When figures are in electronic form, knowledge workers can study them, annotate them, look at them in any amount of detail or in any view they want and pass them around for collaboration.
By technology here we do not mean just shiny electronic gewgaws: we mean all of the new knowledge that pours into the world each year about how we can do things better.
But it raised concerns about the electronic counting system used in London, including the advanced technical knowledge needed to understand and scrutinise the system and errors in transmitting results to the central collation area at City Hall.