The Indianapolis Colts’ Jim Irsay is among only a handful of NFL owners tweeting and has three times as many followers as such high-profile owners as the Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones. His offbeat tweets are seen as marketing genius by some. Others wonder if they ramble a bit too far out of bounds or undermine Irsay’s staff.
ExactTarget Inc., which canceled plans for an initial public offering during the 2009 financial crisis, has hired JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank AG to handle a new attempt, said sources familiar with the matter.
Annual program put on in conjunction with Ice Miller law firm will offer more workshops on business fundamentals.
Mobile-phone-answers service ChaCha Search has dialed up its largest expansion yet—entering the United Kingdom and contracting with New York City’s “311” municipal information service.
Indiana state lawmakers may trade in the reams of paper they use each session for sleeker iPads.
Chad Folkening’s latest venture, domain-management software called Domain Power, turns blank sites into a miniature business in a few minutes.
LHP Software says the new $5 million headquarters will accommodate growth in its business of developing software for use in phones, hospital beds, medical devices and other electronics.
The Woodwind & Brasswind, a South Bend-based retailer of musical instruments, is moving call-center operations to Indianapolis. The center will employ 100 people.
The for-profit school formerly known as the Indiana Business College has overhauled its online interface.
SocialMediaExaminer.com founder Michael Stelzner will give the opening address at the Nov. 8 event.
Jay Love, who co-founded and sold software maker eTapestry for $24.8 million in 2007, will return to Indianapolis to lead the growing search engine optimization firm.
Second-quarter revenue was $1.23 billion, well ahead of the consensus estimate of $1.09 billion and 57 percent ahead of the same quarter a year earlier.
A former executive vice president at Indianapolis-based e-mail marketing firm Exact Target will lead the firm’s effort to sell to bigger companies.
Gov. Mitch Daniels joined local officials for a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for the $8.8 million center for the WestGate at Crane Technology Park. The 64,000 square-foot, two-story building will include training classrooms and office space.
The Indianapolis business-communications software firm reported second-quarter revenue of $52 million, up 34 percent from the same period last year. Profit grew 26 percent, to $6.3 million.
Carmel-based IT consultant Allegient LLC plans to grow its central Indiana operations, adding as many as 42 jobs over the next five years.
The publication Online Media Marketing & Advertising noted that Indianapolis is home to about 70 companies in the sector.
A few years ago, podcasts were all the rage on the Web. It seemed like every site had a podcast, and often more than one. Podcasts threatened to replace e-mailed newsletters.
Knowledge Services, an Indianapolis-based information technology firm, plans to lease additional office space on the city’s north-east side to make way for 200 more workers by 2015.
The third annual Innovation Showcase is getting a boost from a partnership between the Venture Club of Indiana and tech social group Verge.
