Wisconsin Technology News

CIO Executive Edge: Leading in times of transition
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We are nearing the end of the first quarter of calendar 2010 and a few things are becoming apparent. 2010 is a year of transition as the global economy begins to recover, strategies turn to a focus on growth and new technologies work their way into the market place.

Google opens app store for business software
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Before Apple vs. HTC: Tech's five most sensational patent cases
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Imagine a world in which Microsoft wasn't allowed to sell Windows or Word, no one could use a Blackberry, Intel's chips were taken off the market and every company that wanted to deploy Linux had to pay an exorbitant fee to an obscure software vendor.

PercipEnz Technologies honored as one of the 2010“Wisconsin Companies to Watch”
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WiCell marks stem cell anniversary with WISC Bank expansion
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A year after President Barack Obama issued a landmark executive order to remove eight years of limitations on U.S. federal funding of stem cell research, the WiCell Research Institute has expanded the number of cell lines available through its WISC Bank (Wisconsin International Stem Cell) to 33.

IT decision makers display widening disparities in confidence
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There may be signs of growing confidence among IT decision makers in some sectors, but it is not widespread, and there are still lingering areas of pessimism. According to the latest CDW IT Monitor, increased optimism about growth among federal government and large corporate IT decision makers is balanced against a less confident outlook among those in local government, state government and small businesses.

Marshfield Clinic leaders named to e-records board
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Two Marshfield Clinic leaders said their organization's vast experience with integrating electronic health records will provide real-world solutions for a state board tasked with making personal health information available to any doctor in the state. Dr. Robert Carlson, chief information officer, and Gary Plank, director of pharmacy services, were named last week to the Wisconsin Relay of Electronic Data for Health Board, or WIRED.

Amicas to reconsider Merge Healthcare buyout offer
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Guest Column: Galileo's top five tips to entrepreneurs
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An entrepreneur in the twenty-first century might not look to seventeenth century Venice for a role model, yet a remarkable one exists in Galileo Galilei. Galileo is famous because he was the first to offer evidence that the earth is not the center of the universe but revolves (along with the other planets) around the sun.

Core BTS wins customer satisfaction award
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