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Is Tempe turning into a "tech oasis.
The phrase, first uttered in May by local tech-industry magnates, describes a concentrated cluster of technology companies that would attract quality businesses and personnel to the Valley.
And although that vision is far
from becoming a reality, Tempe officials are citing recent expansions to the downtown area as evidence that their city will be the wellspring from which the oasis grows.
In the past three weeks, NeoPlanet Inc., Integrated Information Systems Inc. and GoRacing.com all local, start-up technology firms
- have announced plans to move their headquarters to downtown Tempe or its surrounding area.
In October, Tempe software company Vitrix moved from 20 E. University Drive to its new 6,000-square-foot space in Tempe's Hayden Square. IKOS Systems, based in...