Our innovation is fueled by the strength of the U.S. patent system, yet there is a movement to erode the very system that is driving entrepreneurialism, according to Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of BIO, which will hold its Mid-America VentureForum this month in Milwaukee....
TeraMedica Healthcare Technology has signed a joint marketing agreement with Australia's Healthinc Solutions to distribute TeraMedica's Evercore software suite in the Asia Pacific Region. The companies believe their partnership will enable large-scale clinical content management across multiple vendors....
The CIO 100 celebrates the top 100 organizations worldwide that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology, and for the sixth time in seven years, the law firm Foley & Lardner has made the list. The Chicago-based firm, which has...
TomoTherapy, already enjoying one of its best years financially, has plenty more room to grow after selling its first radiation therapy unit in China. The publicly traded company will officially launch its first Hi-Art System in China during a forthcoming trade mission led by Gov....
The Wisconsin business climate is underrated by deceitful stats - new company formation for one - but some new metrics have been published that put the state economy in a much brighter light, according to columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still...
Colin Scanes was recruited to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to grow the university's research enterprise and help make UWM an even larger force in Milwaukee's economy. In a recent appearance before the Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association, Scanes pointed out that a great deal...
Automated Notification Systems, a start-up company that employs electronic scan technology, is the top emerging growth company in this year's Creating Your Own Business (CYOB) Contest sponsored by the Eau Claire Area Economic Development Corp. The company's electronic scan and notification technology will be trial...
A women-only angel investment network based in Milwaukee has added angel groups in Chicago and Miami, and will expand to two more locations within the next 12 months. Women Angels, founded by Wisconsin attorney Barbara Boxer, has a portfolio that already includes TrafficCast International and...
Many economists fear that the flat world, as defined by author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, has led us to the brink of a global bubble, a bit more ominous than the dotcom bubble, according to columnist Tom Koulopoulos. In this WTN debut...
CleanTech Partners of Madison has announced the availability of $500,000 in grants from the Forestry Research and Development Grants program, which supports the research, development, or commercialization of technologies that use forestry biomass as an energy or biochemical source. The program will accept applications through...