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UW prof makes laser for scanning lots of information at once

Researchers can derive information about a material based on its sensitivity to different colors. This laser system allows them to try a full range of color...

The doctor is in: Thompson prescribes better health information technology

The Wisconsin Technology Network is committed to helping improve patient safety and healthcare through the development and deployment of technology. We salute the administration and the efforts of Secretary Thompson and his agency to help spread the adoption health technology. If you are interested in learning more about this topic you should attend the following event....

Imaging and Analysis of DIGE Product Information Sheet, Rev B

Difference gel electrophoresis (DIGE) is a relatively straightforward application of differential labeling of protein samples using fluorescent dyes. The technique, originally published by Unlu et al. (1997), uses cyanine (Cy) dyes to differentially label proteins separated by 2-D gel electrophoresis. Following labeling...

Study affirms information technology-productivity link

The recent report titled Digital Pro...

TrafficCast integrates new information source

, which provides real-time traffic data aggregation and analysis to traditional and interactive media, fleet management firms,...

Rote education fails the Information Age

For the most part, they are teaching the classical three Rs. I am not talking about reading, writing and `rithmetic; I am talking about rote, repetition, a...

Weather information companies launch data product

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TeraMedica launches information manager

The product integrates and man...

Global information firm reaches diverse markets

"There is information about location everywhere," said Rooney, founder and president of Earth Information Technologies, Corp.<...

Preparing for avian flu with information technology

The Pandemic Influenza Plan prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services describes p...

Businesses can't hide personal information losses, theft

Wisconsin businesses now are legally obligated to notify customers when their personal information has been stolen, a move that could require businesses to rethink the way they both protect information and track its use. Under Senate Bill 164, signed into law Thursday by Governor Jim Doyle, companies must inform customers of a data breach, which typically occurs when computer systems are...

S.C. Johnson lands in No. 2 spot in Information Week 500 list

Seven other Wisconsin organzations, other than S.C. Johnson, made this year's list.<br...

Crate and Barrel deploys Firstlogic's Information Quality Suite

The company i...

Wisconsin Health Information Exchange shares burden of electronic medical records

As America's health care costs continue to rise, the need for the health-care industry to harness the information exchange potential of the Internet has never been more urgent. In that spirit, the (WHIE) has joined more than 150 statewide and regional efforts across the country in the mammoth task of creating local...

Dressing information technology in business clothes

(In the spirit of full disclosure, I have to admit that my own professional attire trajectory has gone the other way while a software engineering manager at Digital Equipment Corporation, I was once asked if I was par...

Information technology past the end of the Earth

So it's 1492. At least that's how we're acting. The grand majesty of the IT industry is huddled in our comfortable little corner of the world. Yeah, we send the occasional skirmish over into the Kingdom of Marketing or Manufacturing or wherever we think "the business" is, but our maps of the world mostly contain a great deal of detail in the familiar territories of...

Milwaukee could boom with explosion of information technology in medical care

Milwaukee, for all its size and muscle, isn't so fortunat...

State picks long-time vendor for $189m Medicaid information system

The deal, first announced in November, contracts EDS to implement its InterChange health system on the comp...

State receives grant for justice information sharing

Wisconsin is one of six states to receive a $50,000 grant to pull information sharing in the state's law enforcement network further into the Internet age. Wisconsin's grant proposal was submitted in January by the state's Office of Justice Assistance, which houses the (WIJIS...

Consider the content when managing information online

Implementing a content management system (CMS) delivers many benefits to an organization: lower operating costs, shorter publishing deadlines, greater efficiency and a wi...

Dont rely on information technology to change corporate culture

With electronic productivity and communications tools now ubiquitous, organizations of all types are eager to harness their potential to promote more effective communication and collaboration among workers. While these new capabilities have an important role in organizations, the belief that technology by itself can be used to modify the culture and behavior of an or...

Are you gathering information or intelligence about competitors?

The differences between information and intelligence are purpose and process. Having a purpose and a process for gathering information ensures that the resul...

AT&T lands $1.6 million contact renewal with Eau Claire's KRM Information Services

EAU CLAIRE, Wis.AT&T announced Tuesday it has won a three-year, $1.6 million contract from KRM Information Services, Inc., renewing an agreement for toll-free, long-distance and business Internet access services. These services enable KRM to provide turnkey distance learning and real-time, interactive virtual seminars to associations, publishers, corporations and government entities. Eau...

New Information Security Certificate offered at MATC this fall

MADISON The The grant represents a sli...

Thompson announces 'Decade of Health Information Technology'

MADISONU.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced Wednesday the first part of the government's plan to establish a national health information infrastructure in 10 years and bring electronic health records to every patient. <a href...

