In what is being called a logical next step in the evolution of a Wisconsin medical services software provider, EMSystem of West Allis has acquired the electronic patient care technology of a California company that makes and sells personal health records and other medical software....
Deltanoid Pharmaceuticals, a privately held pharmaceutical development company spun out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has announced the completion of a $12 million round of financing that will be used to advance therapies for the treatment of renal disease. The money comes from a group...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has finalized an exclusive license with Enable IPC Corp. to develop and sell ultracapacitor technology. The agreement formalizes a relationship that began with a license option agreement that gave Enable IPC the option to license the ultracapacitor technology, an alternative to...
Where have all the people gone that know what they are talking about, especially the apparently arcane subject of network infrastructure? The question is posed by columnist and cocktail party imbiber James Carlini, who challenges policy makers and others to take the network competency test...
The legacy of UW Chancellor John Wiley is not confined to the UW-Madison campus, but throughout the state of Wisconsin, according to columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still notes that Wisconsin businesses and campuses throughout the state, particularly UW-Milwaukee, have had...
Is “Return of the Dotcom Bust” coming to a business theater near you? Columnist Brad Spirrison thinks the $15 billion valuation for Facebook could be a prelude to a second "dot-comedy," and he quotes several venture capitalists that view this level of valuation as an...
Innovation, and the value-added products and services that result, has been touted far and wide as the antidote to low-price competition from India and China, and it is one of the reasons why Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle is pushing incentives for research and development. However,...
Unless you regularly are involved in venture capital transactions and stay up to date on recent trends and deal structures, it's hard to know if you're taking advantage of best industry practices. Attorney and columnist Matt Storms has a handy resource, the American Bar Association's...
Is there a control mechanism that allows computer programmers into production while still providing some assurance that they are not accidentally jeopardizing (or intentionally manipulating) software? You bet there is, and Jerry Norton explains it in this edition of Boardroom Perspectives. According to Norton, the...
Legislation known as the Cable Competition Bill now has passed both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature and is on its way to Gov. Jim Doyle's desk. The bill would end existing deals between local governments and cable companies, and establish a statewide franchise for service...