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Bankrupt Omnicity acquired for $876,000 by four investors
The deal, approved last month by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Indianapolis, gives the investors, whose company is called Broadband Networks Inc., Omnicity’s 38-person operation, based in Rushville, as well as its 270 Internet towers around Indiana and Ohio.
Data center N/Frame spending more on Carmel upgrade
The company that hosts outsourced computer operations is dramatically boosting its investment in its local operation.
Insurance software firm cutting 23 local jobs
Washington-based Vertafore Inc., a developer of insurance software, said it will begin layoffs at its Indianapolis office Jan. 31.
IU researchers help address software security issues
Researchers from Indiana University's Pervasive Technology Institute will serve as collaborating partners on a major grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to address vulnerabilities arising during the process of software development.
Dialysis software firm finally making inroads
Vasc-Alert proves its technology, plans to expand into Europe.
THOMPSON: Push is on to regulate health information technology
After decades of slow adoption, health information technology now threatens to completely disrupt health care, in a good way, dramatically improving quality of care. The question is, will federal regulators stand in the way?
Diagnotes takes top prize in health care challenge
Diagnotes LLC’s On Call software, which delivers patient medical records to smartphones of an on-call doctor, won the inaugural Hoosier Healthcare Innovation Challenge.
Scale Computing goes bald for Coach Pagano
More than a dozen employees of Scale Computing had their heads shaved at work Thursday in honor of Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano, who lost his hair during treatment for leukemia. His cancer is in remission.
TechPoint picks young entrepreneur as new leader
Leaders for TechPoint, the statewide technology business initiative, have tapped a new president who they think is a veritable poster child for successful entrepreneurship.
Local scientific software firm plans to add 63 jobs
Indianapolis-based Indigo Biosystems Inc., a scientific software provider, announced Monday morning that it plans to add 63 jobs by 2015 as part of a $1.4 million expansion.
ExactTarget suffers smaller loss on record sales
Marketing e-mail marketer ExactTarget Inc. suffered a dramatically lower third-quarter loss than a year ago on record-high revenue, the company announced Thursday afternoon.
Hoosier colleges discover patents aren’t just for faculty anymore
Universities that once focused on faculty inventions now are encouraging students to pursue patents. Last year, 355 Purdue University students filed a patent, a 62-percent jump from 218 student-filed patents the previous year.
Out-of-the-way telecom company to branch into Indy
Smithville Telephone, headquartered in Ellettsville, near Bloomington, is the state’s largest independently owned phone company. Its Smithville Digital division, which provides fiber-optic communications to businesses, hospitals and schools in 17 Indiana counties, mostly in the south, has quietly been growing on the periphery of Indianapolis.
Life sciences finance pro heading to startup
If a biotech startup were akin to a rock band, Kristin Sherman might be the keyboardist. She’s not front-and-center on the stage, but the ballad wouldn’t be as dynamic without her pounding the chords.
State fund invests $600,000 in neutron-detection company
The Indiana’s 21st Century Fund investment will help PartTec Ltd. commercialize its technology. The money will be co-invested with $1.2 million in private funds.
Interactive Intelligence posts lower profit on higher revenue
Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. reported a 67-percent drop in profit on higher revenue as orders grew significantly in the third quarter.
HHGregg adds furniture, exercise gear as TV sales fall
HHGregg Inc. is looking for ways to boost sales at its 224 stores in coming months as the homegrown company fights to offset a huge drop in TV sales. The retailer reported a big decline in quarterly revenue Friday, but its shares soared nearly 19 percent.
Speech recognition technology firm gets cash infusion
Waveform Communications LLC got its second round of funding for research and development.
Production of Inc. 500 firms ranks city sixth nationally
The Indianapolis area produced more Inc. 500 companies per person from 2001 to 2010 than all but five other U.S. metro areas with more than 1 million residents, according to a recent study by the Kansas City-based Kauffman Foundation.