Entrepreneurs

Do we really need workers from overseas, or do we need to re-employ those that have lost IT and tech jobs in the last five years?” asks columnist James Carlini. In this edition of Carlini's Comments, he talks about the salary-slicing impact of luring H-1B...

There may be fewer and fewer excuses for Wisconsin companies that are not actively pursuing college students for IT jobs. A team of students from Madison Area Technical College fared well in recent cyber defense competitions, showing they are ready to meet the growing need...

The technology industry in Dane County saw its largest single-year job increase in recent years, and its ranks grew to 510 businesses, according to the 2007 Greater Madison Area Directory of High-Tech Companies. The annual directory lists technology businesses in 12 industry clusters, and shows...

If the powers that be were seeking a blunt spokesman for the next chairman of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society, they hit the jackpot with John Wade, VP/CIO, Saint Luke's Health System of Kansas City. Not one to mince words, Wade, the chair-elect of...

The man who led Fiserv from a small private company to a multi-billion dollar corporation will be inducted this month into the Wisconsin Business Hall of Fame. Leslie Muma, Fiserv's president and chief operating officer from 1984 to 1999, will join three other new inductees....

Customer engagement is the mantra of new and aggressive attempts to reach the public through new-media concepts. In this edition of Buzz Networks, columnist Paul Gibler looks at four companies that have revamped their approach and now are using web-based media to good effect....

Gov. Jim Doyle has announced the next steps in the state's effort to produce more alternative energy and address climate change. One of the first projects of the new Office of Energy Independence will be to work with the Public Service Commission on a clean...

Marshall & Ilsley Corp., a Milwaukee-based financial services corporation, has announced its plan to split off Metavante Corp. into an independent public company with the help of a New York private equity firm. Metavante, which offers banking and payments technologies to financial services firms and...