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Airbus, Caterpillar, Bridgestone, eBay Earn Honorable Mentions from Business Facilities in 2012 Economic Deal Of The Year Competition

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Georgia Department of Economic Development for Caterpillar’s choice of Athens, GA as the site of its new production facility. The Georgia plant, which will employ 1,400, will manufacture construction equipment previously produced in Sagami, Japan. Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development for eBay’s Utah campus.

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Pro Builder's 2022 Top 100 Products

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Products from CertainTeed, DuPont, Fi-Foil Company, Georgia-Pacific, Huber Engineered Woods, LP, ProWood, Typar, VaproShield, and West Fraser. Along with its proprietary water-beading technology that repels water, Valspar Defense exterior paint and primer creates a mold-, mildew- and algae-resistant finish, the company says.

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COVER STORY: 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Already home to world-class research labs at Georgia Tech and the Centers for Disease Control, Metro Atlanta lures another high-tech gem in Baxter’s $1.3-billion Entered By: Georgia Department of Economic Development. billion investment in Georgia is our 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year Gold Award winner.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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The state has almost 19,000 skilled software developers and more than 100,000 professionals with a skill-set conducive to digital media or software development. In addition, its information sector, including software publishing and telecommunications, has experienced the second-fastest growth rate in the country since June 2009.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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There are at least 15 high-tech job categories that come under the rubric of cybersecurity, including systems engineers, software developers, database architects, vulnerability analysts and positions that are known in the industry as “penetration testers.”. TX, VA LEAD CYBER CONTENDERS. LED’S FASTSTART: DECADE-LONG GOLD STANDARD FOR TRAINING.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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In March, IBM announced a new 800-job technology center in downtown Baton Rouge that will provide software development and software maintenance services to clients in the U.S. with services that address the increasing demand for flexible software to keep up with Big Data, cloud and mobile requirements they are facing.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

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Adding to his real-world, hands-on contractor experience and prior to EastCoast CAD/CAM, David, spent over 20 years developing a unique set of software engineering skills and product development knowledge by participating and developing operating systems, compilers and application software. Chuck Eastman , Georgia Tech.

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