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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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Technology shares the spotlight with music and film at the annual South by Southwest festival in Austin, TX. Technology innovation is happening across the country, but there is no better place to witness the revolution other than Austin, TX, home to a rapidly expanding technology industry. By Jenny Vickers. TEXAS FAST FACTS.

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Columbus, OH Wins $50M Smart City Challenge

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This investment will not only link neighborhoods and improve mobility for residents, it will also encourage additional growth and provide an environment for new and existing technology companies to locate in Columbus. NXP, Autodesk, and Mobileye to help execute its Smart City Plan. Relocating or Expanding Your Business In Ohio.

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Top 10 Companies for Environmental Engineers to Work For

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It deals with innovative new technologies to help positively impact the environment we live in and can take many forms such as architecture, civil engineering, renewable energy sources, and more. Environmental engineers work to prevent , control or remediate any hazards to the environment using their engineering expertise.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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Some of the locations already are well-known for developing the next generation of technologies, such as Austin, home to Dell, Apple, Facebook and Google, and Tucson, with its hotbed of solar technology innovation. Austin: A Tech Hotbed Grows in the Southwest. Samsung’s total investment in Austin now exceeds $13 billion.

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

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AUSTIN, DENVER, NEW YORK CITY HAVE TOP STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS. Austin, TX, Denver, CO and New York City topped our metro leaderboard for Startup Ecosystems. There are tech hubs across the country, but what makes Austin different and desirable is a culture that fits seamlessly with tech. Austin’s talent is famously “sticky.”

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FEATURE STORY: Talking The Talk And Backing It Up With Results

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Rick Perry of Texas for the September/October 2013 issue of Business Facilities , we assumed our encounter would be similar to the informal yet highly informative session we had with him in May at the State Capital in Austin. He expressed confidence that the Lone Star State can expand fracking while protecting its environment.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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From startups to major players, the county offers businesses a unique blend of a rural environment and hometown atmosphere with the infrastructure, incentives and a highly skilled workforce that tech employers need. Source: Texas Workforce Commission). In October 2015, the Texas Workforce Commission announced the award of a $1.7