ExactTarget’s role expands at new parent firm
ExactTarget CEO Scott Dorsey and his team have taken the reins of the Marketing Cloud unit at Salesforce.com, a move that has analysts raving.
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ExactTarget lauded for Facebook software
The Indianapolis-based digital marketer developed a program called Active Audiences, which lets companies better tailor advertisements to individual customers as they scroll around the social network.
After stock zooms up, Internet bank aims higher
Shares of First Internet Bancorp have more than doubled since December, when founder and CEO David Becker boosted the visibility of the stock by announcing it was shifting from the over-the-counter market to NASDAQ.
CIK Enterprises changes name, plans more growth
The Indianapolis-based marketing technology firm now calls itself Perq LLC after consolidating its three companies into one.
iGoDigital founder drops lawsuit over acquisition payout
Eric Tobias, who founded iGoDigital, has dropped a federal lawsuit that stemmed from the tech company’s $21 million buyout last year.
Donor-management software startup plans to add 70 jobs
Bloomerang is led by technology entrepreneur Jay Love, who sold the donor-management firm eTapestry for $25 million in 2007.
COTA: NSA worrying you? Be more concerned about marketers
Acxiom supplies information to businesses to help them better target offers you receive. Here’s how to find out what they know (or think they know) about you.
Digital archivist’s lab will document Indy’s mayoral history
History IT plans to hire 20 people for its Indianapolis office, which will focus on documenting Indianapolis' mayoral history.
IU lands $6M contract to manage data network
IU’s Global Research Network Operations Center now handles N-Wave, a nationwide computer network used for transporting research data.
Technology on track to dramatically change health care
Cost pressures are forcing health care providers to extend the reach of limited resources.
Longtime T2 Systems CEO stepping down
Mike Simmons, who began the company with business partner Steve Howard in 1994, will keep his ties to T2 in a less hands-on role as its chairman.
Another top executive leaves Angie’s List
Shares of the consumer review service have dropped more than 12 percent since the company announced Monday that Chief Technology Officer Manu Thapar had departed. The firm recently hired a new chief financial officer.
Data startup snags $2.1 million venture investment
Perceivant, on the receiving end of a venture capital infusion, was founded in 2012 by veterans of iGoDigital and ExactTarget.
Tech firm plans to axe 54 workers in Carmel
Stamford, Conn.-based Frontier Communications Corp. said it has automated a number of systems at its collection center at 11799 N. College Ave. and will no longer need the workers.
RCA brand lives on, sans Nipper and Chipper
In a plot right out of Jurassic Park, Thomson Consumer Electronics’ old brands such as RCA and Proscan have been revived from old DNA. They’ve been licensed to companies around the world including Indianapolis-based company that operates as RCA Commercial Electronics.
Fishers plans new development on train-station site
Incentive deals are on the table to keep two high-potential businesses in Fishers, and the town is poised to pull the trigger on redevelopment of the Fishers Train Station property—where one of the firms could occupy third-floor office space.
Entrepreneur not sold on flight times between Indy, San Francisco
The nonstop connection to Silicon Valley that Indianapolis’ tech community has been clamoring for is here, but a leading advocate for the service said it doesn’t meet his industry’s needs.
New gadget revives waterlogged cellphones
Joel Trusty realized that if he could remove all the atmospheric pressure from a chamber, he could turn liquid—even liquid inside a cell phone—into a gas at a much lower temperature than otherwise possible.
Gmail’s new ‘Promotions’ tab creates hurdle for email marketers
The change led to an immediate drop in email open rates, from about 13 percent to 12.5 percent, according to MailChimp, an Atlanta-based email marketer, which analyzed 1.5 billion emails it sent around the time Gmail changed.
AT&T Indiana president Fleetwood leaves company
George Fleetwood, the head of AT&T’s Indiana operations for more than 13 years, has quietly stepped down “to pursue other interests.”