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Energy, Commodities and the Internet, Part 1

The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has earned a reputation as a leader and successful innovator in the field of exchange-based energy and commodities trading ...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Sterling Commerce’s Joel Reed: B2B2C Equals B2E

In late November, AT&T's Sterling Commerce acquired Comergent, a competitor in the e-commerce/order hub management platform market, for US$155 million in cash ...

Trading Greenhouse Gases and Carbon on the Internet, Part 2

With ongoing technological and process improvements in the alternative and renewable energy sectors -- and with concerns about energy sources, supplies and environmental degradation increasingly at the forefront of social and political issues -- energy and commodities have become a focal point for businesses, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), government, the broad public and the media...

Trading Greenhouse Gases and Carbon on the Internet, Part 1

It's taken decades and international cooperation among governments, agencies in the private sector, and a variety of multinational and local organizations, but a multibillion dollar global market has grown up around the issuance, verification and trading of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions reduction credits ...

Silicon, Solar Power and Corporate Responsibility, Part 2

Indications are that 2007 will be a bumper year for the solar power and renewable energy industry, as was noted in Part 1 of this two-part series ...

Silicon, Solar Power and Corporate Responsibility, Part 1

Given growing public concerns about energy independence,security and climate change, U.S. states and the federal government are adopting legislation and offering incentives in support of the rapidly growing renewable energy and power industry, and California is playing a leading role ...

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Digital Insight Bolsters Online Banking With Fraud Detection

Digital Insight, a provider of outsourced online banking services, in 2007 will begin offering its on-demand consumerInternet banking and business banking clientsEntrust's TransactionGuard, a real-time transaction monitoring and fraud detection service ...

Renewable Energy in America, Part 2: Solar Powered Homes

Across the U.S., both consumers and industry have called on the government to build out an infrastructure for renewable energy sources following the latest run-up in gas prices. Part 1 of this two-part series on renewable energy reviews some of the plans industry participants have outlined to support various "green" power initiatives, along with some approaches to achieve success...

Renewable Energy in America, Part 1: A Changing Climate

Some 450 leaders from the U.S. renewable industry's policy, financial and technology sectors assembled on Capitol Hill on November 29-30, meeting with members of Congress and government agency officials during the American Council on Renewable Energy's (ACORE) fifth annual national policy conference ...

Extending the Supply Chain, Part 2: SOA

Web services are improving supply chain and business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) network management. As companies such as IBM and Ariba develop better service-oriented architecture (SOA)-based Web services at the partner and customer end, providers such asArch Rock are pushing wireless Web services-enabled networking onto the shop floor and to previously inaccessible production locations, as noted inPart 1 of this two-part series...

BAA Tests Biometric Security System at Heathrow

The British Airport Authority (BAA) on Wednesday announced that it has launched a limited scale trial of three integrated, biometric-driven security systems at London's Heathrow airport. The miSense, miSenseplus and miSenseallclear systems are designed to speed up and simplify passenger check-in, boarding and arrival procedures while at the same time strengthen security...

Extending the Supply Chain, Part 1: From Floor to Fulfillment

New wired and wireless Web services are improving supply chain and business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) network management at both ends of the chain. As companies such as Ariba and IBM are hard at work extending supply chain and B2B network management with new and improved service-oriented architecture (SOA)-based Web services at the partner and customer end, wireless sensor network (WSN) providers such asArch Rock are working at the opposite end, pushing wireless Web services-enabled networking onto the shop floor and to previously inaccessible production locations...

Digital Music, Part 4: Goin’ Mobile

The explosion of digital audio technology has led to a relaxing of cultural and economic barriers worldwide, as detailed inPart 1 andPart 2 of this series ...

Sterling Commerce to Acquire E-Commerce Firm Comergent

Sterling Commerce, anAT&T subsidiary, last week acquired e-commerce platform provider Comergent for US$155 million in cash -- further evidence of the rapid development and consolidation taking place in the B2C and B2B market sectors ...

Digital Music, Part 3: Jazz and Species Radiation

Music has transcended cultural and economic barriers worldwide, thanks in large part to the growth of digital audio technology, as noted in Part 1 andPart 2 of this series ...

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Green Energy, Part 1: The Second Coming

It seems rarer than ever these days that a majority of Americans can get together, rally round a common cause, hash out their differences, and forge a consensus in support of a durable and lasting approach to a pressing and vital public issue. Yet that is what is happening as a groundswell builds from the grass roots up with regard to U.S. energy policy and the prospect of developing biofuels as an alternative energy source...

Digital Music, Part 2: The New Technology Explosion

Music has the power to transcend national and cultural boundaries, asPart 1 of this series on digital music notes ...

Alternative Energy, Part 2: The Perfect Storm

Although the U.S. alternative energy and clean tech industry is still playing catch-up with Europe, investments have been picking up in recent years -- and quickly -- as detailed inPart 1 of this two-part series on alternative energy ...

Digital Music, Part 1: An Expanding Universe

The power of music to bridge national boundaries and cultural divides has long been recognized, but perhaps has never been as starkly clear as it is today. One need only look at the phenomenal growth of MTV channels in countries around the world during the past decade ...

Alternative Energy, Part 1: New Fields of Green for VCs

Venture capital (VC) and private and public investments in alternative energy continue to grow at their highest rates since the OPEC crisis of the 1970s ...

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