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Everyone is talking about the race toward cloud-based computing, but apparently, most organizations aren't rushing to embrace the emerging Web-based infrastructure as quickly as they might - based at least in part on concerns over security. A new study into cloud computing adoption trends published by...

How to succeed in tough times: Be resourceful, watch the details, and live up to your commitments. “Resourcefulness” is the one-word answer to what a CIO needs to have in 2009. So says James Knight, global CIO of Warren, N.J.-based insurer Chubb, in a telephone interview conducted...

SAN JOSE, CA – The global hospital information systems market will climb past $35 billion by 2015, according to a new forecast by Global Industry Analysts. The United States represents the largest market in the world. The U.S. hospital information system market is experiencing...

Some ethanol plants were announced with a big splash, including a YouTube video featuring former Gov. Tommy Thompson. But now, Wisconsin's ethanol and biodiesel industries face some financial messes. The state's largest ethanol plant, Renew Energy in Jefferson, has filed for bankruptcy. A proposed $195 million plant that...

Twelve UW-Madison faculty members have been named finalists to compete for five spots in the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, the public part of a $150 million public-private research building going up on the 1300 block of University Avenue. The institute, to focus on biotechnology, nanotechnology and...

Layoffs are hard on everyone, but your team could grow stronger despite budget cutbacks. My last two columns have talked about conducting triage on your IT projects and what you should do in shutting down those projects that don’t make the cut. Now, what about your IT...

How to save make-or-break IT initiatives in troubled times There was a joke at the height of the Cold War: What should you do in the event of nuclear missile attack? Take shelter, duck and cover, then kiss your butt goodbye. If you're trying to save...

We the people of the IT profession, in order to form a more perfect union … oh sorry, wrong speech. Actually this isn’t a speech at all, but a written account. It might surprise you to hear that the U.S. State of the Union Address...

It’s probably safe to say that Whopper Sacrifice, Burger King’s impish Facebook campaign that offered users free burgers in exchange for dropping 10 friends, wasn’t aimed at retirees. But maybe it should have been. A recent report from Forrester Research indicates that while it might be...

In a bracing refresher course on why they call economics the dismal science, a gathering of academics Thursday poured cold water on the idea that the new stimulus plan will create lots of jobs and improve the lives of many by wiring rural areas for...