I need a comprehensive list of techology companies in Austin, TX,
along with the URL of their homepage. Special preference should 
be given to eCommerce and Internet related companies.

Hello csdoc,

And thank you for your question!

I first located a good list of Austin Technology companies that are
members of the Austin Technology Incubator at
http://www.ic2-ati.org/companies.asp . Each of these has a link to
their website.

Activelink  http://www.activeink.net/

Advanced Semiconductor Equipment Technology  http://www.asetco.com/

Aural Networks  http://www.auralnetworks.com/

B2G Source  http://www.b2gsource.com/

BuildForge, Inc  http://www.buildforge.com/

CameraMouse Inc.  http://www.cameramouse.com/

Celebrate Software  http://www.celebrate-software.com/

Codetoys  http://www.codetoys.com"%20target="_blank/

Connectione  http://www.connectione.com/

Coupon Logix, Inc  http://www.couponlogix.com/

Dunti Corporation  http://www.dunti.com/

Enport  http://www.enport.com/

Fortigo  http://www.fortigo.com/

iDriveonline  http://dealer.idriveonline.com/

Inventes, Inc  http://www.inventes.com/

Manitcore Technology  http://www.manticoretechnology.com/

Ovidium Corporation  http://www.ic2-ati.org/

Sole Sports  http://www.ic2-ati.org/

Vasari Communications  http://www.vasari.com/

Web Office  http://www.webofficenow.com/

Webify Solutions, Inc  http://www.webifyinc.com/

Zero Wait State  http://www.zerowait-state.com/

Power Tube, Inc  http://www.ic2-ati.org/

Purete Water Corporation  http://www.puretewater.com/

RSET, Inc  http://www.ic2-ati.org/

Teletrips, Inc  http://www.teletrips.com/

Windkraft, Inc  http://www.windkraftusa.com/

You will also find a small list of non-profit technology companies on
this page.

Let's not forget one of the grandaddies of eCommerce technology
companies in Austin, Dell Computer at www.dell.com !

An interesting newsletter from the National Commission on
Entrepreneurship at http://www.ncoe.org/newsletter/update/05_03_00.html
shows in part:

"Austin’s technology boom is a recent phenomenon. As late as the
mid-1980s, the region’s economy was dominated by state government and
the University of Texas’ main campus, UT-Austin. Today, the city is
home to more than 2,000 technology companies, 70 percent of which are
locally headquartered. The market capitalization of the top 25 firms
in Austin exceeded $124 billion in 1999.


This entrepreneurial boom is bringing real bottom line benefits to the
region. The Austin area exhibited 60 percent employment growth between
1989 and 1998 -- second in the U.S. to Las Vegas. Last year, the
Austin economy grew by 5.3 percent and local economists predict a
continued 5 percent growth rate for the next two years. Meanwhile, the
region is attracting lots of newcomers, with more than 2,000 people
moving into the area each month. "

They continue to make specific reference to the following companies:

"At about the same time, several major semiconductor firms, including
AMD, Applied Materials, and Samsung, set up shop in Austin. In
addition, a young student at UT-Austin named Michael Dell created a
company call Dell Computer. Dell since has become the biggest player
on the Austin scene, spawning hundreds of "Dellionnaires" who have
gone on to launch their own firms.


Austin continued to boom throughout the 1990s. Today, the region’s
economic base is strong and it continues to attract more new companies
and new talent. Austin’s diverse high technology base hosts major
companies like IBM, Motorola, and Dell. Yet, it has also spawned a
burgeoning start-up culture in software, internet industries, and
biomedical products. In fact, it is estimated that roughly 175 to 200
new technology firms are started in the Austin region each year."


Whew! I'm afraid I will not be able to list all 1400 companies they
claim are headquartered here, but let's see if we can't find a few
more lists for you to peruse. I moved my search for Austin Texas
technology companies over to the Google Directory service to find the
following:


A page at AustinXL - http://www.austinxl.com/topics.php showing latest
news on a wide variety of industries. This page has links for Dell,
Compaq, biotech, Internet and others that shows it to be a wonderful
source of information for uncovering companies in Austin.

Computer World's Emerging Companies 2002 at
http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/story/0,10801,65767,00.html
shows the following companies in Austin:

724 Solutions  http://www.724.com/

NetQos, Inc  http://www.netqos.com/

Surgient  http://www.surgient.com/

and

Tonic Software  http://www.tonic.com/


In today's news (Oct 2,2002) at Texas Business,
http://www.texasbusiness.com/ , Austin's Technology Incubator
announced 8 new graduating companies. Although this page does not list
their web urls, it is informative of new business in technology in
Austin.

http://www.texasbusiness.com/template.shtml?stories/ic217.htm


The Austin Chamber of Commerce at
http://www.austin-chamber.org/Do_Business/ shows links to the
following:

Key Central Texas Industries including Bioscience, Computers and
Peripherals, Multimedia and Software. Each list has a page of member
companies. For example, Computers and Peripherals shows the following
members:

Computers and Peripherals Member Companies
Who's doing what in this industry? Here's a list of Chamber members
who have already found Austin is a hot place to do business.

Acratod of Austin, Inc.
2605 Buell Ave.
Austin, TX 78757
451-0198

Advanced Computer Technology, Inc.
8000 Anderson Square
Austin, TX 78757
453-2001


Bantam Electronics
Ste. 100
2600 McHale Ct.
Austin, TX 78758
719-3560


Comp-Utility Corp.
4005 Hyridge Dr.
Austin, TX 78759
346-0999


Dell Computer Corp.
1 Dell Way
Round Rock, TX 78682
338-4400


Gateway Country Computer Store
Ste. 212A
11150 Research Blvd.
Austin, TX 78759
346-6550


IBM - Education and Training
11400 Burnet Rd.
Austin, TX 78758
838-6100


IBM Corp.
MS. 1169
11400 Burnet Rd.
Austin, TX 78758
823-0000


Intel Austin Design Center
Ste. 400
1501 S. MoPac Expy.
Austin, TX 78746
314-0000


National Instruments Corp.
Bldg. B
11500 N. MoPac Expy.
Austin, TX 78759
683-0100


SigmaTel, Inc.
Ste. 300
3815 S. Cap. of TX Hwy.
Austin, TX 78704
381-3700


Stonebridge Technologies
Ste. B-330
8303 MoPac Expy.
Austin, TX 78759
418-9105


Toner Plus
8300 N. Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78753
339-8213


Western Staff Services
Ste. 107
3415 Greystone Dr.
Austin, TX 78731
346-9675


Xerox-Omnifax
9715 Burnet Rd.
Austin, TX 78758
490-6254

You will find similar lists, all with links to their sites, under each
of the other headings.

And the Austin Technology Council has a member page at
http://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/main.php?page_name=about_us&page=abt_members_main
which lists all their members and links to their home pages. You will
find several hundred listings here.


Lastly, http://www.austinlinks.com/Business/index.html , Austin
Business links has a number of resources and links for business
information and organizations a few which appear to be unique.


I trust this has provided you with both a listng of some of the more
prominent Austin technology companies as well as easily accessible
resources for more listings. If anything above is unclear, please do
ask for clarification.

Thanks for using Google Answers!

Regards,

-=clouseau-ga=-

Good effort. I'm surprised that it's as many as 1400.