Carmel firm ties schools’ systems together to boost safety
Layered Solutions Inc. is helping schools enhance their mass-notification and emergency-management systems with products that could make it easier and faster to communicate in a crisis.
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Growth of Indy-based Defenders home-security company outpaces industry
The local family-run company specializing in home security and smart-home technology has grown 20 percent each of the past two years, with $600 million in revenue projected for 2018.
Verizon to launch 5G TV service in Indianapolis, three other cities
Verizon Communications Inc. announced deals Tuesday making Apple Inc. and Google its first video providers for a superfast 5G wireless service the company plans to launch later this year.
Cable firm Charter eliminates 84 local customer-service positions
Cable and internet provider Charter Communications plans to close its customer service department on the east side of Indianapolis.
Lime applies to return to Indy with huge boost in scooters; Bird in wings, too
Lime says that its application with the city calls for six times as many electric scooters as it deposited on Indianapolis streets in June. It’s also weighing whether to offer its electric-powered bikes.
Software release could give fast-growing Sigstr another boost
Since hiring former Salesforce executive Bryan Wade 16 months ago and securing $5 million in financing 12 months ago, local marketing-tech company Sigstr has been on a growth tear.
Is your current password strong enough?
With rise of biometrics and other technology, some think it’s time to change security protocol.
Records reveal Hogsett office’s efforts to stiff-arm press on HQ2 bid
Local and national reporters clamored for interviews with Mayor Joe Hogsett about Indianapolis’ chances, but city officials largely kept quiet while forwarding media to the Indy Chamber and influencing messaging behind the scenes.
IBJ EXCLUSIVE: Emails reveal plans, intense ‘war room’ effort to lure Amazon’s HQ2
Records provided to IBJ give behind-the-scenes insight into the all-hands-on-deck effort to attract the $5 billion project to Indianapolis, including setting up secret meetings, weighing several possible sites, and discussing “creative” incentives such as building a charter school on the prospective campus.
Michigan-based tech firm acquires local internet-of-things company
Troy, Michigan-based Plex Systems has finalized a deal to acquire Dattus Inc., which was founded by two Purdue University students in 2012 and moved to Indianapolis in 2015.
IBJ Podcast: SupplyKick CEO talks perks, pitfalls of fast growth
From 2015 to 2017, revenue at the ecommerce firm jumped from less than $4 million to almost $16 million. CEO Josh Owens discusses mistakes made, lessons learned and strategies that panned out.
Couple sells Zionsville software firm nine years in the making
It took four years for well-known local businesswoman Pam Cooper to develop an app to connect cause-driven shoppers to businesses willing to donate a portion of sales to a charity the consumer chooses. It took her and her husband, tech industry veteran Tom Cooper, another five years to build their company into something formidable. It took them a lot less time than that to decide to sell their firm to a much bigger company earlier this year.
Facebook’s stock plunges as growth stalls; Zuckerberg loses $16.8B
CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune tumbled Wednesday as Facebook shares fell 20 percent in after-hours trading.
Computer science training summit at IU draws teachers nationwide
Hundreds of teachers assembled at Indiana University to take in lectures, hit the books and do some hands-on training as part of the inaugural Pathfinders Summer Institute.
Indiana IoT Lab in Fishers helps small tech firms think big
The new tech venue in Fishers gives companies that specialize in connecting devices to the internet the access they need to hardware, talent and capital.
High Alpha secures more than $100 million for two new funds
Indianapolis-based "venture studio" High Alpha on Monday announced plans to take operations to the next level by adding two funds worth more than $100 million and two new investors with national reputations.
Australian sales intelligence firm opens Indianapolis office
SalesPond has opened a downtown office where it plans to employ more than three dozen people by the end of 2023.
Local technology firm lands $5.5 million in venture capital
PactSafe, an Indianapolis tech firm that offers clients a cloud-based contracting platform, said the infusion of capital will allow it to add up to 20 employees by year’s end.
Historic building on East Washington Street primed for tech makeover
The vacant three-story structure dating back to the 1880s has a new owner, which plans to convert it to co-working space for technology companies.
Local sales-software firm plans expansion with $2.1 million funding
Costello founder and CEO Frank Dale he’s as excited about the quality of investors that came on board this round as he is about the amount the firm raised.