There were some surprising tech developments this year in the central Indiana market. Synovia Solutions’ and Sigsters’ acquisitions come to mind. What’s not surprising is the change that continues to shape this sector. Like the evolution of technology itself, the stream of startups, pivots, mergers and acquisitions this year—like most—came fast and furious.
Intelligent Fiber Network has spent the last 18 months rebranding—including a name change that telegraphs its growth plans—and ramping up its marketing.
Boynton, an IUPUI computer science student and entrepreneur, was asked to go to Mongolia this fall as part of the U.S. Speaker Program.
Indiana State University is at the forefront of the increasingly complicated and important world of packaging. It’s one of seven colleges in the U.S. to offer a four-year degree in package engineering technology.
Mimir Corp., a five-year-old Indianapolis-based educational technology company, announced Tuesday it has been acquired by Silicon Valley-based HackerRank. The California-based buyer said it would retain Mimir’s employees and grow its presence in Indianapolis.
Sigstr, which sells software that enables companies to leverage employee emails for marketing purposes, is expected to maintain—and grow—its Indianapolis presence under the Terminus name, company officials said.
The manufacturer has created an innovation studio bent on getting products from concept to market in 120 days or less.
Tucked under the wing of law firm Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman for nearly three decades, contract management software firm Ntracts is now taking off under the leadership of John Shane, who bought the company in 2016.
Indianapolis Monthly is not abandoning print. But the 42-year-old magazine is making a serious push into digital in an effort to grow its reach—and eventually revenue.
Inspiration comes in many forms. For Panos Linos, a Butler University computer science and software engineering professor, it came from blind and visually impaired students in some of his classes.
Hay has an electrode sewn to his brain stem that conveys sound coming through a tiny device on the side of his head. He’s now a sales director at Redux—which makes a device that dries and restores hearing aids.
Boardable, a local tech firm that sells software for board management, received the investment from High Alpha Capital, VisionTech Partners and Collina Ventures.
Brian Howey, the longtime publisher of newsletters and a web site dedicated to politics in Indiana, is being treated in St. Vincent Hospital’s intensive care unit after surgery for a head injury.
An Indianapolis native, DuJuan McCoy expects to use his status as a local owner and the wisdom he’s acquired as a national turnaround artist to improve the station’s fortunes.
After 15 years working in the information technology department for the state of Indiana—the last four as chief information officer, Dewand Neely is departing to take a job as chief operating officer for Eleven Fifty Academy, the not-for-profit coding academy with facilities in downtown Indianapolis and Fishers.
Despite IndyCar’s modest progress in recent years, it still faces significant obstacles, including the need for more corporate sponsorships, a broader fan base and higher TV ratings.
A deal that will make Penske Corp. the owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the IndyCar Series received overwhelmingly positive reactions from motorsports insiders on Monday morning.
University research budgets and federal funding levels are seen as increasingly important drivers of economic development as they give rise to more licensed technology and startup companies.
The curtain is set to be raised on a nightly five-minute patriotic light and sound presentation that local officials say will cast Monument Circle in a whole new hue and could draw tens of thousands of people annually to the iconic landmark.
Dating web sites are notorious for being clogged with questionable characters exhibiting bad online behavior. Aeyai Saengkeo is launching Good Apples Dating to address that problem.
