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"Frederick County, with its location and
business environment, is strategically positioned to serve the
expansion and development needs of our burgeoning technology
community."
Dyan Brasington, President
Tech Council of Maryland
"Frederick County provides great economic
reasons to operate our business here, along with an excellent
work force."
John Marrama, President and CEO
Integrated Communication Solutions, Inc. (ICS)
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Advanced technology companies will find in Frederick County, Maryland,
a prime location for the hub of their global ventures. Join the
more than 1,900 established information technology firms with a
presence in Maryland!
Frederick Facts
- The IT industry in Frederick County is comprised of various
telecommunications, networking, web development and consulting
firms.
- Frederick County ranks 2nd in Maryland for the number of new information technology jobs created per capita from 2002 to 2005.
Source: MD Dept. of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, 2006
Maryland Facts
- More than 1,900 established
information technology firms have a presence in Maryland.
- The information technology
and services industry is Maryland's largest industry cluster,
representing 52% of the state's establishments.
- Maryland ranks first among the states
in the total number of engineers and doctoral scientists as a percentage of total employment (0.98%). Source: Kauffman Foundation, 2007 State New Economy Index
- The Washington - Baltimore
metropolitan region has one of the highest concentrations of engineers
in the nation.
- The Maryland Software
Industry Consortium provides resources to expanding and relocating
IT companies.
- Maryland ranks third in the 2001 States' New E-Economy Index
developed by the META Group, a research and information technology
consulting firm. Maryland ranked among the top five states in
three of the five indicator categories, including knowledge jobs,
technological innovation capacity and economic dynamism and competition.
Source: Metricnet, a division of the META Group,
Inc.
- Maryland ranks third nationwide by employment in defense electronics
manufacturing, with nearly 10,000 jobs, and eighth nationally
in software services with more than 40,000 workers. The state
also ranks 10th in communications equipment manufacturing employment
with 8,100 workers.
Source: AeA (American Electronics Association)
2002 Cyberstates; data for 2002.
- Maryland ranks first among the states in the percentage of professional
and technical workers (25.1%) in the workforce.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment,
data for 2001.
Greater Washington/Baltimore Region Facts
- The Washington-Baltimore area ranks second overall among U.S.
metropolitan areas in the number of IT professionals certified
in cyber defense technologies. In a recent study conducted by
Brainbench Inc., Washington-Baltimore ranks among the top five
in the categories of disaster recovery and planning, internet
security, network security, TCP/IP administration and WAN technologies.
According to the report, these five technology areas "are
considered key elements in mounting and maintaining an effective
defense against attacks on an organization's physical and logical
IT infrastructure."
Source: Cyber Defense IQ Report, November 2001,
Brainbench Inc., Chantilly, VA.
- Washington metro ranks seventh among the nation's "Most
Wired Cities" in 2002, according to Yahoo Internet Life magazine.
DC Metro ranks fourth in domains per 1,000 firms (2,860), sixth
in online spending per online user ($237), and ninth in the percentage
of households using the Internet (68.9%). Baltimore metro ranks
19th in the 2002 survey, jumping from 46th place the previous
year. It also rated as having one of the seven best local government
websites in the nation.
Source: Yahoo Internet Life magazine, May 2002.
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