James Carlini observes that before spending billions of dollars on infrastructure, let's make sure everyone know what infrastructure consists of. In March, he submitted a white paper and was invited to speak at the upcoming US Dept. of Homeland Security's Workshop on Aging Infrastructure...
While most technology industry executives hold a dim view of current state economic conditions, 45 percent of those responding to the first WisBusiness.com Tech Leaders Survey said the Wisconsin economy will improve during the next year and nearly three-quarters of the executives rated the overall...
President Obama wants a health-care reform bill on his desk before Congress takes its August break, and his deadline has prompted a sizzling summer debate over how to cut costs, raise revenues and extend coverage to more Americans. Not surprisingly, some ideas are good...
CIOs in recent survey continue to throttle back their budgets and reduce spending on new IT projects. But they do see some light coming next year. Plenty has changed over the last nine months - bankrupt auto makers, government bailouts, a financial crisis, a Wall Street...
Lured by the state's tax credits for investments in high-growth companies, a Minneapolis biotech start-up said Thursday that it was moving to Wisconsin. VitalMedix Inc. is developing a drug that first responders, trauma center surgeons and military medics could use. The drug, Tamiasyn, has the potential...
Are we there yet? Dell and HP resellers tired of waiting for the next corporate PC refresh cycle can look forward to it starting in 2010 and continuing through the next three years, according to a report from Bernstein Research. Just when you thought PC sales...
Since Sept. 11, 2001, Illinois hasn’t fared well when it comes to attracting new corporate facilities to locate here to create new jobs. No tax hike is going to fix the real problem, which is the loss of jobs, the loss of corporate headquarters and...
In tough times, businesses have to cut everything but their core operations. Governor Jim Doyle demonstrates in his new budget that business development remains a core priority. Here at the Department of Commerce, we’ll be implementing the most powerful new economic development tools in the...
How do businesses best utilize search engines to market their business? Learn the most important things to do to get your business known on the internet at the Thursday, July 9 meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network in Milwaukee. Rishi Shah, CEO of Flyingcart.com and Cd...
For most of the last decade, Wisconsin has been told it should be more like Minnesota. In many ways, that’s true. Minnesota has more college graduates, more business start-ups, more venture capital and, not surprisingly, higher per capita income than its neighbor to the east. Of...