Articles by Community Contributor

Many smart and forward-thinking companies, particularly small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), are conducting a technology checkup at the beginning of the New Year as a means to increase their productivity and competitiveness in 2015. They compare the technologies they currently use with those that are proving more successful in their industries. Then, they determine what […]

In today’s business world, the growing freedom of international trade coupled with a trend toward globalization is influencing the way we conduct business. One of the effects of globalization is labor arbitrage, which refers to the movement of workers or jobs because of changing economic conditions. Global labor arbitrage occurs when jobs move to nations […]

We celebrated the success and growth that the Indy tech community saw in 2014 with tech companies and community organizations at IndyXmas on December 27th. In its second year, IndyXmas is a party thrown by the tech community in town for out-of-towners home for the holidays. In 2013, every company represented hired at least one […]

Kristy Rutherford followed Peyton Manning to Indianapolis. Well, sort of. Kristy went to undergrad at the University of Tennessee (at the same time as Peyton), where she received a degree in communication. She graduated and worked in PR in Knoxville. She also got married in Knoxville, to her husband Craig who she met while he […]

Business Continuity planning is incredibly important to every business, but can be daunting to start. We’ve invited Steve Aiello, Technical Architect, as well as Lance Thompson, President and Founder of Baseline Data Services, to give a few tips for creating an effective business continuity plan. It’s called Business Continuity, not IT continuity Business continuity and […]

Women’s empowerment will be front and center in 2015 as more companies and communities invest in women’s entrepreneurship — and as women continue to invest in themselves. Facing a continuing tendency to be locked out of traditional leadership positions, and continuing to earn an average of three-quarters less than men even with the same education […]

Whether you’re a one-man-band or a small, agile team of tech entrepreneurs, co-working spaces provide the one thing that nearly every successful person touts as important: a network. No, not a social network. A real live, face-to-face network — like with human beings. First, a little crash course in coworking. Coworking is the concept of […]

Saturday night at DeveloperTown and Speak Easy, we welcomed almost 250 guests to the second-annual IndyXmas. IndyXmas is a party designed to showcase the Indy tech community for out-of-towners home for the holidays. It is also a celebration of the success and growth of Indy tech. Over the past five years, Indy tech companies like […]