This special section was produced in cooperation with Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology. It documents Northern Virginia's emergence as a leading center for information technology and also highlights some downstate info-tech companies. Gov. Jim Gilmore is playing a pivotal role in Virginia's techno-revolution, so we explore his administration's efforts to promote high-tech industry statewide.

	Gilmore's Greenhouse Gov. Jim Gilmore wants to turn Virginia into a hotbed for information technology companies. By Marjolijn Bijlefeld and James A. Bacon
	How Green is Our Valley? Will Northern Virginia ever supplant Silicon Valley as the world's most influential high-tech hub? By Dennis Montgomery and James A. Bacon

PROFILES: Tapping the Training Trend Coastal Training Technologies Corp. is becoming a major player in the burgeoning market for multimedia corporate training materials. By Marjolijn Bijlefeld To Be, or Not to Be a Techie Trading Renaissance literature for leading-edge technology has paid off for the CEO of New Technology Management. By Marjolijn Bijlefeld A Tele-Medical Twist Nephrologists Frank and Dugan Maddux conmingle their Internet business with their medical practice. By Leila Marija Ugincius In Tune With Business With a former musician-cum-attorney at the helm, The Whitlock Group is as adaptable as its founder. By Marjolijn Bijlefeld