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Is there a method to the methodology madness? Columnist and information technology strategist Patrick Gray says even the best methodology can't save a project beset with poor leadership and poor project management. Methodologies are important to an extent, he writes, but they pale in comparison...

TurboTax Online is a model for start ups looking to grow into a real business by delivering strong customer value, according to DEMO Letter columnist Chris Shipley, who was saved by TurboTax after procrastinating on her 2007 tax filing. She says new web entrepreneurs would...

Still trying to regain its footing after a potentially devastating financial scandal, Merge Healthcare hasn't given up trying to maintain and grab additional market share. The Milwaukee-area medical imaging software company is the latest to unveil a product enhancement that fuses imaging and informatics. ...

Emory Healthcare in Atlanta will install a radio frequency identification product from GE Healthcare to track medical equipment and improve its inventory management. The solution, which is called IntelliMotion, enables health facilities to conduct real-time equipment tracking. ...

Hewlett-Packard's Kristin Pugh visited Madison last week to address the subject of innovation, and advised smaller businesses to partner with a core group of clients to drive the innovative process. Hewlett-Packard, which has a 600-employee research and development lab, has acquired several smaller companies that...

Oskar Anderson, who administers the state Division of Enterprise Technology, has offered his support for recommendations to improve the success rate of state information technology implementations. The recommendations were contained in a highly critical report issued by the Legislative Audit Bureau....

The Milwaukee Common Council has given an extension to a local company that has been contracted to build its citywide wireless Internet network. Midwest Fiber has until June 7 to finish work in a demonstration area that was supposed to be completed in mid January....

A recently completed audit of information technology projects in key state agencies places the blame squarely on a lack of strong management and oversight on large, high-risk projects. The audit report, which identified 184 IT projects that are expected to cost nearly $300 million, was...