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Technology based news from around the state - and the world!Epic Partners with New York Hospitals for COVID-19 Patients Treated at Manhattan’s Javits Center
Public and private partners unite to provide health records in an emergency field hospital for New Yorkers Verona, Wis. – April 8, 2020 – New York has long been a city that comes together in times of crisis. While its healthcare workers fight on the front lines of the...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Baird leads $12.5 million investment round for company that helps manufacturers manage coronavirus
Last week, Baird Capital closed on $215 million for its fifth venture capital fund. Baird Capital, the Chicago-based investment arm of Milwaukee private investment and wealth management firm Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc., is investing in a Texas company developing...
WisBusiness: Internet companies seeing increased demand during pandemic
Internet companies are adjusting to the increase in demand as more Wisconsinites work, learn and play “safer at home.” “Every day in this COVID-19 world is a new day for us,” said AT&T Plains States President Scott VanderSanden. So it is with other telecom...
Guest column: COVID-19: Weathering the storm using tech, creativity and agility
By Nick Myers There’s no denying we are living in unprecedented times. The last month is both a testament and an eye-opener to how quickly life and the status quo can be disrupted. The United States left the 2010s and entered the 2020s amidst a decade-long period of...
NBC15: Gov. Evers suspends in-person voting, calls Special Session on Tuesday
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers ordered Tuesday’s Spring Election and Presidential Primary be delayed by more than two months - a move Republican leaders have already vowed to challenge. On Monday, a day before voting, he signed an Executive Order on Monday to push...
BusinessWire: American Family Insurance to Return $200 Million in Premium to Auto Customers
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dramatically alter driving habits and create financial uncertainty for individuals and families across the country, American Family Insurance will return approximately $200 million to its auto insurance customers. “American Family...