If Greek firms have an instinctive feel for business trends in countries to their north, that is because their own country has undergone an almost equally rapid transition in recent memory.

ECONOMIST: Good neighbours

In addition, the data delivery systems (in the internet cloud) that serve the thin client model would also benefit with a tier of fast flash memory for rapid playout of content to the thin clients.

FORBES: New Flash Memory Devices Will Lead to 128 GB Consumer Products and More Flash in Computer Systems

On the other hand, rapid access to content is driving new storage and memory tiers to improve overall content access times.

FORBES: Pumping Iron and Keeping Cool

Thanks to rapid advancements in microprocessors, software, screens, memory chips and storage disks, Dell has commoditized low-end computers and had them supplant high-end proprietary technology.

FORBES: Pulled in a New Direction

They might not have a photographic memory of every detail on a page, but rapid recall is surely a sign of intelligence as our society defines it.

FORBES: Adviser Soapbox

All have had to cope with the most wrenching change any part of the world has had to endure in living memory, including the fastest population growth, the most rapid urbanisation and some of the biggest tides of immigration.

ECONOMIST: Time travellers