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��ɫ��Ƶ’s Bloomington campus has partnered with Blue Burro, a local business process software development company, to give ��ɫ��Ƶ students the opportunity to gain real world experience running an online authoring application called Yarny.

Yarny () is used by over 20,000 people in 30 countries to organize manuscripts and collaborate with other writers in real-time. Since its inception in the summer of 2011, writers have written over 500,000 words using the app.

As popular as it may be, Yarny is not part of Blue Burro’s business model. Chris Martoglio, developer of Yarny and co-founder of Blue Burro, was forced to either find a new home for Yarny or shut it down. He began searching for a long-term home for Yarny in an environment focused on learning and innovation, where young developers could shape it going forward. Martoglio found that home at ��ɫ��Ƶ.

Last fall, Chris Carroll, department chair of the School of Computing and Informatics at ��ɫ��Ƶ Bloomington began working with Martoglio and Steve Bryant, executive director of the ��ɫ��Ƶ’s Bill & Gayle Cook Center for Entrepreneurship, to ensure a seamless transition of Yarny to ��ɫ��Ƶ.

��ɫ��Ƶ assumed ownership in January and took over control of the app providing all updates, support, and new development of the app. Students and interns of various degree programs in the School of Computing and Informatics will play roles in maintaining and administering the application. Software developers, database administrators, informatics, security, and networking folks are all needed to support it.

“It’s a win-win for all,” Carroll said. “Blue Burro doesn’t have to shut down Yarny meaning Yarny users get to continue using the app and our students will get competency-based learning and experience by providing support to a real-world, live application.”

For more information about ��ɫ��Ƶ’s acquisition of Yarny or about enrolling in the School of Computing and Informatics, contact Chris Carroll at rcarroll@ivytech.edu or 812-330-6223.