IT

Within the commercial real estate markets, those commercial buildings that lack “IQ,” or broadband connectivity, will lose tenants and overall value over the next five years, observes columnist James Carlini. In this edition of Carlini's Comments, he explains how to measure a building's IQ....

RedPrairie Corp. said its customers will gain robust map rendering capabilities for efficient transportation and fleet management as a result of its new partnership with Telogis, a provider of location-based services and software....

Weakening economic conditions in the United States are having no impact on global information technology spend, but American CIOs are reporting spending declines on the homefront, according to a recent survey of global CIOs by Gartner, Inc. The survey found that far from dragging down...

Wisconsin added more than 1,600 high-tech jobs last year and ranks in the upper half of states in terms of high-tech employment, but still lags behind most other states in terms of the average high-tech wage. On average, technology workers here earn $61,000, which is...

AT&T has announced the launch of its third-generation wireless broadband service in Greater Madison. The telecommunications company said the 3G network will deliver what it calls supercharged mobile access to interactive content and mobile applications as part of the launch, which will take place in...

The Madison-based TrafficCast, a provider of traffic information, has announced a partnership with GeoMicro, a GPS navigation application developer, to deliver traffic information and forecasts on mobile devices. The partnership was announced from the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association's annual Wireless Show in Las Vegas. ...

Chief information officers wondering how the slowing economy will impact their purchasing decisions are getting some guarded guidance from Gartner, Inc. Thanks largely to continued activity in mobile PCs, the technology and business research organization sees double-digit growth in personal computer sales, unless economic troubles...

The acquisition of the Expert Nurse Estimation Patient Classification System by the Hartford-based api Software will help the Wisconsin company meet state-imposed requirements for patient-to-staff ratios. api Software, a provider of labor resource management software to healthcare organizations, believes ENEPCS also will help hospitals with...

Despite the economic slowdown, high-tech jobs are still in big demand, but the number of women pursuing careers in IT is declining. To increase awareness among girls and women in IT careers, Madison Area Technical College will host a career expo specifically designed for them. ...

The implementation of globally integrated Human Resources Information Systems can be shaped nation by nation, or be predicated on key global standards, according to Wisconsin attorney Mark Foley. In this edition of Digital Lex, Foley offers a series of principles that amount to business process...