State Farm® is a proud sponsor of the Java MUG. From that momentous day in 1922 when G.J. Mecherle sold his first auto policy, we've always been there for our customers. State Farm is connected to the neighborhoods where we live and work. We team–up with organizations that share our vision and commitment to building safer, stronger, and better educated communities.

On the surface, State Farm is a top insurance and financial services provider with 18,000 State Farm® Agents serving 80 Million Policies and Accounts. Dig deeper and you'll discover that many levels and variations of information technology (IT) are required to do what we do, on the massive scale that we do it. The current State Farm network is one of the largest virtual private networks in the world based on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). It currently supports approximately 65,000 State Farm employees and 63,000 State Farm agents and team members using an unrivaled combination of state–of–the–art and traditional technologies. Internet technologies used at State Farm include: HTML, Java, Java Script, JSPs, JSFs, EJBs, portal, and portlets. Applications are developed for State Farm's Internet and intranet (SFnet), with most major departments developing SFnet applications — including reference information and interactive.

State Farm IT has traditionally been based in Bloomington, IL. A nationwide consolidation of business facilities has led to an expansion of State Farm IT in Atlanta, Dallas and Phoenix. With a 2 million square foot project right here in Richardson set to house a number of business functions, it is an exciting time for IT @ State Farm!