Metro Atlanta Chamber Tech Presentation

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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 Traffic
89 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!