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Recent Media Coverage

Indianapolis' tech sector getting some Silicon Valley cred

by Chris O'Malley, Indianapolis Business Journal


TechPoint’s 13th annual technology summit might be more notable not for who is on the formal agenda but for who is in the audience—venture capital executives from the Silicon Valley.

A decade and a half ago, it might have required kidnapping to bring them here. At the time, Indianapolis was an information technology backwater, relatively speaking.

Not anymore. Among those buying tickets for the Nov. 8 event are executives from California’s technology bastion as well as those from investment firms in Chicago. The technology and entrepreneur conference will run all day at the Indiana Convention Center.  READ MORE
Hacking attacks reminder for data caution in cloud computing

(June 6, 2011) Hacking attacks against Sony and other companies in recent months have a cloud hanging over cloud computing—the hot trend of storing data on remote servers and accessing it through the Internet.

“It sets everybody back,” Pat O’Day, chief technology officer for infrastructure-as-a-service company Bluelock, said of the spate of high-profile data breaches. O’Day was among panelists in a TechPoint discussion session June 3, hosted at Barnes & Thornburg’s offices in downtown Indianapolis.  READ MORE

Customer relationship management getting easier for all

by James L. Jay, president and CEO, TechPoint

(June 6, 2011) Do you consider your business to be small? Do you feel like you’re fighting an uphill battle to remain competitive with the so-called big boys of the business world? If you answered yes to both of these questions, you’ll likely be pleased to learn what’s being done with technology to level the playing field in terms of customer relationship management.  READ MORE

Indianapolis among six cities to watch for emerging technology

(May 28, 2011) A social media consultant and entrepreneur has named Indianapolis among six U.S. cities to watch for strong emerging tech-startup activity.

Gary Vaynerchuk, an angel investor highly regarded in startup circles, touted Indianapolis in a recent episode of “Next Wave with Gary Vaynerchuk,” the recurring video segment for News Corp.’s The Daily newspaper for i-Pads.

In the episode, Vaynerchuk, who is best known for launching Wine Library TV, a daily video blog about wine, identified cities outside of California’s Silicon Valley that are brimming with technology startups. In addition to Indianapolis, he touted New York; Boston; Chicago; Boulder, Colo.; and Austin, Texas.  READ MORE

Indiana’s Tech Sector Continues to Thrive and Innovate

The Official TechPoint 2011 Mira Awards Publication featured in the Indianapolis Business Journal

(May 16, 2011) On Saturday, May 7th, TechPoint inducted a new class of Indiana technology companies, universities, educators, and other high-tech leaders into its elite circle of Mira Award winners. These outstanding organizations and individuals rose to the top of the state’s premier annual program recognizing the best and brightest of our high-tech sector.

We believe the future continues to be bright for Indiana’s technology sector. Our state is ahead of the national curve in several critical technology-related growth industries, and Mira Award winners, finalists and nominees are leading the way.  READ MORE

How to take full advantage of your website

by James L. Jay, president and CEO, TechPoint

(May 2, 2011) Do you know which page of your website is visited most? The answer may surprise you. It’s also a good starting point for discussing informed content creation and customer engagement. Page visits are only the tip of the iceberg and one of the most elementary metrics for digital content effectiveness, but they are still useful information. The wealth of information generated by website analytics tools is astounding and this data should be the driving force of your content creation strategy.  READ MORE

 

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