Two Wisconsin companies have been selected to make presentations to potential investors during the annual Cleantech Venture Capital Forum in San Francisco. The companies, Orion Energy Systems of Plymouth and Best Energies of Madison, will present before a forum that has raised more than $700...
With businesses becoming increasingly dependent of information technology, it's vital for them to align IT with their business needs, opines Global Fusion columnist and WTN Editorial Director Mike Klein. More than one Wisconsin organization has done so with a corresponding alignment between IT and upper...
Gregg Fergus is probably the only professional who has ever flown from Madison to Silicon Valley just to reach the office, but his weekly commute is over. Fergus, who recently was named to the executive teams at Baird Venture Partners and Caden Biosciences, is counted...
Okay, there is a need to solve energy issues, and the Midwest could play a major role in renewable fuels, opines columnist James Carlini. However, practical solutions can be implemented by individuals without major lifestyle changes, he asserts in this edition of Carlini's Comments. ...
Framing the issue as a matter of leveling the playing field, the budget proposal submitted by Gov. Jim Doyle calls for applying the state sales tax to the downloading of digital information. A similar proposal failed to become part of the previous biennial state budget,...
A new digital world has been created in which users can create and play characters online, and while it sounds like it has the right virtual stuff, new legal issues have come to the fore, according to columnist Deborah Wilcox. This new “inline” world is...
A Wisconsin company is making beautiful music as a provider of downloadable sheet music. Musicnotes, Inc., reported a 45 percent increase in sales last year, and the New Year is off to an even stronger start. ...
GE Healthcare has introduced a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) product that helps clinicians assess damage to cartilage and increase the range of treatment options. The non-invasive imaging method was displayed at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons....
When it’s time to purchase software, how does a CIO avoid cursing the software vendor and wondering how he ended up with such an inflexible piece of junk? Guest columnist and IT strategy consultant Patrick Gray offers five tips to help your organization cut through...
Dr. William Yasnoff, founder of the eHealth Trust Initiative, says Wisconsin would be better off taking the $30 million proposed for the adoption of electronic health records and use the money to set up a central repository of individual medical records. The Wisconsin Health Information...