IT

Milwaukee — Within the ever-expanding realm of content management systems (CMS) providers, Northwoods Software sets itself apart by keeping things simple for clients. Forget the gearhead techno-speak. The Milwaukee area firm is about helping people solve communications and business issues through plain talk and better...

Traditional, rural Alaskan knowledge can now spread globally thanks to a joint effort between UW-Madison’s Environmental Remote Sensing Center and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. Their MapTeach effort is designed to combine geospatial information with traditional knowledge as a teaching tool....

We here at Buzz-Word Central feel conditions warrant raising the threat level on the word “simple.” We’ve identified a significantly increased level of chatter around the term in the IT and business-management press....

• OnCourse to sell subsidiaries to Bombay firm
• Menasha to appeal sales tax ruling on software
• Sievewright to help Fiserv expand the markets
• Rockwell teams with Endress for process simplification...

Kenosha, Wis. — Gateway Technical College has almost finished teaching its first class of students in the IBM Advanced Career Education Program, and already it has gained recognition and the opportunity to lead other colleges in adopting its ideas....

Milwaukee — As the highway reconstruction efforts continue their development in downtown Milwaukee, complaints have been leveled at the amount of money, $685,000, the state Department of Transportation spent on a Web site that will update people on the road's status. Several local Web design...