ExactTarget acquires Twitter support company
ExactTarget will use San Francisco-based CoTweet, which helps companies manage multiple Twitter accounts, for social-media
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ALTOM: U.S. slow to get on broadband bandwagon
The country’s old, tired cabling was never designed for such high-transmission speeds.
Sigma Micro becomes Fifth Gear LLC
The name change reflects the completion of the company’s integration with Missouri-based Stark
Brothers Fulfillment, which Sigma Holdings acquired in 2007.
Cantaloupe unveils newest e-mail marketing product
Local technology firm’s VideoHere system allows companies to embed videos in their marketing e-mails.
ALTOM: Does instant messaging make business sense?
An instant messenger is one of those technologies that seems silly until you start using it.
Hosted-service provider BlueLock on growth binge
BlueLock is among several companies owned by Collina Ventures, an investment firm created by local tech entrepreneurs Mark
and Karen Hill.
Omnicity continues wireless broadband acquisition spree
Omnicity makes seventh acquisition since going public in February. The Rushville company aims to be nation’s largest wireless
broadband provider in rural markets.
$75M investment in ExactTarget may be Indianapolis record
The amount raised since October is in addition to the $69.9 million it received in May from three venture
firms on the coasts, in what was the third-largest venture deal in the nation during the second quarter,
according to the National Venture Capital Association.
Employers brace for Cyber Monday
More than 53 percent of workers with Internet access, or 68.8 million, are expected to shop online Monday, according to
the Washington, D.C.-based National Retail Federation.
Vonage to settle investigation involving 32 states
Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. will pay $3 million to 32 states, including Indiana, and provide refunds
to affected customers.
IURC conducts review of Centennial’s telecom service
Every neighborhood has its battles, but the 1,017-resident Centennial subdivision in Westfield is embroiled in one of the
most unusual: a very public fight over the adequacy of its phone, Internet and video service.
ALTOM: What’s available about you online may surprise you
A half-hour perusing the various social media sites can give you carloads of information about your sought-after individual.
Local tech duo connects to embed video product into e-mail marketing
Cantaloupe.TV, known for
its video marketing expertise, has been working closely with locally based ExactTarget, the well-known e-mail marketing firm,
to give ExactTarget’s clients an easier way of embedding video into e-mails.
ALTOM: Who says you can’t move your office home again?
Many micro-businesses stuck a toe into the office-rental waters, regretted it, and they’re retreating to home
offices.
Neighborino LLC rolls out software for homeowners associations
Upstart software company rolls out software that enables homeowners’ associations to create community
Web sites without technical assistance.
ALTOM: Want to experiment with ‘Vanishing’ e-mail?
I’m wary of the “send” button. I’ve sent thousands of e-mails, and a fair number of them proved
to be problems later on.
Rushville broadband firm plans 100 jobs
Rushville-based Omnicity Corp. said this morning that it plans to create 100 jobs there within the next three years by investing
$2.5 million in wireless infrastructure and a new corporate headquarters.
Marsh promotion cancellation sparks anger
Marsh Supermarkets’ decision to stop honoring a $10 online coupon just days after introducing the promotion has angered
hundreds of followers of the grocer’s Facebook page.
Health care marketers taking the pulse of consumers’ online habits
Health care marketers can adapt to, and even use to their advantage, the online search habits of consumers.
Understanding when and why people search for specific health-related terms is vital to attracting more
visitors (i.e. patients) to a Web site.
Local social networking site connects users offline
Growing by leaps and bounds, smallerindiana.com will host its first-ever “Bigger Ideas” conference for the high-tech and Internet-savvy
crowd.