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“A third of the respondents in our survey of Georgia’s technology decision makers said they have difficulty filling open positions due to a lack of technology talent. The positions they deemed most critical to their technology operations in Georgia – such as systems administrators and application developers – also were identified as the most difficult positions to fill. This should signal to policymakers that a technology savvy workforce would give Georgia an essential competitive advantage when vying against other states for the same technology businesses.” - Keith Herndon, Ph.D., President - Internet Decisions, LLC

Each year InformationWeek ranks the leading U.S. users of business technology. The list represents those companies thought to be at the forefront of technological deployment and innovation. Georgia is among the top 10 states in terms of companies represented in the list as explained in the first chart below. The table beneath the chart lists all of Georgia's companies in the 2011 InformationWeek 500.

Source: InformationWeek