Web services firm plans downtown office, 300 jobs
San Francisco-based cloud-computing service provider Appirio Inc. said it will spend $2 million to open an office in downtown Indianapolis’ Pan Am building, where it will employ 300 by 2015.
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TechPoint plans summit, entrepreneurial bootcamp
The first-ever Indiana Entrepreneurial Bootcamp will only be open to the first 100 who register.
ExactTarget brings in record quarterly revenue
Record second quarter revenue for ExactTarget Inc. wasn’t enough to generate a profit, the company said Thursday afternoon.
Slingshot SEO branches out after Google throws it for a loop
Search-engine optimization remains part of Slingshot SEO’s name. But one of the region’s fastest-growing tech companies is abruptly shifting strategy—in part because changes by Google have undercut its core business.
Former chamber head Dorson joins startup ViewYou
Startup ViewYou, which launched in October 2011, provides matchmaking services for job-seeking college students and companies with open positions.
Interactive Intelligence acquires Maryland company
Interactive Intelligence, a developer of communications and interactions-management software, purchased Bay Bridge Decision Technologies in an all-cash transaction effective Aug. 1. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
BrightPoint takes quarterly loss despite uptick in revenue
Indianapolis-basedBrightPoint Inc. suffered a $4.1 million second-quarter loss despite a 3-percent increase in revenue, the Indianapolis-based wireless device distribution and logistics company said Wednesday afternoon.
Fastest-growing Slingshot SEO changes strategic course
Slingshot SEO Inc., a fast-growing Internet marketing firm that made a job-creation deal with the state in 2011, said Monday that it was eliminating about 15 percent of its work force—or roughly 15 employees.
Marketing software firm CIK plans to expand, add 57 jobs
CIK Enterprises LLC, a marketing software and services firm, plans to add the jobs by 2016. The company will continue to lease a 30,000-square-foot facility on the city’s west side.
Interactive Intelligence takes loss despite rising sales
Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. suffered a second quarter loss despite revenue growth of 5 percent, the company announced Tuesday afternoon.
Mega-warehouse technology subject of Aug. 1 expo
The Indy Warehouse Automation Expo will showcase new generation of scanners, cameras and radio frequency ID technology.
BrightPoint merger talks driven by ‘deal certainty’
When BrightPoint officials saw conditions in the cell phone distribution business take a turn for the worse, they were quick to cash out while the going was still good.
Angie’s List shares plunge after wider quarterly loss
Angie's List Inc. saw revenue jump 74 percent in the second quarter, but the Indianapolis-based contractor-ratings service continued to see growing losses as the result of higher marketing expenses. The company’s stock fell more than 10 percent Thursday.
Indiana Blood Center tapping new vein of revenue
Group sees role in cellular therapy as growth area with profit margins higher than core business.
Indianapolis Star to introduce online pay model
After more than 10 years of providing free online content, the Indianapolis Star is laying the foundation for a pay-per-view system that would cost online-only readers about $13 a month, industry sources said.
Scale Computing new storage unit with server could play in $5B market
Local firm’s new data center is seen as an alternative to so-called “virtualization” trend.
Duo introduces app for hairstylists
Founders of MyBestFriendsHair.com aim to help professionals manage client information.
Indiana can’t collect on IBM welfare lawsuit, judge rules
Indiana cannot collect millions of dollars it claims IBM owed after its efforts to overhaul the state’s welfare system failed, and the computer giant is entitled to payment for equipment the state kept, a judge said in a Wednesday ruling that condemned both sides.
Westfield health IT firm sold for $473 million
MaxIT’s 1,300 employees, who provide information technology services to hospitals and physician practices, will join Virginia-based Science Applications International Corp.
Interactive Intelligence expects quarterly loss
Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. on Tuesday said it expects to report a net loss in the range of $500,000 to $1.5 million when it releases second quarter results July 31.