bioethicist who has served on a federal panel on embryonic stem-cell research and on President Clinton's National Bioethics Advisory Commission, will review health policy for Obama. Read more ...
American Family Insurance is cutting 160 contractual workers in information technology services in Madison due to slower business conditions. Company spokesman Steve Witmer said the cutback scheduled for mid-December will not affect customer service or the company's core business functions but will slow down less-critical projects. Read...
On the trip down to the annual SIMposium conference in Orlando this week, I leafed through Time magazine’s commemorative issue on the presidential election (great photos from both campaigns) and was struck by the number of advertisements plugging green IT.. >>Read More ...
A Milwaukee software company has raised $1 million to help it transfer its technology for telling jokes online into professional arenas such as screening job candidates and conducting surveys. >>Read More ...
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Milwaukee, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has appointed Melissa as its first director for research cyber infrastructure. Woo, who brings more than 14 years of research-related experience, much of it in research computing, will lead the development of campus-wide research computing strategies. She will also...