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In an attempt to lay the foundation for a national information technology framework, Congressman Bart Gordon has introduced a bill to accelerate the integration of healthcare information technology. Among other things, the measure would have the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

There was a time when the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade merger was a bad idea, but things change and now it's the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and Chicago Board of Trade that are the wrong combination, observes columnist James Carlini. In...

Timothy Jump, perhaps the most renowned high school teacher in the United States, will be in Milwaukee for the annual Wisconsin Entrepreneur's Conference, where he will describe his nationally acclaimed teaching method. Two years ago, a team of high school students instructed by Jump bested...

The acquisition of CDW by Chicago's Madison Dearborn Partners should not impact CDW's growth plans for Berbee Information Networks, company officials said in a conference call with investors. CDW, which acquired Berbee last year, plans to grow the Madison technology company into a $1 billion...

Knowing that current malware solutions aren't going to be self-sustaining, professors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are involved in a collaboration to help the good guys stay one step ahead in the computer virus Cold War. They have developed new software to combat the “on-the-fly"...

MailFoundry, a Green Bay based anti-spam solution provider, has launched an anti spam appliance that can handle more than 100,000 users and 20 million e-mails per day. The filter is designed to be scalable and combat increasing threats from spam, phishing attacks, and viruses....

Rockwell Automation, a provider of industrial automation control and information solutions, has reached an agreement to acquire Industrial Control Services Group Ltd., a British industrial controls company, for $218 million. The British firm is considered an important strategic fit for Rockwell's process-control and safety-solutions businesses....

With its reach extending farther across the globe, TomoTherapy is opening an international Technical Training Center in Madison. The center will be used to train employees to maintain Hi-Art radiation therapy systems that are sold around the world....

A recent Internal Revenue Service ruling is likely to accelerate the national pace of electronic medical record and healthcare IT adoption at non-profit and not-for-profit facilities. Wisconsin non profits, however, have been moving ahead with EMR and healthcare IT adoption despite national uncertainly about the...