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Mobile health apps could cut into state companies' market share
May 18, 2013
J.K. WallThe future of Indiana’s sprawling health care and life sciences industry might be threatened by an unlikely source:
smartphone apps.
MoreExactTarget confirms Atlanta expansion
May 17, 2013
Dan HumanIndianapolis-based digital marketer ExactTarget Inc. plans to add 225 jobs over the next five years in Georgia.
MoreSlingshot is shifting aim away from SEO
May 11, 2013
Dan HumanAfter Google cracked down on some of the tools companies were using to improve their positions in search results, Indianapolis-based
Slingshot SEO opted to launch a sister brand called Digital Relevance that will focus on earning media attention.
MorenFrame data center to get new identity
May 11, 2013
The change to the Expedient moniker is not expected to affect the center's 40 employees and 300 customers.
MoreBroad Ripple telecom firm plans big growth, 183 jobs
May 10, 2013
Mason KingFounded in 2007 by Purdue University students, Weeks Communications has established a new headquarters in Broad Ripple and
plans to invest $4.1 million as it aggressively hires new employees.
MoreExactTarget loss widens as revenue grows
May 10, 2013
Dan HumanExactTarget continues to spend down its sales gains so that it can grow its business.
MoreInteractive Intelligence shares soar after forecast upgrade
May 7, 2013
Dan HumanThe tech firm's shifting emphasis toward cloud services has boosted sales and profits. Strong results for the first quarter
lifted its stock as much as 20 percent Tuesday.
MoreEntrepreneurs vie for invites to reality TV summer camp
May 4, 2013
Dan HumanTwelve lucky entrepreneurs chosen from hundreds of applicants will spend two months this summer in a luxury facility working
on bringing new business ideas to market.
MoreRolls-Royce to produce engines for new reconnaissance copter
April 30, 2013
Mason KingIndianapolis manufacturing operations will provide cutting-edge engines for the latest generation of helicopter drones to
be used by the U.S. Navy.
MoreVenture capital favoring later-stage firms
April 27, 2013
Dan HumanGetting $50,000—often from friends and relatives—to develop a product and set up a company still is easy enough
in Indiana, small-business leaders and venture capitalists say. But once a firm needs a few million dollars to grow into a
revenue-generating operation, the area can’t compete with Silicon Valley’s magnetism for venture capital.
MoreBrown, Interactive Intelligence among Mira winners
April 20, 2013
IBJ StaffBidPal picked up two awards at TechPoint's annual event, which drew 1,000 to the JW Marriott downtown Saturday night.
MoreReport: ExactTarget mulling 200-person Atlanta office
April 19, 2013
Dan HumanThe expansion by the Indianapolis-based digital marketer would follow its $95.5 million purchase last year of Atlanta-based
marketing automation firm Pardot.
MoreSmartphone videos rewrite rules of customer research
April 6, 2013
Chris O'MalleyCarmel-based Strategic Marketing & Research Inc. is among firms tapping the capabilities of video-enabled smartphones
to gain insights into consumers’ thoughts and emotions. They’re doing this by having consumers use their phones
to shoot a video diary of their product experiences.
MoreExactTarget lands on tech shopping list for buyout
March 30, 2013
Dan HumanExactTarget Inc.’s strong position in digital marketing has made the Indianapolis company a tempting acquisition target
for Salesforce.com and other tech-industry suitors, Wall Street analysts believe.
MoreLatest ChaCha version taps new source for answers
March 27, 2013
Dan HumanThe iKnow system will be introduced alongside other changing features with the launch of ChaCha 2.0, which will likely happen
in early April, company founder Scott Jones said.
MoreSoftware maker plans 400 hires, including 250 in Indianapolis
March 25, 2013
Dan HumanInteractive Intelligence says it needs more workers to handle increased business as it attracts larger clients and grows its
sales related to cloud data storage and management.
MoreExactTarget stock sluggish 1 year after IPO, but analysts bullish
March 22, 2013
Dan HumanAnalysts remain bullish on the Indianapolis-based email marketing firm despite its sluggish stock price, due to the company's
strong revenue and aggressive investment in research and acquisitions.
MoreTech firm moves downtown, plans big expansion
March 22, 2013
Dan HumanExplosive sales growth and the desire to recruit young, energetic employees has led 5-year-old Axia Technology Partners to
move downtown as it prepares to double its workforce this year.
MoreIndiana tech startups deemed seeds of promise
March 16, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThere’s the company founded by a college kid, in his dorm room. Another firm was launched by a guru from the shadowy
world of cyber security. And the other was founded by tech veterans old enough to remember IBM punch cards. Three Indiana
tech companies have surfaced among standouts in the notes of judges for TechPoint’s annual Mira Awards—the Hoosier
tech version of the Oscars.
MoreAngie's List grows bullish on e-commerce effort
March 16, 2013
Scott OlsonAngie’s List Inc. is taking a page from the Groupon playbook to build its new e-commerce initiative into a genuine revenue
generator.
MoreWILSON: Tech firms ramp up already-pitched battle for employees
March 16, 2013
Jeff Wilson / Special to IBJIn the midst of headlines reminding us of the high unemployment that has plagued this country for several years, we have a
war for talent in the technology field, with companies in Indiana and elsewhere vying to hire an increasingly smaller pool
of qualified applicants.
MorePLUSKOTA: Executives help accelerate 'bring your own device' trend
March 16, 2013
Michelle Pluskota / Special to IBJConvenience overrides security, network overload concerns.
MoreOnline used-car marketplace expands into Cincinnati
March 16, 2013
IBJ StaffMaxTradein, which allows dealers to bid on cars, adds former ChaCha executive to pursue roll-out to 30 markets.
MoreEx-Marcadia executive co-founds software firm
March 16, 2013
Chris O'MalleyA fixture in Indianapolis' startup community, Marcadia Biotech co-founder Kent Hawryluk is backing a project management
software firm.
MoreIndianapolis software firm plans to add 95 jobs by 2016
March 12, 2013
Tinderbox said it is boosting its work force as part of a $540,000 expansion of its cloud-based IT business.
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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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