ExactTarget loss widens as revenue grows
ExactTarget continues to spend down its sales gains so that it can grow its business.
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Slingshot is shifting aim away from SEO
After Google cracked down on some of the tools companies were using to improve their positions in search results, Indianapolis-based Slingshot SEO opted to launch a sister brand called Digital Relevance that will focus on earning media attention.
Interactive Intelligence shares soar after forecast upgrade
The tech firm’s shifting emphasis toward cloud services has boosted sales and profits. Strong results for the first quarter lifted its stock as much as 20 percent Tuesday.
Entrepreneurs vie for invites to reality TV summer camp
Twelve lucky entrepreneurs chosen from hundreds of applicants will spend two months this summer in a luxury facility working on bringing new business ideas to market.
Rolls-Royce to produce engines for new reconnaissance copter
Indianapolis manufacturing operations will provide cutting-edge engines for the latest generation of helicopter drones to be used by the U.S. Navy.
Venture capital favoring later-stage firms
Getting $50,000—often from friends and relatives—to develop a product and set up a company still is easy enough in Indiana, small-business leaders and venture capitalists say. But once a firm needs a few million dollars to grow into a revenue-generating operation, the area can’t compete with Silicon Valley’s magnetism for venture capital.
Brown, Interactive Intelligence among Mira winners
BidPal picked up two awards at TechPoint’s annual event, which drew 1,000 to the JW Marriott downtown Saturday night.
Report: ExactTarget mulling 200-person Atlanta office
The expansion by the Indianapolis-based digital marketer would follow its $95.5 million purchase last year of Atlanta-based marketing automation firm Pardot.
IU reclaims distinction of owning fastest university computer
The Big Red II supercomputer is capable of operating at a peak rate of 1,000 trillion calculations per second, 25 times faster than the university's original Big Red supercomputer.
Smartphone videos rewrite rules of customer research
Carmel-based Strategic Marketing & Research Inc. is among firms tapping the capabilities of video-enabled smartphones to gain insights into consumers’ thoughts and emotions. They’re doing this by having consumers use their phones to shoot a video diary of their product experiences.
ExactTarget lands on tech shopping list for buyout
ExactTarget Inc.’s strong position in digital marketing has made the Indianapolis company a tempting acquisition target for Salesforce.com and other tech-industry suitors, Wall Street analysts believe.
Latest ChaCha version taps new source for answers
The iKnow system will be introduced alongside other changing features with the launch of ChaCha 2.0, which will likely happen in early April, company founder Scott Jones said.
Software maker plans 400 hires, including 250 in Indianapolis
Interactive Intelligence says it needs more workers to handle increased business as it attracts larger clients and grows its sales related to cloud data storage and management.
ExactTarget stock sluggish 1 year after IPO, but analysts bullish
Analysts remain bullish on the Indianapolis-based email marketing firm despite its sluggish stock price, due to the company’s strong revenue and aggressive investment in research and acquisitions.
Tech firm moves downtown, plans big expansion
Explosive sales growth and the desire to recruit young, energetic employees has led 5-year-old Axia Technology Partners to move downtown as it prepares to double its workforce this year.
Ex-Marcadia executive co-founds software firm
A fixture in Indianapolis' startup community, Marcadia Biotech co-founder Kent Hawryluk is backing a project management software firm.
Online used-car marketplace expands into Cincinnati
MaxTradein, which allows dealers to bid on cars, adds former ChaCha executive to pursue roll-out to 30 markets.
Indiana experts discuss technology
Indianapolis Business Journal convened a panel of experts at its Technology Power Breakfast on March 7 to talk about industry issues including entrepreneurs, universities and online marketing.
Panel members included Don Aquilano, managing director, Allos Ventures LLC; Aman Brar, president, Apparatus Inc.; Tim Kopp, chief marketing officer, ExactTarget Inc.; Michael Langellier, CEO, TechPoint; Jenny Vance, president, LeadJen LLC; Brad Wheeler, vice president for IT and chief information officer, dean and professor, Indiana University.
The session was moderated by IBJ reporter Chris O'Malley.
The following is an unedited transcript of the discussion.
PLUSKOTA: Executives help accelerate ‘bring your own device’ trend
Convenience overrides security, network overload concerns.
WILSON: Tech firms ramp up already-pitched battle for employees
In the midst of headlines reminding us of the high unemployment that has plagued this country for several years, we have a war for talent in the technology field, with companies in Indiana and elsewhere vying to hire an increasingly smaller pool of qualified applicants.