Anti-ethanol arguments are easily debunked

In the first of a two-part opinion piece on ethanol, Wisconsin biotech executive John Biondi attempts to pick apart the arguments made against ethanol. This segment focuses on energy balance, price viability, and impact on agriculture. Part II will focus entirely on the environmental debate. ...

A new partnership between Wisconsin-based Small Tree Communications and California's Foundry Networks could be just what the doctor ordered for smaller, artistically oriented businesses that want to affordably transfer high-definition video. ...

Inventors may or may not pay a price for being tardy in patenting their inventions, but they are better off not leaving things to chance. In this opinion piece, Chicago attorneys Bratislav Stankovic and Donald Silvert say it's wise to heed recent judicial interpretations of...

Penn State University is the latest educational institution to install a Madison company's rich-media product. PSU's Milton S. Hershey Medical Center will use MediaSite, a Web-based tool produced by Sonic Foundry, to enhance medical education....

The importance of change management in information technology projects has been stressed so often, people are getting tired of hearing it. But as SynergyHealth VP/CIO Kim Pemble has learned, there is no subsitute for shared ownership and comprehensive training....

The Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation has transformed its technology-transfer model and secured a new partnership in which it will market and license 10 unused patents for a New Jersey corporation. It is the Racine County organization's first partnership since abandoning its original patent-donation...

While some municipalities are fighting AT&T about Project Lightspeed and others are looking at Wi-Fi applications, others are looking at major fiber-optic investments. While these fiber investments have paid off in Utah as we mentioned in last week's column, there are others that we don't...

Given the many barriers to effective and secure implementation of electronic health records, Wisconsin software executive Ravi Kalla is predicting a faster move by personalized medicine. In a recent interview with WTN, the CEO of Symphony Corp. also explained his distrust of centralized information-sharing models....

Another Wisconsin technology company has reported record profits and revenues, this time thanks in large measure to a lucrative defense contract. Despite the closing of a manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom, Plexus Corp. reported earnings of $25.1 million, and nearly $400 million in revenue...