Website operator for cities expanding
An Indianapolis company that manages websites and processes payments for dozens of cities and towns plans to raise $2 million to grow.
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Indy-based website for coaches scores key VC investment
The startup operating from SoBro plans to expand its market with the cash infusion, connecting athletes and teams to qualified coaches.
Emmis fine-tuning FM radio app for automobiles
The Indianapolis broadcasting company is in talks with automakers to marry its NextRadio app to car dashboards, creating a two-way conversation between listeners and stations.
Software firm seeks tax breaks for HQ move, expansion
The Consultants Consortium Inc., which does business as TCC Software Solutions, said it plans to spend about $1.3 million to renovate two buildings on a 3.6-acre property at the northeast corner of Winthrop Avenue and East 52nd Street.
Key ExactTarget exec steps down
Tim Kopp, who was responsible for ExactTarget’s global marketing efforts during some of its most explosive growth, says he plans to take it easy and dabble in startups and not-for-profits.
Baggott leaves Compendium, goes whole-hog on food industry
The local tech titan and co-founder of ExactTarget has cut ties with his latest software venture to concentrate on his livestock and corn operations, plus a restaurant he just purchased in Greenfield.
Educator starts business to simplify teacher ratings
Software helps administrators eliminate mountains of paperwork.
T2 Systems snaps up Canadian software firm
Canada-based Digital Payment Technologies also focuses on parking applications.
State lags city with science, tech jobs
Careers in science, technology, engineering and math—typically referred to as STEM fields—have surged in growth compared to other careers in Marion and Hamilton counties. But the rest of Indiana has barely budged from the early 2000s.
Two plead guilty to Purdue computer hacking
The former engineering students were charged with hacking into their professors’ accounts to boost their grades.
Better homes and gadgets: Household power use falls
Even though our lives are more wired than ever, power usage is on track to decline for the third year in a row due to more energy-efficient housing, appliances and consumer-friendly devices.
Target says customers’ encrypted PINs were stolen
The retailer claims the PIN numbers of some 40 million customers are safe and secure, but a security consultant counsels changing the access codes.
Websites try to nix nasty comments
After years of encouraging anything-goes online discussion, a growing number of websites are trying to rein in the mean-spirited outliers.
NEWSMAKERS: Scott Dorsey
One of Silicon Valley’s most prominent names placed a lot of faith in ExactTarget Inc. CEO Scott Dorsey this year.
Young CEO has big plans for employee-training software firm
Upstart Lesson.ly, an Indy-based developer of training software, is run by a 25-year-old and is trying to cut into a $42 billion market dominated by titans such as IBM and Oracle.
Q&A: Well-traveled exec returns home to run software firm
Indianapolis native Tom Willie became CEO of local software firm Blue Pillar Inc. in November after a run with several other technology companies.
IT management firm BlackInk plans downtown expansion
Technology management firm BlackInk IT plans to expand its downtown headquarters, adding 30 workers by 2017, the Indianapolis-based company announced Friday morning.
Carmel-born Yowza!! app acquired by Arizona company
Yowza!!, a coupon phone app co-founded by a Carmel software developer, will be acquired by Arizona mobile commerce company Spindle Inc.
Unintentional entrepreneur parlayed consumer-electronics savvy into PR firm
Arland Communications, run by former Thomson Consumer Electronics spokesman Dave Arland, is the only area firm focused entirely on the $200 billion-plus annual consumer electronics market.
Interactive Intelligence’s early bet on cloud paying off
The maker of call center software has seen its stock price rocket from about $20 to $62 over the last 25 months. The runup has swelled the company’s market value from $400 million to $1.3 billion.