News About High Tech

Economic Development

7/1/2010 - Chamber Names Vice President of Technology Industry Development ATLANTA - The Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC), which represents more than 4,000 member companies and 1 million workers in the region, today announced that Bill Heys will be joining MAC as vice president of technology industry development.
7/29/2009 - Chamber in the News - Metro Atlanta Jobs Increase WSB Radio, 7-29-09
7/28/2009 - State Economic Development Leaders Provide Mid-year Update Economic Development Briefing
2/10/2009 - D and H Distributing Opens Distribution Warehouse in Metro Atlanta The Distributing Company will open its largest warehouse facility in Coweta County in early May
12/16/2008 - Georgia Economic Development Leaders Outline Plans to Ensure a Strong Future Year End Provides an Opportunity to Reflect on Success
11/13/2008 - Mandarin Oriental To Open Residential Hotel in Midtown Luxury Hotel Will Move its U.S. Headquarters to Atlanta
3/20/2008 - Chamber Delegation to Forge Stronger Ties with China An economic development trip to China is a building block to global commerce strategy
1/7/2008 - Global Travel Industry Conglomerate Travelport To Move North American GDS Business Headquarters to Metro Atlanta Relocation Expected to Create 200 Jobs in Cobb County And Expand Hapeville Location by 100 Jobs
9/25/2007 - Chamber Announcement of New Direct Flight From Atlanta to Shanghai Metro Atlanta Chamber led a 14-state campaign and rallied the business community
7/26/2007 - Metro Atlanta Chamber Rallies Southeast Business Community To Support Bid For China Flights Emphasizes Impact of China Routes on the Southeastern U.S. Economy
7/16/2007 - Metro Atlanta Chamber Submits Testimony Supporting Bid For China Flight Chamber Discusses Importance of China Route to Southeastern Economy
6/21/2007 - Metro Atlanta Chamber Helps Delta Become the Next Gateway to China Teams with Southeastern Chambers in 14-State Campaign
6/20/2007 - Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Receives National Top 10 Economic Development Award The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce has been designated one of the top 10 economic development organizations in the nation
6/11/2007 - Eyes of the World on Atlanta For Americas Competitiveness Forum Participants discuss competing in the global marketplace
4/16/2007 - Atlanta Ranks Third in the Nation on the Fortune 500 List 15 Companies in Georgia with 12 in metro Atlanta
4/5/2007 - Metro Atlanta Leads Nation In Population Growth Fast Growth Trend Expected to Continue

High Tech

12/21/2009 - Startup rolls out flexible display Norcross startup debuts 112 inch, super thin digital display
11/13/2009 - Resilient data centers to add 150M dollars in space Two data center operators will make substantial investment in new capacity in Atlanta
10/23/2009 - Blackberry maker invests 300 million dollars in Atlanta Blackberry maker, Research in Motion, has invested 300 million dollars in its Atlanta facility, co-CEO Jim Balsillie told a breakfast gathering.
10/21/2009 - GT gets 12M dollars to build supercomputer Georgia Tech has received a federal grant to build a high performance computing system that will allow the school to turbocharge its research capabilities.
10/19/2009 - Startups Give Hope The startup technology community is alive and hopeful. There are good reasons to be optimistic about our future in attracting, growing and funding tech businesses.
10/16/2009 - Ideas chase scarce money at venture conference There was no shortage of innovative business ideas at Venture Atlanta 2009 Wednesday, from a medical device to treat stroke victims, to remote-controlled streaming video shot from a tethered helium blimp, to a shopping coupon service for mobile devices.
10/9/2009 - Silicon Valley, Boston VCs flock to Atlanta Many local tech firms get their capital from across state lines
10/6/2009 - Anodyne Health Partners to be Purchased Athenahealth to pay up to 30M Dollars for Georgia Software Firm
9/28/2009 - UGA Sets New Record for Research Funding University of Georgia research funding hits record high of 174 million dollars
9/25/2009 - Atlanta Software Firm Receives 4.5 Million Dollar Investment Oversight Systems lands 4.5M dollars and closes B round at 14.5M dollars
9/22/2009 - Venture Atlanta Continues to Showcase High-Quality Presenting Companies Over 45 innovative, high-growth companies to be featured alongside keynotes and industry leaders
9/22/2009 - GSU Prof. Gets 1M Dollar Stimulus Grant Federal stimulus grant from the National Science Foundation given to improve a computer simulation model to help firefighters battle wildfires more effectively.
8/18/2009 - Sprint Launches 4G Broadband Covering Atlanta Atlanta is among the first cities to enjoy 4G wireless connections from Sprint.
7/27/2009 - ATDC merges with VentureLab and Georgia SBIR program The Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Tech has merged with VentureLab and the Georgia SBIR program.
5/5/2008 - Largest Venture Capital Event in Georgia History Venture Atlanta 2008 will be the largest venture capital event in Georgia history and is expected to bring outside funding to our state and stimulate economic growth