As Iowa seeks to expand the number of homegrown technology businesses and the jobs they create, connecting potential collaborators would appear to be a logical move.
The state’s technology industry employs more than 76,000 workers. It accounts for $10.7 billion, or 8.8 percent, of the state’s gross domestic product.
While you can find an online list by Manta Media of more than 520 information technology companies in Iowa, there is no all-inclusive database of technology companies in the state and their products or services.
The Technology Association of Iowa tries to fill that role on a de facto basis with its membership roster, which lists organizations and links to its website.
“Our directory only includes businesses that are members,” TAI President Leeann Jacobson said. “We have been compiling a database as we go along, but we by no means have everything.
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Author: George C. Ford, The Gazette
