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When is it time to chuck old computer equipment?
If a computer-related device still works without any tinkering, I’m inclined to keep it.
Creative Street scores with online education
The rising popularity of online education is ringing up sales for a local firm better known for video production.
Indy as IT outsource center
Information technology companies would do well to outsource business processes to Indianapolis, a new KPMG
report says.
The accounting and consulting firm included only one other U.S. city, Boise, Idaho, on an international list
of 31 places where companies are likely…
Conventions going high-tech with RFID
Radio frequency identification—better known as RFID—is making its way to trade shows and conventions, providing a plethora of information about attendees.
Compendium casts eye on national blog market
Two-year-old tech startup Compendium Blogware has launched its first out-of-state sales force and said it signed on 70 new
customers in the fourth quarter.
Company banks on targeted texting
Steven Dickerson realized the potential for mobile advertisements when he saw his daughter texting.
Privacy, expense are concerns for RFID technology
The vast amounts of personal information capable of being stored through RFID raises privacy concerns. And the cost is significantly greater than standard bar codes.
Community Health touts integrated computer system
Community Health Network has spent three years developing a computer interface that allows doctors and nurses to view all
information and records on a patient in one viewing program.
Use your cell phone as a tracking device
My dream application for a cell phone is to use it to locate a person in a crowd.
Fast-growing Tuitive seeks to put unintuitive programmers in back seat of software, Web design
Jonathan Arnold sees big business potential in his firm “Tuitive,” which specializes in cleaning up the confusion caused by
programmers, who often put features and functionality ahead of making their product intuitive to use.
Advanced energy next focus for economic development
The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership—the parent of the BioCrossroads, TechPoint and Conexus industry cluster initiatives—let it be known last month that there would be a fourth leg to its economic development stool: clean technology.
Automation hitting new levels at distribution centers
In early April, the 110,000-square-foot Indianapolis distribution center of California-based medical-device supplier DJO Inc.
will quietly roll out a revolutionary automated package-handling system.
Digital boosts local music and labels
These days, local musicians can record cheaply at home and distribute their music inexpensively, and tracks can be sent digitally to critics and bloggers.
HHGregg vying to win customers of Circuit City
Company officials think HHGregg is well-positioned to fill the void that Circuit City Stores Inc. will leave when its stores are closed.
Battle plan for 11-year-old, veteran-owned company includes adding 100 workers, second Lawrence office
A company founded by military veterans that performs database administration for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to the U.S. Department of Defense is adding a second office in Lawrence and plans to hire about 100 more people over the next two years, doubling its staff.
What could an online community do for you?
There is gold to be mined in online communities, which is why so many companies are tempted to try it.
When you’ve got to get gear, open up Uncrate
Billing itself as “a Web magazine for guys who love stuff,” Uncrate posts daily updates about the best guy stuff found across the Internet and around the globe.
TechPoint to make awards to IT
The state’s technology initiative, TechPoint, is adding two categories to its annual Mira awards: health care IT and corporate
IT.
IT not what it was at time of landmark report
A 2000 study has proven to be "remarkably prescient" in identifying information technology as a mainstay of the local economy that would "affect
all industries and all jobs," said Michael J. Hicks, the top economist at Ball State University.