RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fifth District is at the heart
of a technological revolution that is changing business, industry, and
education. As the New Millennium dawns, a synergy between creative and
entrepreneurial forces is producing vast possibilities for communicating
ideas, sharing information, and solving problems. The result is a framework
for empowering people and solving problems.
For instance, one half of all e-mail messages worldwide pass through
Virginia on their route from sender to receiver. What began as experiments by
government scientists and researchers is now universally known as the
Internet. The Commonwealth is at the center of cyberspace where intellect and
technology merge. In North Carolina in the late 1950s, the planners of
Research Triangle Park established a nurturing environment where ideas were
hatched and transformed into practical business applications. Today, this
practice remains the state's signature.
Meanwhile, states like West Virginia are utilizing the Internet and
telecommunications systems to better link citizens with their world. And
technological newcomers such as South Carolina are preparing workers to
embrace a developing and dynamic work environment.
In the latest issue of Region Focus, writers reveal the dynamic nature of
the Fifth District technology experience. A quarterly business magazine
published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Region Focus provides
readers with information on and analysis of the economy and business
activities of the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, most of West
Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
For copies of this free publication, contact the Bank's Public Affairs
Division at 804.697.8111. The article abstracts are available at
http://www.rich.frb.org/regionfocus.
SOURCE Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
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