Pondurance strategic investment deal sets stage for Indiana to be a global player in cybersecurity sector

Ron Pelletier was one of the 30 million people who lost their jobs at the start of the Great Recession. As a cybersecurity specialist, he knew he could keep himself busy through independent consulting until a “real job” came along. From the basement of his home in 2008, he founded Pondurance. Twelve years later, with […]

DemandJump creates “Alec Baldwin Tool” and predicts the end of weak leads

More than 14 million Americans work in sales positions. When their success rates falter, they often blame the strength of the leads sent to them by the company’s marketing department. Marketing (also in trouble for weak performance) blames Sales. Much finger-pointing ensues. There may be no better display of this love-hate departmental relationship than the […]

OurHealth combines with Marathon Health creating a powerful, innovative force in healthcare

Early in the year, Indianapolis-based OurHealth announced it is combining with Vermont-based Marathon Health. Both companies provide onsite and nearsite health centers for employers and both have a patient-centric emphasis on technology and data that may—whether you are a patient of theirs or not—have a tremendous impact on your own healthcare in the future. The […]

DMI helps enterprises focus on digital transformation following the shock of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has affected us all and had a significant impact on the way we work. Some change was temporary, but many costly and time-consuming business practices—like frequent, cross country travel—will likely remain rare even after this health crisis ends. There also have been numerous unintended consequences, some negative and some positive, […]

Best Practices to Keep Your Business Protected from Cybersecurity Attacks

Across the state of Indiana, many businesses have made the adjustment to remote work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  But as most of the workforce continues to operate remotely and businesses build out teleworking capabilities to support, an unintentional outcome has occurred – cyberattacks are on the rise. Now, cybercriminals are attacking at a […]

Funding social innovation yields new tools in the fight against poverty

Audacious isn’t usually a word people associate with fighting poverty. Overwhelming, destructive, heartbreaking … these are the familiar words we hear when discussing the root of many of society’s most challenging obstacles. It’s not, however, impossible to put a different lens on fighting poverty and see the fight as an opportunity to innovate—to tackle a […]

Relying on high-tech means to overcome office challenges in the COVID era

“People will never go back to the offices again.”“It’s too unsafe. It’s a health risk.”“Remote work is working too well.” That was the national sentiment in early 2020 as the wave of COVID-19 crashed over the United States. Suddenly, companies started questioning whether they’d ever use their office space the same way again. The JLL […]

3 Questions: Demystifying Technology Exits with John McDonald

This is a follow-up piece to Demystifying Venture Capital in our “3 Questions” series contributed by subject matter experts throughout the tech community in Indiana. This series takes complex tech topics and explains them in easy-to-understand ways without the dense jargon so every reader can learn a little bit more about our industry. So, you’ve […]