Inside a tech firm’s quest to bolster gender diversity
Genesys launched a companywide gender-diversity-and-inclusion campaign early this year and has made measurable, albeit small, progress since.
Technology
Articles
New York-based PepUp Tech, Salesforce partner to help minorities get into tech
PepUp Tech, a New York-based not-for-profit aimed at getting women, minorities and people from low-income areas into tech jobs, announced it is launching the Salesforce Marketing Cloud Bootcamp and Virtual Academy in Indianapolis. The first cohort of the program is starting this month and runs into November.
Apple opens door for more vendors to offer iPhone repairs
Under the new policy announced Thursday, Apple will begin selling its tools and parts to more independent phone-repair shops in the United States.
Survey finds new auto technology can annoy drivers
The 2019 J.D. Power Tech Experience Index study found that frustrated drivers may avoid the systems in future vehicle purchases. That’s a problem for automakers who want to prepare people for fully automated vehicles.
App’s success leads Don Brown to embrace consumer market
After building and selling three companies and starting a fourth, Dr. Don Brown thought he had seen it all. Even so, he still gets an occasional surprise.
Formstack on a growth tear with series of acquisitions
Fishers-based tech firm Formstack is growing so fast, it’s considering opening a second local office, possibly in downtown Indianapolis. Formstack has made four acquisitions in eight months and five in 20 months and now has 200 employees and offices in multiple states. Company officials say there are no plans to slow the growth.
One of Indiana’s largest software firms gets new majority owner
New York-based investment firm New Mountain Capital says it plans to help Muncie-based Ontario Systems LLC—which has been in growth mode—further expand.
Eleven Fifty Academy moving headquarters to downtown Indianapolis
The academy plans to spend $5 million to move its headquarters from Fishers to Indianapolis, officials for the 5-year-old coding school announced Tuesday.
Hoosier manufacturers say they’ve been prepping for recession
Companies banged up during the Great Recession a decade ago have been preparing for the next slowdown by keeping workforces lean, adding technology and avoiding excessive debt.
Fishers firm vying for big federal student-financing contract
A team of financial technologists has its sights on a U.S. Department of Education contract that could bring at least 300 jobs to the city and further central Indiana’s role as a student-financing hub.
Local tech company Doxly acquired by Chicago-based firm
Doxly, which helps clients collect and manage legal documents through a cloud-based platform, has been purchased by Litera Microsystems, a growing provider of document-management software.
IU researchers partner with LinkedIn to publish labor flow study
A small team of researchers at Indiana University, in collaboration with LinkedIn, has created the first-ever global map of labor flow—how people move between jobs and industries in geographic regions. IU researchers said their findings provide useful insights into the growth and movement of the economy.
Aesthetics of 5G wireless small cell towers spark concern in suburbs
The next generation of wireless internet will provide super-fast service, longer battery lives and a wealth of capabilities. But it comes at what some view as an aesthetic cost.
Anvl moving to Fishers, planning to add 41 employees
Anvl, which markets safety software to help reduce and prevent injuries for front-line workers in hazardous environments, was launched out of Indianapolis-based venture studio High Alpha in October.
Verizon rolls out 5G mobile service in parts of Indianapolis
Verizon, which rolled out 5G home internet service in parts of Indianapolis in October, is now offering 5G mobile service in the market.
Ford Motor unit acquires DoubleMap successor Journey Holding
Journey Holding Corp.—formed this year through the merger of fast-growing Indianapolis-based tech company DoubleMap Inc. and Salt Lake City-based Ride Systems LLC—is being acquired by a transit-systems technology unit of Ford Motor Co.
Socio planning hiring spree after $6M funding round
An Indianapolis software firm that helps clients pull off events plans to triple its employee count by the end of 2020.
Arrest made after massive Capital One data breach
A hacker gained access to personal information from more than 100 million Capital One credit applications, the bank said Monday as federal authorities arrested a suspect in the case.
California insurance exchange company chooses Indy for regional HQ, 500 jobs
The company, eHealth Inc., is led by Scott Flanders, an Indianapolis native and former CEO of Macmillan Publishing in Carmel and Playboy Enterprises in Chicago.
Broad Ripple becoming tech boom town
In the last 18 months, more than a half-dozen tech companies have opened up shop in the village or decided to do so.