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Today's computer hackers are targeting unsuspecting PC users by silently infecting computers to send spam, perform web attacks, and carry out other crimes, and for the most part anti-malware has not kept up. NovaShield, a Madison-based developer of anti-malware technology, has announced the first commercial...
In Robert Merrill's estimation, accurate software estimates are a myth. Merrill, a columnist and software entrepreneur, advises software intensive businesses to wake up to the reality that estimates may never be good enough. Even the best estimates don't tell us about uncertainties due to team...
Brookfield, Wis. - Fiserv, a leading provider of information technology services to the financial industry, today announced it has acquired The Data Center (TDC) based in Grapevine, Texas, from Compass Bank. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. TDC was a licensee and reseller of the...
The economic news isn't all bad for the third quarter of 2008, as the Milwaukee-based Metavante Technologies reported income and revenue growth of four percent. The company, which offers banking and payment technologies to financial services firms worldwide, reported third quarter net income of $35.1...
API Software, a developer of human resources software for healthcare organizations, has announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by the San Francisco-based private equity firm Francisco Partners II. The 25-year-old API will remain in Wisconsin and may even expand its staff and product...
Red Prairie, a Wisconsin-based software company, plans to anchor a state-of-the-art technology campus in the Waukesha County community of Delafield. The company will partner with RP Technology Development Group to develop a 120,000-square-foot headquarters as part of the new technology park. ...
Brookfield, Wis. - iStream Imaging, a technology company in the business of managing payments, reached a major milestone of $750 million payments in September for its Remote Deposit Capture solution. The company is on target to reach $1 billion payments per month by January 2009. Since...
Citing the integration of information technology and building management, Milwaukee's Johnson Controls has acquired Gridlogix, a St. Louis-based company that develops building management software. With the acquisition, Johnson Controls says it can minimize the impact of high energy prices for larger global customers. ...
Software-Intensive Businesses (SIBs) spend money to create and operate differentiating software applications, but sometimes complexity, layered on top of mistaken beliefs, gets in the way, notes columnist and software developer Robert Merrill. In this WTN Guest Column, Merrill explores how to respond effectively when things...