Communications & Information Technology

Over 36% of Michigan's custom computer programming service firms are located in Oakland County.

Communications & Information Technology companies that chose Oakland County include (for a complete list click on Companies):
 

There are over 30 research projects and almost 30 research centers related to Communications & Information Technology at Michigan universities (For a complete list click on Research Center or Research Projects).

Available resources to support Communications & Information Technology firms in Michigan include:  Great Lakes Interactive Marketing Association, Internet2, Merit Network, and Telecommunications Association of Michigan.

Oakland's Emerging Sectors initiative targeting Communications & Information Technology has resulted in more than $167 million of new investment and over 3,100 new jobs for the region in just the past five years.

These Innovators below came from Michigan Universities:

Tony Fadell - creator of the Apple iPod
Charles Hutchins - creator of CAE (computer aided
    engineering)
Bill Joy - founder of Sun Microsystems
Thomas & John Knoll - co-creators of Adobe Photoshop
Larry Page - co-founder of Google, Inc.

Oakland County's leading engineering and manufacturing talent
    will help you bring your communications and IT products to
    market faster and cheaper
Oakland County's #3 in Broadband - According to
    Neilson/NetRatings report, the Detroit region beat the New York,
    Boston and San Francisco Bay areas with a 67% broadband
    penetration rate

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