information technology: Growing Companies

Search engine optimization is big business these days and one that Idea Engine Inc. of Rocky River has tapped into with great success.

440-356-1903
1156 Linda St.
Rocky River, OH 44116

Like many start ups, Dayton's Applied Optimization Inc. was a case of smart folks deciding to work for themselves.

937-431-5100
714 Monument Avenue, Suite 204
Dayton, OH 45402

Ninety-five percent of American businesses have nine or fewer employees. But until recently it was almost impossible to find a single source of information about them.

614-807-5105
8760 Orion Place, Suite 200
Columbus, OH 43240

A Cincinnati-area company is helping schools answer one of the toughest questions in the Internet Age.

877-517-1125
3630 Park 42 Drive, Suite 170F
Cincinnati, OH 45241

You have a zillion bookmarks set up in your browser's favorites list. You've also come across must-see content that you want to share with friends. The problem is, when it comes time to share those things, you find yourself wading through an unorganized morass of bookmarks. Enter Toobla.

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1275 Kinnear Rd.
Columbus, OH 43212

Nathan Poeppelman loved amusement parks. But he could never seem to find real-time, organized information about the places he wanted to visit. So, he formed Boz Adventures.

614-906-2520
Columbus, OH

If you've been sharing content with your Facebook friends or email contacts then you've probably seen the little green symbol from ShareThis, a young start-up that hopes to become the big name in online sharing.

455 Delta Ave., Suite 200
Cincinnati, 45226

Zipscene, launched in Cincinnati in 2004, streamlines and simplifies events-listings by aggregating the information into one easy-to-use portal.

513-227-7269
2118 St. James Avenue, #4
Cincinnati, OH 45206

What's the best mix of activities to drive the most sales? These days, more businesses are asking those questions using a web-based technology developed by Cincinnati-based ThinkVine.

513-842-5900
9370 Main St., Suite C
Cincinnati, OH 45242

Disaster response teams often are faced with mountains of paperwork, keeping them out of the field. TDC Group now makes it possible to allow reports to be filed right from a BlackBerry.

866-832-4768
3055 Kettering Blvd., Suite 416
Dayton, OH 45439

Sooth Inc., of Beachwood, is hoping to put thousands of technology geeks into a box, permanently changing the way computer networks run with cost-saving programs that eliminate the need for an army of behind-the-scenes techies.

216-862-8637
3 Commerce Park Square, Suite 900
Beachwood, OH 44122

Jazz musician John Knific was looking for something like a LinkedIn for musicians. The model didn't exist -- so he created it.

888-207-2369
1321 Mathews Ave
Lakewood, OH 44107

Fast becoming a leader in the stored-value card field, SparkBase handles millions of transactions annually for merchants in five different countries.

216-867-0877
3615 Superior Ave., Suite 4403C
Cleveland, OH 44114

Turning Technologies, a Youngstown-based software firm, has been growing continually since its formation in 2002. In 2007, Inc. Magazine ranked it the fasted-growing, privately held software firm in the country and the 18th fastest over all, with respect to revenues.

866-746-3015
255 W. Federal St.
Youngstown, OH 44503