Though not thought of, by many, as much of a tech-orientated state and a state to be renowned for its industry, Colorado is actually home to one of the fastest growing tech-industries in America, with over 160,000 people being employed in the tech industry in 2012 alone, and from there it has only grown. Computer technology companies, such as IBM Corporation, have flourished in recent years, as part of what has to be one of the biggest tech booms in any state in America in the last ten years, and Denver is, of course, of the cities at the heart of this boom. As a result of this boom, many other sectors of Colorado's industry and economy have bought into this neo-industrialization, with most jobs now warranting some sort of knowledge of data storage and other pieces of computer tech.