Silicon Peach
Silicon Peach is a term used to refer to Atlanta and the concentration of high tech development in the area. The term is a continuation of the reference following Silicon Valley (California), Silicon Alley (New York), Silicon Prairie (Chicago), Silicon Hills (Austin), and Silicon Beach (Los Angeles). Atlanta has long been a high tech center. Some of the traditional engines of technology development in Atlanta have been the ATDC at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG).[1] New centers of innovation and technology acceleration are emerging, including the recent launch of the Atlanta Tech Village;[2] the Ponce City Market; Tech Square Labs;[3] and the Flatiron Accelerator.
Atlanta is one of the fastest growing high-tech urban centers in the United States, with a particular focus on:
- Mobility technology[4]
- Digital media and content
- Network security
- Financial transactions processing
- Software development & engineering
- Health information technology
- Smart grid technology
According to a 2012 Jones Lang LeSalle report, Atlanta is the 10th largest technology city in the United States. The report went on to say that Atlanta tech companies generated $113 billion in revenue and nearly 30,000 new jobs.[5] It is estimated that Atlanta companies will invest over $1 billion into new technology over the next five years.[6]
Economy
[edit]IT companies headquartered in greater Atlanta
[edit]- Agilysys
- AirWatch
- American Megatrends
- AppGriffin
- ArrayFire
- BitPay
- CoffeeCup Software
- DW Practice
- EarthLink
- Endgame
- Everspark
- First Data
- FIT Radio
- Ftrans
- IBM Internet Security Systems
- Intercontinental Exchange
- Kabbage
- Kaneva
- LabLynx
- MailChimp
- MFG.com
- NCR Corporation
- New Atlanta
- NewsRx
- Nexidia
- NexTraq
- Noble Systems Corporation
- Nuesoft
- Open-E, Inc.
- Oversight Systems
- PGi[citation needed]
- Pindrop Security
- PlayMotion
- Rent.com
- Revenue Analytics
- SalesLoft
- Scoutmob
- Sharecare
- ShrinkTheWeb
- Snapt Inc
- Systel
- The List
- The Weather Company
- Underneath.com
- YP Holdings
IT companies with offices in greater Atlanta
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "TAG: Technology Association of Georgia". www.tagonline.org.
- ^ "Atlanta's Startup Hub". Atlanta Tech Village.
- ^ "Flat Iron building redevelopment". upstart.bizjournals.com. 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
- ^ Grant Wainscott. "Tech Companies in Metro Atlanta: IT, Digital Media & Telecom". Metroatlantachamber.com. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
- ^ "Atlanta Tech City". upstart.bizjournals.com. 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
- ^ Grant Wainscott. "Tech Companies in Metro Atlanta: IT, Digital Media & Telecom". Metroatlantachamber.com. Retrieved July 19, 2019.