The problem has been the sheer complexity of the data and the ensuing processing and analysis of the information.

BBC: World's most detailed scans will reveal how brain works

Governments could define best practice on dealing with information flows and the processing of data, just as they require firms to label processed foods with the ingredients or impose public-health standards.

ECONOMIST: Regulators are having to rethink their brief

The virtual reconstruction of Implenia's data center pulled information about the layout of servers and storage, the devices' temperatures, power consumption and data processing over the Internet to IBM's servers, where they were built into a 3-D virtual world model.

FORBES: Breakthroughs

Service industries, such as information technology, data-processing, consulting and public relations, can barely contain their glee.

ECONOMIST: The amazing portable sarariman

For nearly a generation, the information sector, which comprises everything from media and data processing to internet-related businesses, has been ballyhooed as a key driver for both national and regional economic growth.

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The end-to-end ocean data solution provided by Liquid Robotics' new integrated platform provides ocean data collection and processing at the point of collection with real time delivery of critical information to shore.

ENGADGET: Wave Glider sea robot gets a new version, replete with more power and gear

Our technology industry component covers 11 six-digit NAICS sectors covering information industries such as software publishing, Internet publishing, data processing, and tech-related business services such as computer systems design, custom programming, engineering services, and research and development.

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