Data-storage upstart Scale Computing on Monday announced a $9 million investment from Silicon Valley venture firm Benchmark
Capital. The infusion will help kick-start a global sales expansion focused on Japan and Europe, said Scale CEO Jeff
Ready.
Robust growth at marketing software maker Aprimo is fueling speculation it is about to make another run at going public, and
co-founder Bill Godfrey said he won’t rule out the possibility of an IPO.
ExactTarget will use San Francisco-based CoTweet, which helps companies manage multiple Twitter accounts, for social-media
product development.
Indianapolis-based Interactive Motorsports and Entertainment Corp., which went public in 2002, has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization.
Soon, you’ll be able to point your smart phone at a code in an advertisement or yard sign, and take a virtual tour of
a house.
The country’s old, tired cabling was never designed for such high-transmission speeds.
Local computer consultant will become part of Dewpoint Inc., upon completion of the acquisition, and will move to Dewpoint’s Carmel
office,
which already has about a dozen employees.
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard has decided to overhaul the city’s and county’s 1970s-era financial IT systems—a move
that could cement
his reputation for improving government efficiency. But the upgrade also is fraught with risk.
Carmel-based Blue Horseshoe has purchased TransTech Consulting Inc., a management consulting firm in Columbus, Ohio.
BusinessWeek (www.businessweek.com) has a recent story about a growing $1.8 million enterprise that’s doing
just fine without the Internet, Web site, texting, customer-resource-management software, a fax machine or a single computer.
In fact, the company doesn’t even have electricity.
Locally based e-mail marketing firm opens London office, adds big-name clients and secures $145 million in venture capital.
The jobs can’t come soon enough for Connersville, where unemployment is at 13.8 percent.
State officials are giving Shelbyville’s struggling Intelliplex business park another chance to use tax incentives to land
new companies
and high-paying jobs.
The Indianapolis area is home to myriad unsung entrepreneurs who run interesting companies, make money and create good jobs.
Here are some of them.
Not even a year has passed since Scale Computing launched its first product, yet CEO Jeff Ready forecasts 2010 revenue
with the confidence of a meteorologist giving the three-day outlook.
Smart-phone fever is heating up the climate for innovation in the local tech community, as firms new and old try to cash
in on the demand for applications that can be used on the iPhone, BlackBerry and other gadgets from the likes of Palm and
Google.
The name change reflects the completion of the company’s integration with Missouri-based Stark
Brothers Fulfillment, which Sigma Holdings acquired in 2007.
Wireless device distributor Brightpoint Inc. saw revenue decline in the fourth quarter, but the Indianapolis-based company
still managed to bounce back from $346 million year-ago loss with an $18.3 million quarterly profit.
More than a dozen first-timers will kick off ad campaigns with spots purchased during the Super Bowl on Sunday, making up
for holes left by Priceline.com and Toyota.
Local technology firm’s VideoHere system allows companies to embed videos in their marketing e-mails.
