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Interactive Intelligence says revenues will beat estimates
Interactive Intelligence, the Indianapolis-based provider of Internet communications software, issued preliminary third-quarter results late Monday, saying it expected revenue of $32 million to $34 million. That would beat analysts’ estimates...
Federal grant spurs Ind. broadband mapping project
Indiana will use a $1.3 million federal grant to help pinpoint the speed and location of broadband services in the state. Stimulus grants from the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration will allow...
Firm picks NW Ind. site for trash-to-ethanol plant
SCHNEIDER, Ind. — A company has picked a rural site in northwestern Indiana as its location for a $285 million plant that would turn trash into ethanol. Powers Energy of America CEO Earl Powers says it is buying 275 acres near the southern Lake...
Tuesday summit to target innovation in business
When it comes to innovation, some would say Indiana’s technology companies have already mastered that. Their trade group would say there’s always room for improvement. And on Tuesday, tech business leaders and novices from across the...
Company honored for support of employees
An Indianapolis company is one of 15 nationwide being honored by the Defense Department for supporting employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserve. Perpetual Technologies received the Employer Support Freedom Award from Deputy Secretary of...
New industry keeps online content growing for clients
Providers fuel blogs, profiles, chats for corporate sites Week after week in city after city, businesspeople turn on their computers and write blog entries, Facebook posts and Twitter updates for the first time. Problem is, after a few weeks or...
Company lands Navy contract
Indianapolis — An Indianapolis-based inventor of high-tech seat belts for aircraft said it will design and develop a restraint system for the military. Wolf Technical Services said this week it won a $12 million contract with the U.S. Naval Air...
Interactive Intelligence adds Halperin to its board
Indianapolis — Interactive Intelligence, the Indianapolis-based provider of software for contact centers, said Wednesday that it has elected former JBA International CEO Richard G. Halperin to its board of directors. Halperin has worked in...
State debuts anti-fraud site
INDIANAPOLIS — The office of the secretary of state launched www.Indiana InvestmentWatch.com on Monday to raise awareness about the most common types of investment fraud in Indiana: fraud aimed at seniors, faith-based affinity fraud and...
City renews IT service contract
Indianapolis — Northrop Grumman Corp. reports it has been awarded a $33.9 million, four-year contract extension to provide Indianapolis and Marion County government’s information technology services. Northrop Grumman was awarded the...
IU gets $10.1M grant to develop supercomputer network
Indiana University — once a relative unknown in technology circles — is poised to lead the next generation of supercomputing research in the United States. The National Science Foundation has awarded IU a $10.1 million grant to run an...
Spotlight shines on Jobs, Apple line
CEO takes stage to tout product updates, also discusses liver transplant SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs returned to his showman role Wednesday, taking the stage at a product launch event for the first time since his nearly...
Apple telegraphs iPods; fans see Beatles, tablets
Once again, it’s time to peer into Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs’ cup and try to read the tea leaves. Apple, as usual, has said almost nothing about the new products it plans to unveil at an invitation-only affair Wednesday in San Francisco....
Tech company to step up hiring
Apparatus plans to add as many as 130 workers, move its offices When former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre joined the rival Minnesota Vikings last month, an Indianapolis merchandiser already had a plan to produce and deliver souvenirs....
EBay selling majority of Skype
SAN FRANCISCO — EBay Inc. is selling the majority of Skype for about $2 billion to a group of private investors. EBay said Tuesday it will trade a 65 percent stake in the business for $1.9 billion in cash and $125 million to be paid later. (AP)
Ridge to join Brightpoint board
INDIANAPOLIS — Brightpoint is adding a high-profile security consultant to its board of directors. The Indianapolis cell phone and wireless device distributor on Tuesday said it has appointed Tom Ridge. Ridge is the president and chief...
AT&T unveils its state 3G expansion
Any update on this? I’m planning on buying...
Gates Foundation offers $6.5 million for libraries
SEATTLE — The Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation is announcing $6.5 million in grants to help public libraries in 11 states improve the quality of the free computer access they offer. The money announced Thursday will pay for computer hardware updates...
Brightpoint to open Nasdaq
INDIANAPOLIS — Brightpoint’s Chief Executive Robert J. Laikin will ring the Nasdaq opening bell Thursday in New York to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Indianapolis-based wireless device distributor.(Star report)
Interactive Intelligence's shares rise on outlook
INDIANAPOLIS— Shares of Indianapolis-based Interactive Intelligence, a call-center software provider, were up 18.5 percent, a day after the company forecast second-quarter results ahead of market expectations. Interactive said it expects...
Volvo tries out EnerDel batteries
A deal with Swedish carmaker could be boon for Northeastside plant Indianapolis battery maker EnerDel is getting closer to landing a mainstream automaker as a big customer. Swedish carmaker Volvo will road-test EnerDel lithium-ion batteries made in...
Online access a sore point for young workers, bosses
CHICAGO — Ryan Tracy thought he’d entered the Dark Ages when he graduated from college and arrived in the working world. His employer blocked access to Facebook, Gmail and other popular Internet sites. He had no wireless access for his...
Google making frontal attack on Windows
New operating system aims to challenge long-dominant computer software SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Google is hoping to gain greater control over how personal computers work by developing a free operating system that will attack Microsoft Corp.’s...
$5M tech investment
INDIANAPOLIS Clarian Health Ventures said Tuesday it has invested $5 million in Series C2 financing for Noxilizer, a Maryland company that specializes in low-temperature sterilization techniques for use in hospitals and in biotherapeutics...
Software company lays off 35
MUNCIE— A software company has laid off 35 employees just months after cutting about 125 jobs. Tony Reisz, president and CEO of Muncie-based Ontario Systems, says the company is in good financial shape and the layoffs made Wednesday were part...
Grants back solar technology
PORTLAND— Sertech Heating and Air Conditioning, based in Portland, recently was awarded a $77,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to continue developing proprietary technology that traps and stores solar energy for use as fuel....
Tennis event goes high-tech
INDIANAPOLIS— ExactTarget said Thursday that it has signed on to provide e-mail and other marketing services for the Indianapolis Tennis Championships. Fans will be able to sign up for newsletters via text message or the Web; receive...
$34K grant will go to training
INDIANAPOLIS Quest Information Systems said Friday it will train 40 of its workers for a special type of Microsoft software certification using a $34,000 state information technology grant. The certification will allow Quest to stay at the leading...
Bloggers' reviews show up on FTC's radar
Proposed guidelines take aim at bogus claims about products and secret conflicts of interest Savvy consumers often go online for independent consumer reviews of products and services, poring over comments from everyday Joes and Janes to help them...
Orderly retail debut for iPhone 3G S
If you couldn’t make it to an AT&T or Apple store Friday but still hope to pick up a new iPhone this weekend, chances are you’ll be able to do it. Launch day for the iPhone 3G S, the third version of Apple’s popular touch-screen...
