Technology

Banks and credit unions that actively market their mobile banking services have experienced adoption rates twice as high as financial institutions that do not promote the service, according to a new statistical analysis by Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc.

MSI Data, a provider of field workforce automation software, is expanding its Mequon headquarters by adding more office space and employees to meet the needs of new customers and to roll out new technology offerings.

HarQen, a Milwaukee-based digital voice technology start-up company that is backed by venture capital, announced today that Ane Ohm has been promoted to president and chief operating officer.

Madison officials mourned the loss of booming Epic Systems to Verona, but the medical software colossus is having a huge, unexpected impact on its original hometown.

Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc. has positioned itself to grow in line with the rising popularity of mobile payment and banking technologies worldwide. Consumers are asking banks to offer more flexibility, and Fiserv develops the technologies that enable banks to answer those demands.

GE Healthcare, which has a major presence in Wauwatosa and Pewaukee, announced today that it plans to cut its Wisconsin workforce of about 6,500 employees by 2 percent.

AT&T Inc. announced plans to invest $14 billion over the next three years to significantly expand and enhance its wireless and wireline IP broadband networks to support growing customer demand for high-speed Internet access and new mobile, app and cloud services.

Passing an early stage capital bill to spur company growth, building a better-trained workforce, improving broadband and high-speed computing networks, and focusing on sectors most likely to produce jobs are major themes of the Wisconsin Technology Council’s 2012-2013 “White Papers” report.

MADISON – On this point, voters in Wisconsin and across the United States seem unanimous: They prefer divided government.

United States Cellular Corp. today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Chicago, St. Louis, central Illinois and three other Midwest markets to subsidiaries of Sprint Nextel Corp. for $480 million.