technology laggard

But Mr. Greeson added that dial-up users are not necessarily technology laggards.

Long a technology laggard, New York City suddenly became a magnet for venture capital, trailing only San Francisco in attracting technology venture financing.

But while the United States is unaccustomed to being a technology laggard, a closer look at the new uses for wireless phones overseas indicates that Americans may not be missing much.

The cable television industry, traditionally a technology laggard, invoked Silicon Valley's high-tech reputation and pledged a panoply of interactive services at the the National Cable Television Association convention, which opened here today.

Since becoming chief executive last year, Mr. Harrison has spent much of his time trying to change Chase's status as a technology laggard, with a struggling online banking business and little ability to underwrite initial public offerings.

Once a technology laggard, the Government "is leading the charge on NT in some ways, pushing it into more advanced uses that you see in most corporations," said Mathew Mahoney, an analyst for IDC Government, a research service in Falls Church, Va.