Wisconsin Technology News

Social Meteor: Exit Diggnation: How Digg lost its mojo
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The new version of Digg boasts faster load times and more personalized news, but after a few weeks of continued use, I’ve reached the following conclusion: Digg has lost its Mojo-that‘special something’that kept me coming back day after day. Digg started out in 2004, as an experiment, with a barrel of mojo.

Oracle, McKesson, Lawson ranked below average for HIT
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No enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor overwhelmingly satisfies clients more than others, but with so few options migrating to a new vendor may not be worth the cost, according to a new report published by KLAS. Accounts payable, human resources management -- such as time and attendance and payroll -- and supply chain and materials management all fall under the broad umbrella of ERP.

Carlini's Comments: New $50 billion infrastructure investment: Don't forget networks
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President Obama's money for“Roads, Railroads and Runway”projects in the U.S. may initially sound promising to some, but a big layer of infrastructure that he only briefly mentioned is the network infrastructure (“expanded broadband access”was his phrase). We are not in the 1930s anymore and skill sets that should be cultivated for competing in the global economy are more tied to“keyboard-ready”rather than“shovel-ready”projects.

Appeals court lifts ban on stem cell funding
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CIO Executive Edge: CIOs report trading operating budgets for capital spending at the mid year.
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According to Gartner’s 2010 CIO Mid year survey, IT budgets remain tight and CIOs report having to move resources around to meet increasing operational and infrastructure upgrades in the face of tight budget and economic environment. CIOs face a year of leading in times of transition with continued economic challenges combining with changes in enterprise strategies and the introduction of lightweight technologies such as cloud computing and software as a service.

Business Model Innovation: What business are you in?
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Baby carrot farmers are attempting to transform their vegetable into a daring, naughty snack food. The tiny orange roots are now branded "Baby Carrots Rock". New packaging, bold ads and social media are part of a $25M marketing campaign. Change your view of your past and, with a new set of assumptions about life, you positively change your future, according to psychologists. As a strategist, I’d argue, rethink the definition of your business and you positively shape your future growth.

Valuable startup advice emerges from debate between angels and VCs
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Health IT group begins work on NHIN road rules
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A new federal health IT advisory panel is at work on setting up a means of governing the nationwide health information network (NHIN) in a way that will earn the trust of healthcare providers and consumers and expand its use by the healthcare community. There are no official rules of the road for the NHIN.

Alert the enterprise: Seesmic integrates with Salesforce Chatter
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How Obama's tax credit helps, hurts IT spending
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Among the proposals President Barack Obama made this week to boost the U.S. economy is one that will allow businesses to write off all of the investment they do in 2011. But there's a lot of uncertainty ahead for IT managers interested in this tax break.