The telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks said Wednesday that it would cut its work force by 3,200 jobs worldwide. The company, based in Canada, said the new round of job cuts would be made over the next several months. The reduction is on top of 1,800...
Two of Obama's claims from the SOTU: "We invented solar technology, but we've fallen behind countries like Germany and Japan in producing it." and "I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it." After a period of prolonged study and meditation...
Moral: don't dig yourself into a newsworthy tech hole. Online IT products and services reseller CDW ran a contest last fall called Project Upgrade, sponsored by HP and Microsoft. Small businesses with 50 or fewer employees entered the contest to win $50,000 worth of hardware and...
Eric Griswold doesn't want to say too much about his talking bottle cap. A slip of the tongue about his inexpensive technology might attract copycats. The Milwaukee engineering consultant wants to learn how investors think, however, and network with other entrepreneurs. His solution? For the third year in...
When Howard Rubin speaks, people listen. And when the subject is cloud computing, today’s IT leaders—many of whom are attempting to chart nascent cloud strategies—are bound to lean forward a little farther in their chairs. CIO Insight contributor Tony Kontzer recently spoke with Rubin, an IT...
On its 25th anniversary as a company, Fiserv Inc. today unveiled a new logo, an enhanced market approach and a new brand identity for the banking technology company. The full integration of CheckFree's electronic commerce operations within Fiserv has been a catalyst to drive increased innovation...
Wiley announces massive building will be complete by December 2010, officials excited for its unveiling University officials said Tuesday the construction of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery building is on track for completion in December 2010. “It’s going great. The building is on schedule and on budget,...
The Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting that the developer of a planned 1.7 million-square-foot biosciences park in southeast Minnesota is close to snagging a deal that will create a billion-dollar venture fund to attract start-up biotech companies to the state. Steven Burrill (photo), a well...
Electronic health records vendors need to take the new Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act within the economic stimulus law seriously and start educating employees and customers now. They also need to step up and quickly enhance their products to meet the...
Today, an IT department has many reasons for adopting “lean” practices; saving costs is only the most obvious. Other objectives are to reduce time to market, offer more competitive products and services, increase capacity, and simplify solutions. There are a myriad of ways to accomplish this:...