Inacom Information Systems achieves Cisco Systems Partner -Gold Certified status

MADISON , verifies a company has gained expertise in three specializations in addition to achieving...

The challenges of maintaining patient privacy and delivering secure clinical information

MADISON The white board in the middle of the emergency room that lists each patient and their condition is a familiar scene in many hospitals. But is it a violation of patient privacy? Balancing the best interest of the patient but still providing information to the many care givers that require it was the top...

Wisconsin Technology Network presents symposium on saving lives by the use of Information Technology

MADISON - The Institute of Medicine estimates that information errors or a lack of data lead to as many as 100,000 deaths each year. With this startling figure in mind, the Wisconsin Technolo...

Federal advisor to HHS describes the national information infrastructure

MADISON In a speech given April 27, President Bush proclaimed that health care in America is in desperate need of aid, citing a 21st century health care system [which] uses a 19th century paperwork system. While this seems to be a grim statement, Dr. William Yasnoff , a physician and computer scientist who serves as senior advisor for the N...

Plucking information from the web

It's as if a collective "a-ha!" hit the brains of some of the Internet's earliest entrepreneurs, an a-ha that is spawning a new generation of Web browser tools designed to make finding and using Web-based information much easier than it is today. At DEMO 2004, three companies - BIGontheNet, e.Story, and Groxis - took a swing at the problem with tools that helped manage Web search results...

Demand for information access creates IT vulnerabilities

MILWAUKEE As information technology expands, so does the risk for businesses that are not prepared to manage their most trusted data and proprietary information. The same inter-networking technologies that extend new avenues of communication and commerce to clients and co-workers are leaving businesses more vulnerable than ever before, says Paul Rozek, director of technology services fo...

New solution protects corporate information

Have you ever received e-mail with attachments containing sensitive corporate information not intended for you? Whether these documents were sent in error, stored on a stolen notebook computer or sent by a disgruntled employee, the consequences can be embarrassing and costly. Serious legal ramifications and breaches of national security may result from access to this type of information. At the r...

Draining the Information Swamp

Were not hydrologists, but it seems clear that the first thing to do when draining a swamp is to stop more water from leaking in. The same applies to an information swamp. Information not only needs to be better managed by information technologists as it leaks in, but also as its passed within an organization. IT shops are skilled at building information pipes using Internet connections, distribu...

Transforming Information to Knowledge

The computer has replaced the kettle of molten steel as the representative symbol of a growing economy. The assembly line has given way to the cubicle farm. Instead of coke and iron ore, information is now our critical raw material. We transform data and information into knowledge and ideas: An invisible production line co-exists with the factory floor and its output is knowledge. Every physical...

Sizing Up the Bill for Information Technology

This is the inaugural column of a new feature on WTN called IT INSIGHTS. We are pleased to feature the experiences and insights provided by the team at Coherent Partners. They will share a multi-dimensional approach about the alignment of business process and IT solutions. IT INSIGHTS will look at issues such change management, business process automation, knowledge manageme...

Networking of Healthcare Information

MILWAUKEE, WI Futurist referred to this quote to make a point abou...

Im Still Waiting for the Information Age in Healthcare

Healthcare must transition itself to the information age similar to what the business world did six to eight years ago to increase the productivity of our staff, reduce costs, and improve our quality of service. This transformation process is a considerable engineering effort that requires hospital officials to look inward and understand how they operate and how they can embrace the changes that...

The Information Age of Healthcare

Medical device and technology industries are a major strength of the State of Wisconsin and an important contributor to the economic health of the state. These industries reflect a concentration of knowledge and technical know-how related to healthcare technologies and devices. Concentration of this knowledge and know-how, however, is not confined to industries producing products and services i...

Symposium To Explore Information Technology's Impact on Improving Quality, Cost Effectiveness of Healthcare

MILWAUKEE-Advances in information technology are outstripping the development of new drugs as science's most significant contribution to treating and preventing disease. Today, information networks are making it possible to detect outbreaks of infectious diseases earlier, and advances in genetic profiling are enabling doctors to identify patients at risk for life-threatening diseases. A flagship...

The Information Age of Healthcare - Leaders featured on local new economy show

MILWAUKEE, WI - Representatives of the Medical College of Wisconsin, UW-Medical School, the Wisconsin Technology Network and Aurora-Sinai, were featured on a Milwaukee business television show, Avante's Leaders in the New Economy, that was broadcast, Sunday September 27, on WISN. Dr. Jeffrey Smith, clinical assistant professor of medicine with the <a href="http://www.med.wisc.edu/indexre...