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Strong economic conditions have provided more optimism for chief information officers, as more CIOs have told Robert Half that they plan to ramp up hiring in the second quarter of 2007. The company's latest hiring report indicates that 14 percent of CIOs plan to add...

Nearly 50 Wisconsin businesses, including prominent employers like Rockwell Automation, Manpower, and GE Healthcare, have pledged to support health information technology through the use of interoperability standards. The pledge came during a recent visit by Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, who was here...

Risk management, risk management, risk management. It's become the matra of IT, but not for trivial reasons, according to key presenters during the Fusion 2007 CEO-CIO Symposium. With threats hitting businesses from all directions, and with technology becoming more pervasive and complex, technologists are in...

With state budget deliberations about to get into full swing, Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still says it's time for those who care about pushing the state's tech-based economy to get involved. A number of helpful proposals are before the Legislature, but complacency can leave even...

Gov. Jim Doyle views increased support of the University of Wisconsin System as a key to driving future economic growth. In this Guest Column, he writes that schools in the system, which have taken a back seat to K-12 in terms of state funding support,...

The undeniable link between IT and business mission was one of several themes addressed in the 2007 CEO-CIO Fusion Symposium, where top executives expressed a strong preference for proactive CIOs with a strong understanding of the business. Proactive CIOs present IT projects with strong business...

With the United States in the early stages of another major economic transformation, where does Wisconsin rank among the 50 states in the so-called "New Economy?" Although Wisconsin was in the upper half of states in several key categories, it ranked 30th overall in the...

Despite all the happy talk about the importance of work-life balance and the benefits of flexible working, traditional notions of 14-hour work days remain firmly entrenched, according to Next Generation columnist Tony DiRomualdo. All the more reason why Best Buy's unlikely yet successful foray into...