Technology In Georgia - KEY FACTS

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Department of Economic Development

2008

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to Georgia, USA

Welcome

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Southeastern USA

Fastest growing region in the US

Economy of the South is 4th largest in the world at $1.72 trillion

Population increase of 7.7 million people in last 10 years

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Georgia

Georgia is the economic leader of the region Outperformed US economy for last eight years Transportation and telecommunications

hub

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You Can Get There From Here

Hartsfield International Airport #1 in Passenger Traffic89 million people

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You Can Get There From Here

Hartsfield International Airport Non-stop service to 150 US destinations 2,700 daily departures and arrivals 80% of US population within a 2 hr flight Non-stop to 80 international destinations

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The Companies We Keep

Almost every Fortune 500 company has a location in Georgia (Atlanta, 3rd largest concentration)

Headquartered here:Home Depot, UPS, Coca-Cola Co., Delta Air Lines, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Southern Co., AFLAC, AGCO, Genuine Parts, SunTrust Banks, First Data, Flowers Industries, Shaw Industries, Mohawk Industries, Newell Rubbermaid

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Atlanta: World Class Talent

Atlanta leads the nation in its gain in overall U.S. market share of college-educated 25- to 34-year-olds – the most coveted

demographic in the nation They are known as the “Young and Restless” and every city is

competing for them Atlanta has:

– Outperformed its competitor regions of Boston, Washington- Baltimore, Chicago and Detroit– Beat out larger cities of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago– Been a center for college-educated African-American professionals– Better educated young adults, on average, than those in

other metropolitan areas

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Our Technology Companies

More than 11,800 technology companies in Georgia

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We have History

Top Ten High Tech Firsts that Occurred in Georgia

1st nationwide satellite cable TV signal; Turner Broadcasting Systems, 1976

1st data sent over 40‑mile fiber optics loop; Bell Labs/Atlanta 1979 1st installation of fiber in the public network; Bell Labs/Atlanta, 1979 1st modem marketed; Hayes Microcomputer Products, 1981 1st paint software for the PC developed, a/k/a PC Paintbrush; ZSoft Corp.,

1982 1st IRMA Board; Digital Communication Associates, 1987 1st mobile satellite; Scientific Atlanta, 1988 1st “Windows based” word processing software; Ami Pro, SAMNA,

acquired by Lotus, 1989 1st cable TV prime‑time audience over 10 million households, CNN Gulf

War Coverage; Turner Broadcasting System, 1991 1st telephone call made over cable TV network: Cox Enterprises, 1992

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Some of our Leading Technology Companies

Abel Solutions, Inc., Air2Web, Arrow, AT&T Inc., Cbeyond Inc., CDC Corp., CheckFree, ChoicePoint Inc., CompuCredit, ControlScan, Cox Enterprises, Cypress Communications, CryoLife, Data General, Definition 6, Earthlink Inc., Elavon, Elan Pharmaceutical Research, EMS Technologies, Equifax, eShare Technologies, First Data

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Some of our Leading Technology Companies

GE Energy, Global Payments, Gulfstream Aerospace, Greenway Medical Technologies, Hitachi Telecom, Horizon Software International LLC, Hughston Sports Clinic, IBM Corp., IBT Enterprises, Intelligent Systems, Inovis, IntercontinentalExchange, ISS Group, Lanier Worldwide, Leapfrog Services, Lockheed Martin, Manhattan Associates, McKesson Provider Technologies, MediaOne, Motorola, MostChoice.com, Navicure, nuBridges

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Some of our Leading Technology Companies

Premiere Global Services Inc., Pyramid Consulting Inc., S1 Corp. Sage Software Inc., Scientific Games International, Scientific-Atlanta(a Cisco Company), SecureWorks Inc., Siemens, Sliverpop Systems, Stratix Corporation, Synovus, Total System Services, Telemate, TR Systems, TSW, Turner Broadcasting System Inc., UCB Group, UPS, Verizon Wireless, Vertical One, Worldspan L.P.

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VC Investment in Georgia

$463 million in 2007 $355 million in 2006 $250 million in 2005 # 14 in the US in VC investment

(2007)

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Georgia: Tech Job Growth

165,500 high-tech workers (2006) National rankings-12th in the US

5th in communications services with 45,800 jobs 6th in software publishers employment with 11,000

jobs 6th in Internet services employment with 18,400 jobs

Source: AeA Cyberstates

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Technology & Advanced Communications

Application Software High Band Width Communications Electronic Commerce Information Retrieval Services

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Medical/Biotechnology

Diagnostics Medical Devices Bioinformatics/Telemedicine Vaccines Pharmaceuticals

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Public/Private Partnership

Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (GCATT) does state-of-the-art research in digital commerce, broadband networking, DSP, wireless technologies and interactive media

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Public/Private Partnership

Georgia Research Alliance 70 Eminent Scholar chairs have been

created since 1990. Georgia Electronic Design Center Centers of innovation

Logistics Life Science Aerospace Energy Agricultural Technologies

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Georgia Business Networks for Technology Executives

Technology Association of Georgia (TAG boasts over 5,700 members)

AeA Atlanta High Tech CEO Council Atlanta Telecom Professionals MIT Enterprise Forum TechLINKS Wireless Technology Forum

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Georgia International

International offices in 10 strategic markets

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Atlanta, an International City

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Atlanta, an International City

32 career consuls general and trade commissioners

29 honorary consuls 23 bi-national chambers of commerce

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Atlanta, Georgia, USA A Global Business Center

1,309 Internationally owned business operations

534 International manufacturers

69 Consulates, trade offices, and honorary consulates

33 Bi-national chambers of commerce

60 Countries represented

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Come to Georgia for

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Quality of Life

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Education

HOPE scholarships keep the best and brightest students in Georgia

4th largest University System in the US 54 schools offer technology programs

Georgia Tech in top 3 engineering schools (US News & World Report)

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Why Georgia?

Talent Capital Business Networking Easy access to decision makers Great place to live & work

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Thank you for keeping Georgia on your minds!