Some of the most important work of the electronic revolution is being performed in the Triangle area by the University of North Carolina's virtual reality lab, the Virtus Corporation, the News & Observer, and the Institute for Academic Technology.
Advances in technologies permit individuals, workers, and businesses to be faster and more efficient through use of the Internet, multimedia products, and wireless communication devices.
North Carolina, cited as number one in the United States for number of tech positions held by women, was also touted as providing a comparably hospitable working environment for them. Women in the tech industry attesting to such a work environment included Kimberly Jenkins, co-founder and CEO of Rewriting the Code, a nonprofit supporting women in technology at the undergraduate level.
Derek Ellington of Wake Forest is a certified fraud examiner, privet investigator and self proclaimed "cyber ninja". He notes context as a key with discerning data, the importance of preserving one's digital legacy and Phone smarts.