Wisconsin Technology News

Twitter becoming essential tool for docs
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For Chinese people, loss of Google would mean 'nothing but darkness'
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CIO Executive Edge: March Madness means that half the year has passed.
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The NCAA Division 1 basketball tournament is called March madness as 64 teams play in a tournament to crown a national champion. Outside of the U.S. this may not mean as much, but the tournament is a big annual event and the subject of much debate and discussion. It should be, because for all practical purposes the end of March means marks not only the end of the first calendar quarter of 2010–it also marks the halfway point for completing IT projects.

CIO drives IT business value with new perspective on processes
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Tim Schaefer, CIO of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., has used the economic downturn to make radical changes in the way IT is perceived and operates at the Milwaukee-based insurer. In this second of a two-part story, Schaefer outlines: an asset portfolio management framework the company uses to get a return on its $3 billion investment in technology, four areas where the IT organization is building capabilities and processes in 2010 and three ways to drive IT business value

CIO Executive Edge: Perspective matters when considering IT investment budgets
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Pundits use IT portfolio measures to justify observations regarding the health and future of IT. The average quoted in some quarters is 71% to operations with the remaining 29% allocated to investment. Pundits claim that a ration of slightly more than 2:1 restricts IT form achieving its full role in the enterprise. IT needs more money applied to change in order to be taken seriously in the enterprise.

The National Broadband Plan needs to be fixed -- already
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March Madness: IT Companies head to the big dance
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Theory meets practice in entrepreneurial bootcamp
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During the week of June 20, the Wisconsin School of Business will direct the fourth annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for graduate students in physical and life sciences, law and engineering, among others. The program is an intensive, hands-on week of learning focused on technology entrepreneurship and is free to the students due to generous donations from program sponsors.

Core BTS will transition to new CEO based in Madison
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Over the course of the next 60 days the role of CEO will be transitioned from Mr. Don Eckrod to Mr. Frank Albi. The transition occurs nearly nine months after Core BTS, Inc. acquired Madison-based Inacom, where Albi served as the president and chief operating officer. After the merger, Albi assumed the same role at Core.

Measure would force White House, private sector to collaborate in cyber-crisis
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