Technology Profile

The Terabyte Triangle, an urban cluster of "smart" Downtown Spokane buildings, gives businesses the advantage of cost-effective, high-performance Internet connectivity. Several providers of DSL, fiber-optic and wireless connections make Downtown Spokane one of the most wired and now the largest wireless metro areas anywhere. The Triangle is an ideal location for e-commerce, software development, and multimedia businesses whose core business relies on the Internet.

• The Downtown SpokaneHotZoneSM was the only ubiquitous 100-block wi-fi zone in the world. Wi-fi service is designed for business travelers, tourists conventioneers, and visitors to Downtown Spokane. SpokaneHotZone.com
  
• More than 20 Downtown buildings have been rewired to provide easy and affordable access to high-speed—and redundant—internet connectivity.
  
• More than 150 growing tech companies have located into Downtown Spokane and the Terabyte Triangle. Check them out at TerabyteTriangle.com.
  
• Spokane is already home to high-tech firms including General Dynamics, Cyan, Vivato, Telect and Itron. This clustering of mutually beneficial businesses provides a synergism that attracts businesses providing support services to help high-tech companies grow.
  
• SIRTI, the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, founded on the Riverpoint Campus in the late 1980s, helps companies convert good high-tech ideas into market-ready products.
  
• Computer degree graduates from Gonzaga University, Washington State University, The University of Idaho, Whitworth University and Eastern Washington University provide a ready labor base for technology businesses.
  
• Connect Northwest connectnw.org actively supports the technology community with periodic events and trade shows, showcasing the technology work done in our region and providing a forum for business and technology companies to demonstrate their wares.

"There are clusters of established companies here that high tech start-ups can draw from, plus a lot of interest in creating business to business relationships."
– Mike McDonald, President and CEO, AgileLink

Check out terabytetriangle.com for more information.