Prepaid mobile phone users to face new state fee
The Indiana Department of Revenue says Indiana retailers selling prepaid mobile phones or prepaid wireless phone cards will
have to charge their customers an extra fee.
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Web firm promises 107 new jobs after ’08 pledge fell short
Fusion Alliance made a similar agreement to receive state and local incentives in 2008, but the jobs failed to materialize.
Study: College students adopt texting, shun e-mail
A new Ball State University study says text messaging has far eclipsed e-mail and instant messaging as
college students'
favored way of staying in touch.
ALTOM: Beware of inciting online vendetta from clients
It started as a dispute over towing a car, and it’s now a cause célèbre, thanks to Facebook.
Slow economy bruises profits of Indiana’s largest public companies
One-time events influenced bottom lines of some of the few companies that made more money in 2009.
Indy firm launches bedsore weapon
The latest idea from Dr. James Spahn, an Indianapolis health care entrepreneur, should help hospitals and nursing homes do
a better job of preventing severe bedsores, or pressure ulcers. That’s good, because Medicare and private health insurers
increasingly won’t pay to treat them.
Indiana bringing information revolution to public schools
The state is building a massive data system with a tough-love intent of rewarding good educators and schools and hammering
poor performers.
Ballard bets big on $16 million software project
Concluding a year-long evaluation and public bidding process, mayor chooses Oracle’s PeopleSoft to replace local government’s
1970s-era financial IT system and New York-based Zanett Inc. to lead the implementation.
IT consulting firm plans to create 230 jobs
Miller Consulting Group will move its headquarters from Indianapolis to Noblesville and add the jobs by the end of 2013,
the company said Wednesday morning.
eTapestry co-founder headed for Baltimore
Longtime local IT entrepreneur Jay Love accepts job as CEO of software-maker Social Solutions, a loss for the Indianapolis
high-tech and not-for-profit communities.
SEO firm Slingshot hitting target from the start
With $1.3 million in annual sales, Indianapolis-based Slingshot generates enough cash to fund its own growth—and turns away about half of its prospective clients, all of whom want to get their websites to pop up high on the first page of Google search results.
ALTOM: Securing your Wi-Fi is worth your trouble
If you’ve got a wireless (Wi-Fi) router, you could be in some serious hot water if it’s not properly secured.
Shaking up the Indy 500
Looser restrictions, and the potential for more innovation, could bring back some of the old luster.
Bowen Technovation brings educational centers to life
Bowen Technovation has assembled an eclectic group of electrical engineers, journeyman machinists and artists to design exhibits
for museums, science centers and planetariums. Computer systems analysts and audio and lighting experts are also part of the
mix.
Optiform customizes software to improve capture and management of data
The 12-person firm led by CEO Scott McLaughlin recently “graduated” from five years at the Indiana University Emerging Technologies Center
and finished a profitable year.
OrthoX receives top Mira award
South Bend-based company wins Innovation of the Year honor for its development of orthopedic implants product.
IU targets tech-transfer gap
Indiana University is showing signs that it’s finally serious about translating research into commercial product, through
grants it is awarding via its $10 million Innovate Indiana Fund and by developing a computing technology mini-campus.
Brightpoint reports higher revenue, earnings
Brightpoint handled 22.5 million units in the first quarter, a jump of 21 percent compared to the first quarter of 2009.
Vontoo CEO to receive TechPoint Trailblazer Award
Robert Compton will receive the honor for his contributions to the state’s high-tech sector at the Mira Awards program May
15.
ExactTarget reports record quarterly revenue
The Indianapolis-based e-mail marketing firm posted revenue of $29 million in the first three months of the year, a 37-percent
increase from the same period last year.