Indy startup serves up keg beer with big data
SteadyServ Technologies has raised $1.5 million to help develop iKeg, which tells bar managers and beer distributors when they need to reorder.
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Indy startup sees green in cheaper 3D printing
Launched in January, 3D Parts Manufacturing joined a recent surge in rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing operations known as 3D printers. Rather than screwing and gluing parts together, operators plug digital designs into machines that shape plastic and metal powders from the bottom up, one microscopic level at a time.
Three former executives sue Carbon Motors over pay
Executive vice presidents of a company that planned to build high-tech police cars at an eastern Indiana factory are seeking more than $600,000 in deferred wages.
ExactTarget confirms Atlanta expansion
Indianapolis-based digital marketer ExactTarget Inc. plans to add 225 jobs over the next five years in Georgia.
Mobile health apps could cut into state companies’ market share
The future of Indiana’s sprawling health care and life sciences industry might be threatened by an unlikely source: smartphone apps.
Broad Ripple telecom firm plans big growth, 183 jobs
Founded in 2007 by Purdue University students, Weeks Communications has established a new headquarters in Broad Ripple and plans to invest $4.1 million as it aggressively hires new employees.
nFrame data center to get new identity
The change to the Expedient moniker is not expected to affect the center's 40 employees and 300 customers.
ExactTarget loss widens as revenue grows
ExactTarget continues to spend down its sales gains so that it can grow its business.
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.