However, such an overhaul should not have to mean a replacement or upgrade to existing systems, but rather a universal platform that connects throughout the bank, interrogating all the necessary data on demand, and using the latest high speed technology.
Just as high-speed technology transformed the way scientists discover drugs, Symyx is poised to do the same for materials.
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Both companies said they will support a standard industry specification to enable broad-scale acceptance of this new high-speed technology.
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Verizon may have been the first to launch its 4G LTE network more than a year ago, but customers have yet to take to the new high-speed technology.
As high-speed internet technology spreads, piracy will threaten the film business just as it has the music industry.
That could create problems when Apple introduces a handset built around the high-speed LTE technology available on new iPad.
The reason why LTE is important for chipset makers is that many carriers around the world are transitioning to this high-speed 4G technology.
Adrian Cheng invented a powerful non-invasive, high-speed microscope technology for imaging the activity of thousands of cells in the brain simultaneously, in real time, offering a view of neural circuits at work.
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Olympus' iHS (Intelligent, High-Sensitivity and High-Speed) Technology powers a number of features on the STYLUS SZ-16 iHS including Hand-Held Starlight mode which helps users at night, where image blur is more likely to occur, by capturing multiple images and stitching them together into a single, crisp, breathtaking photo without the use of a tripod.
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It is also ergonomically designed, made with Bookeen's HSIS technology (High Speed Ink System) as well as smart connectivity technology.
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And lasting opportunities for the middle class in areas like clean energy, the smart grid, high-speed rail, and high-technology changes will take place.
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Casio's original Dynamic Photo function, which creates composite moving images using the camera's own high-speed image processing technology, now does even more.
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The company's press release says the 3G network is the first widely available service in the world to use High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology.
The UPA provides all Powerline players the opportunity to respond to key customer expectations with open standards, based on interoperability, security and coexistence and supported by exclusive and independent certifications, the only global guarantee of quality and confidence for high-speed power line technology available today.
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And since the modules from Intel and Nokia will not hit the market until the latter part of 2007, many believe that by then, the market will already be moving to even higher-speed networks such as WiMax and another technology known as High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA).
The cellular telecommunications industry is entering a period of transition from aging, analog-era transmission technology to high-speed "third-generation" (3G) mobile networks.
Once commercialized, 5G mobile communications technology will be capable of ultra-high-speed data transmission up to several hundred times faster than even the 4G LTE-Advanced technology due for launch later this year.
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Web to market a technology that provides high-speed multimedia and Internet access through electricity lines.
Bill Gates has a long history of making investments in cable companies with the hopes that it will secure Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people) software a significant role in the technology used for high-speed Internet access and for cable set-top boxes that deliver interactive TV.
Cellular providers have spent billions upgrading their networks to provide high-speed data services, but still don't have the technology available to offer high-quality live TV.
The explosive growth in high-speed wireless Internet is spurring a new technology wave.
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Now EDGE's successor, a 3G-wireless technology called HSDPA (High-Speed Download Packet Access), provides transmission rates of 400 to 700 kilobits per second.
Although the financial industry likes to think of itself as a technology leader, outside high-speed trading it frequently lags behind other industries, said a regulator.
Game players tend to be early adapters of any new technology, from specialized high-speed graphics chip sets to surround-sound computer speakers, that promises a more complete immersion in the virtual world.
Magnetic levitation technology, which currently powers high speed trains in places like Japan and Europe, could potentially be used to build a railroad capable of launching material into space, according to a report by Gizmag.
Its technology has been designed to give people high speed access to the net over relatively long distances.
The current versions are not capable of exploiting the leading-edge cell-phone technology known as 3G, a high-speed offering that follows the original analog and second-generation digital systems.
She said beyond attending technology forums and enjoying easier access to high-speed Internet, she was looking forward to meeting some of the volunteers who translate her writings from Spanish to other languages.
General Electric is part of several announced deals, including a project to expand high-speed rail in the U.S. using Chinese technology and a joint effort with Shenhua Gasification to building clean energy generators.
To build the infrastructure of tomorrow, we're investing in expanded broadband access and health information technology, clean energy facilities and the first high-speed rail network in America.
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