The Owen-Withee area of central Wisconsin is leading the way in the development of an agribusiness technology park along Highway 29 in northern Clark County. The land is part of what used to be the Clark County Farm and hosted what was Wisconsin Farm Progress...
The White House has released a report calling for urgent action to secure the nation's computer network infrastructure. The report covers the findings of a 60-day review of national cybersecurity policy and practice by Melissa Hathaway, a member of the National Security Council (NSC) and the...
President Obama used a White House speech yesterday to try to raise national concern about threats to computer networks, drawing praise from some industry executives and lawmakers but criticism from others who said his initiatives do not go far enough. Obama said he will name a...
Grady Memorial Hospital awarded a $40 million information technology contract to a Wisconsin-based software maker. Verona, Wis.-based Epic Systems Corp. beat out blue-chip contenders, McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK), Cerner Corp. (NASDAQ: CERN) and Siemens for the contract. Epic is a private, employee-owned software firm focused on developing...
A Madison company aiming to put itself at the center of the evolving field of regenerative medicine said Wednesday that it has licensed a key patent portfolio involving the differentiation of stem cells into heart cells. Cellular Dynamics International negotiated an exclusive license to the technology...
As unemployment among tech workers increases with the recession, the U.S. government is raising broad questions as part of a federal case over H-1Bs about the connection of visa fraud to the unemployment of IT workers. The government's interest in H-1B fraud-related unemployment turned up in...
When an outsourcer relies on in-house staff, it's already a touchy situation. When the outsourcer claims credit for the result, in-house staff have to play the game carefully in order to win. Read Bob Lewis' Blog>>...
The economic stimulus package passed earlier this year will provide a $6.8 billion windfall to the wireless communications industry, projects ABI Research. In a report released Tuesday, ABI says the government will spend $6.8 billion for "wireless communications upgrades and new deployments" over the next two...
With billions in stimulus dollars available to help doctors and hospitals digitize their health records, it stands to reason that tech companies want to make spending that money as easy as possible. Several of the players--Allscripts, Cisco, Citrix, Dell, Intel, Intuit, Microsoft, and Nuance Communications--have teamed...
New software from I.B.M. can suck up huge volumes of data from many sources and quickly identify correlations within it. The company says it expects the software to be useful in analyzing finance, health care and even space weather. Bo Thidé, a scientist at the Swedish...