Site aims to be city’s go-to events calendar
Two local concert promotors have launched a calendar website, called Do317.com, that ranks arts and entertainment events according to the preferences of its users and designated “tastemakers.”.
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Local software upstart sold after less than year in business
Indianapolis-based MyJibe LLC, an up-and-coming budgeting and personal finance software firm that was launched by two 20-something entrepreneurs last January, has already been acquired.
Startup aims to mend doctors’ social media woes
RepuChek software tracks, analyzes what’s being said about doctors on the Internet.
Bostech’s software aims to rein in lab-test costs
The company saw sales surge after introducing software in May that helps medical labs manage their disparate computer systems from a Web portal.
T2 Systems receives $28 million infusion
The Indianapolis-based company that makes software to manage fee collections and enforcement for parking violations said it will use the funds to expand.
Startup aims to make online car shopping easier
The horrible experience John Kohlmeyer’s mother had trying to shop for a car online inspired him to create DriveVelocity, a company that not only overhauls dealer websites but also packages all their Web-based customer-relationship tools.
Rise of machines bodes well for tech firm Mesh Systems
The founder of Mesh Systems, a company that develops wireless “machine-to-machine” communications software and hardware, says his products have countless applications. Earlier this month, Mesh closed on a $2.5 million private placement from investors in Indiana and Wisconsin.
Software services firm plans 500 jobs in Evansville
SS&C Technologies said it will create the jobs by investing about $3.9 million to open a service and technology center in the southwestern Indiana city. The company will begin hiring immediately and expects to begin operating in the second quarter of 2011.
Practical IT firm Formstack a quiet success
Formstack, the Indianapolis-based drag-and-drop form builder software firm, isn’t flashy like its California social-media-site sister Formspring, but it’s intensely practical for organizations needing contact forms, order forms and other online business tools.
Interactive Intelligence reports higher profit, revenue
A rise in large orders enabled the business-communications software firm to more than double profit to more than $10.4 million in the fourth quarter. Revenue leaped 41 percent, to $50.7 million.
Molecules are moneymakers for software firm Indigo BioSystems
Eli Lilly and Co. spin-off has landed new private investment and may double its work force this year.
Central Indiana software firm faces engineer crunch
A software company based in central Indiana is going on a 10-city recruiting tour in search of applicants to fill 150 engineering jobs by next spring.
Quest Information Systems software powers online voter registration in Indiana
Indiana voters are getting a hands-on opportunity to use software created by a Castleton company that works in the minefield that is government contracting.
Indianapolis software firm RealMed acquired
Health care software firm RealMed Corp. will keep its base of operations in Indianapolis after being acquired by health information exchange provider Availity LLC of Jacksonville, Fla. Terms of the deal announced Wednesday were not disclosed.
Gator Bowl signs contract with Indianapolis software firm
Locally based TRS provides customizable online registration to event managers across North America.
IBM buys Aprimo rival Unica Corp.
Both Unica and Aprimo are leaders in the realm of marketing software and services.
Interactive Intelligence reports higher profit, revenue
The Indianapolis-based company reported second quarter profit of $2.5 million on increased sales of
its business communications software.
Web firm promises 107 new jobs after ’08 pledge fell short
Fusion Alliance made a similar agreement to receive state and local incentives in 2008, but the jobs failed to materialize.
City takes risk with debt-laden IT-overhaul pick
To spearhead a once-in-a-generation overhaul of local government’s antiquated back-office computer system, Mayor Greg Ballard
has chosen an unprofitable software firm that as recently as March 31 warned investors that debt-refinancing issues could
force it out of business.
Ballard bets big on $16 million software project
Concluding a year-long evaluation and public bidding process, mayor chooses Oracle’s PeopleSoft to replace local government’s
1970s-era financial IT system and New York-based Zanett Inc. to lead the implementation.