TECHburgher
The TECHburgher is a blog about technology (“tech”) and Pittsburgh (“burgher”). Simple as that. Technology in the ‘Burgh is a way of life and a vehicle for regional growth. With that in mind, we’ll give shout outs to anyone and anything advancing southwestern Pennsylvania’s business climate and technology sector. Have an idea? Let us know in the comments section below. Otherwise, subscribe to our feed (using the buttons to the right) and be in the know about our issues, topics, news and more.
Southwestern Pennsylvania
In addition to its inherent beauty and high quality of life, our region offers many advantages to living, working and playing in southwestern Pennsylvania. One of the nation’s leading centers for technology, health care, advanced materials, life sciences, homeland security and financial services, Pittsburgh ranks as one of the world’s most livable cities with a vibrant cultural district, as well as rivers and green space for an active outdoor lifestyle. The surrounding region is much of the same.
On a business note, the region’s technology industries, when taken in aggregate, have continued to increase their total annual payroll, now standing at $10.8 billion, which represents nearly 24 percent of the region’s total industries. Average wages increased 6.6 percent over a three-year period more than $52,000 a year, thereby further illustrating that the technology sector features a high level of high-growth, high-paying jobs. (Source: 2007 State of the Industry Report)
Pittsburgh Technology Council
Since 1983, the Pittsburgh Technology Council has been the principal point of connection for companies from four primary clusters of the technology industry that are represented by a critical mass of businesses in southwestern Pennsylvania including, the Advanced Manufacturing / Materials, Cleantech, Information Technology and Life Sciences sectors.
Greetings,
I am a Pittsburgh-based entrepreneur and recently launched http://www.collegeknowitall.com. It is a free user-generated college ratings site. Would you mind doing a post about the site?
Thanks,
Lauren McKibben
Brunner Digital is not the only company in the Pittsburgh area to become official developers of applications for the iPhone and iTouch devices. Techward Industries, Inc has also recently become a certified developer with Apple Inc. We also develop on the newly released Android platform from Google, and are eager to see its development blossom. We are also members of the Pittsburgh Technology Council. We have recently moved here and hoping to experience all the benefits Pittsburgh has to offer. Please reference the website for a review of our company and list of our capabilities. Brunner Digital is a great company indeed!!!!! However, they are a national company now with their headquarters here. I would like to see some reporting on some of the smaller tech companies of the Pittsburgh area, that are truly native to this area, and have Pittsburgh pride. Thank you for your time and lookout for some great new techs to come out of Techward Industries, especially on these new mobile platforms.
Cheers,
Edward Blake
Edward,
Thanks for the note. We are happy to showcase any new technologies that are out there. If you have a press release that you would like us to post about, please send it to press_releases@pghtech.org. We’d love to hear what you are doing too!!
Tim
Hi there,
I couldn’t find any contact details so thought i would message you through here.
I am working on a new video piece and thought you might be interested. Its about ERP systems and a managers resistance to implementing one. Its done in a humurous style but also delivers some serious messages.
http://www.k3scs.com/the-factory/
Any feedback would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Mark
Hi – Couldn’t find a contact email so thought we’d reach you via the contact us form.
Given your focus on tech and Pittsburgh, we thought this analysis of Pennsylvania’s startup and investor community would be of interest to you.
http://www.chubbybrain.com/blog/2009/03/the-pennsylvania-startup-venture-capital-and-angel-investor-scene-a-deeper-dive
We also linked to your blog at the conclusion of the post as a resource that those interested in PA startups could visit/use as a resource.
Have a great day.
Warm regards,
Anand
co-founder, ChubbyBrain
Hello,
I’m a member of the team at Telecompricer.com and was wondering if you could write a post about our site.
Let me know if you need any more details.
Thanks,
Jeff Anderson
Webmaster, Telecompricer.com
10-4! Send news to press_releases@pghtech.org.
Hey, You have a extremely informative site related to tech support. I represent a client who specializes in high speed internet which would be extremely helpful to your readers. Please email me if you are interested in posting a text link advertisement on your blogs. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
JD
Your feed isn’t displaying properly in Google reader. It started a few days ago. I have a screen shot if that would be helpful. I could not find an email address to send it to.