Welcome to the inaugural issue of TPAtlanta, a digital newsletter dedicated to the Transaction Processing Industry in Georgia, brought to you by Trans Atlantic Systems.

Who are we and why are we doing this? In a nutshell, Trans Atlantic Systems is an Atlanta-based IT services and business strategy consulting firm that specializes in serving clients in the Transaction Processing Industry. We have worked with companies such as Equifax, Global Payments, and CompuCredit. You can find us on the web at www.tas-inc.com. End of commercial.

This newsletter is not about us; it is about you, your company, your competition, and your industry!

It’s that simple and straightforward.

Did you know that the Transaction Processing Industry is an over $7 Billion industry in Georgia and that the top 10 Transaction Processing companies in Atlanta alone employ over 33,000 people? We believe that a collection of professionals that large in a concentrated market area needs a single source for information dedicated to their industry!

Our goal with TPAtlanta is to create a virtual fraternity where each of us can gather to read what is going on with our peers, to share information about our organizations, and to see who is doing what or moving where. All put together in a concise, timely, crisp, monthly e-newsletter format without your having to sift through myriads of stuff about industries other than the Transaction Processing Industry. Just point, click and read! No magazine inserts to fall on the floor. No spam either! You have to opt-in to be on our distribution list which we promise will be used solely to send out this newsletter, safely and privately. So please feel free to share this newsletter with your associates and have them email us at subscribe@tpatlanta.com so that they can get their own copy of our next issue.

And while we are on the topic of email, this newsletter will not be of much value without your participation, so we invite you to send us your comments and feedback to publisher@tpatlanta.com. Also, please let us know of anything newsworthy going on within your organization such as new product announcements, publications, speeches, press releases, new client wins, promotions and new hires. We will even help you publicize job openings if that is something that you would like us to do. And if there is some particular topic of interest that you would like to know more about, please let us hear from you so that we can tailor future issues to your preferences.

We are excited to be a part of the Transaction Processing Industry in Georgia, and we hope you find this newsletter valuable. We invite you to bookmark www.TPAtlanta.com and to check back here frequently as we strive to keep you up-to-date on what is going in that part of the world where you spend so much of your time without our taking up too much of it.

Enjoy!

Calvin D. Johnson, Publisher
publisher@tpatlanta.com
Trans Atlantic Systems, Inc.