ICT Washington State Highlights 2012 , Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación en WA (USA)

InformatIon and CommunICatIon teChnologIesHigHligHts Washington is the largest employer of software publishing workers in the U.S. Total ICT jobs are estimated at over 174,000. Washington ranks first in the nation in the creation of new software companies. Software publishing is the largest single component of Washington’s information economy generating 41 percent of all paid wages. Washington is home to Microsoft, the world’s largest software publisher in the world. Washington state is a global center for gaming design and development, with 57 companies involved in gaming - the biggest concentration of game developers in the United States. Mobility and Wireless enabling technologies are key to Washington’s tech sector. T-Mobile USA and Clearwire are basedLEADING ICT COMPANIES near Seattle, as are many other smaller companies offering mobile applications, text input technologies and carrierAmazon.com, Inc. infrastructure solutions.Attachmate Corporation Amazon.com is based in Washington and is a global innovator in e-commerce.Clearwire Corporation California-based giants Google, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Oracle,F5 Networks, Inc. Yahoo! and Adobe have all established engineering and operations bases in Washington.Getty Images, Inc. Washington is a leader in Radio Frequency IdentificationGoogle (RFID) technology, home to Impinj (fabless semi-conductorIntermec Technologies Corporation manufacturer) and Intermec (founder of the most widely used bar code technology for supply chain management).Isilon Systems, Inc.Microsoft incentivesReal Networks, Inc. High technology business and occupation credit for R&D spending.T-Mobile USA, Inc. High technology sales and use tax deferral/waiver.Valve Corporation Biotechnology and medical device manufacturing sales and use tax deferral/waiver.Washington State Depar tment of Commerce2001 6th Avenue, Ste 2600 Phone: (206) 256-6100 www.cHoosewasHington.comSeattle, WA 98121 Fax: (206) 256-6125

InformatIon and CommunICatIon teChnologIeseducation and training University of Washington, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. DigiPen Institute of Technology. Seattle University , Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering. Washington State University, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Bellevue Community College, Digital Media Arts Program.testimonials “ Vancouver is a very good fit for Logic because our strategic partners, Microsoft and Sharp, are in the region and we have a rapidly growing customer base in the west. We are right in the middle of a burgeoning Logic Product Development, one of the largest product development high-tech cluster that will benefit us in the consulting firms in the Midwest, opened an office in Vancouver, WA. ” long-term. Danny Cunagin, CEO Logic Product Development “NoaNet, a regional wholesaletelecommunications provider, Spokane also had more qualifiedexpanded to Spokane to take applicants than we needed to fill the positionsadvantage of its accessible, redundant we were looking for. Everything was ready forand diverse fiber optic infrastructure, us. Our lease price was also very competitive,and its relatively stable geological and the telecommunications infrastructure isenvironment for disaster recovery. It abundant and ready. ”found low costs and a highly skilled Dave Spencer, COOlabor pool. NoaNetWashington State Depar tment of Commerce2001 6th Avenue, Ste 2600 Phone: (206) 256-6100 www.cHoosewasHington.comSeattle, WA 98121 Fax: (206) 256-6125

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