Austin

Austin Hungry for Data Analytics, Cloud Pros

Myra Thomas, 

July 8, 2015

The annual South by Southwest conference has made Austin synonymous with startups and innovation, but the Texan city is also home to an increasing number of …

Tech Hubs Are Also Best Cities for Jobs

Nick Kolakowski, 

May 28, 2015

Glassdoor recently offered a list of the best cities for jobs, based on hiring opportunities, affordability, and job satisfaction. Many of these cities, it bears noting, …

This City Drove the Most Tech-Job Growth: Report

Dice Staff, 

April 20, 2015

Which U.S. city leads the nation in creating the most tech-related jobs? Mark Schill, a research director at strategy firm Praxis Strategy Group, crunched a decade’s …

Austin Seems Poised for Even More Tech Growth

Don Willmott, 

October 3, 2014

What’s New This Quarter Everyone likes Austin—including Forbes, which ranked the city second on its recent list of Best U.S. Cities for Future Job Growth. Forbes …

Austin’s Top Tech Candidates Get Hired Quickly

Don Willmott, 

July 9, 2014

What’s New This Quarter Nine months after taking Dell private, CEO Michael Dell is feeling buoyant that he no longer has to kowtow to Wall Street …

Incentives Lure More Tech Jobs to Austin

Don Willmott, 

April 10, 2014

The big tech job news in the Austin, Texas, area continues to surround Dell, which last year offered a voluntary separation package intended to weed out …

athenahealth to Add 600 Jobs in Austin

Mark Feffer, 

March 6, 2014

Medical technology services provider athenahealth plans to expand into Austin, Texas, after state and local officials dangled a $5.5 million incentive package in front of it. …

Austin Courts athenahealth’s More Than 600 Jobs

Susan Hall, 

January 21, 2014

City and state officials are dangling an incentive package worth $5.6 million in front of health IT vendor athenahealth in return for creating 607 new full-time …

In Austin, Everyone (Except Dell) Seems to Be Hiring

Don Willmott, 

January 20, 2014

What’s New This Quarter Quarter 4 of 2013 was a vibrant one in Austin, beginning as Dell finally completed its $24.9 billion shareholder buyout. The newly …

IBM Plans Hundreds of Hires in Austin

Susan Hall, 

November 12, 2013

IBM has opened a design studio in Austin and plans to add hundreds of jobs over the next five years. The company’s General Manager of Design …