The Charles Schwab Corporation, an investment services company, announced it will expand its presence in Austin, creating over 800 jobs and making a $196 million investment. The company plans to occupy an existing 187,000-square-foot building and also construct a new 250,000-300,000 square foot building in the Domain area that will house its existing and new employees.

Germany-based Ottobock, a global leader in the production of technologically advanced prothetics and orthotics, is creating 110 jobs in Austin as it relocates the company's North American headquartres from Minnesota. Austin's strong focus on technolgoy and its premier life sciences talent were decisive to Ottobock's expansion and relocation.

The expansion will add 170 sales and operations employees to Dropbox's existing Austin workforce of 30 due to Austin's strong talent base and vibrant tech culture. The San Francisco based company offers solutions for business and individual use, allowing people to easily access and share documents, photos, and videos on any device, from anywhere in the world. Austin is Dropbox's second expansion outside of San Francisco. Capital investment is estimated at $5.5 million.

Atlassian selected Austin to scale its operations because of the city's thriving tech scene and unique, funky culture. Atlassian builds software-development products. Opening in early April, the new office will be located in Austin's central business district and plans are for eventually hire as many as 300 workers.

Epicor Software Corp., a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, announced an expansion of its Austin operations, including the designation of Austin as the company’s corporate headquarters. Approximately 75 new jobs are anticipated. The company’s previous corporate office located in Dublin, California will remain a strategic location for Epicor.

The operator of the technology-centric stock exchange is opening a 30-person office in Austin. The new office will support Texas companies that need NASDAQ OMX’s trading, exchange technology, information & public company services. Texas is NASDAQ’s fourth largest U.S. market for its listings business. Locating to Austin allows NASDAQ to further develop relationships with the region's most innovative companies and entrepreneurs.

Massachusetts-based, athenahealth is a leading provider of cloud-based health information technology services for electronic health records, practice management, and care coordination. The new 110,000-square-foot facility will be located at the Seaholm Power Plant redevelopment project in downtown Austin, with a total capital investment of $13 million.