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Why go green?
Some answers on why businesses are investing in green IT. Plus standardisation vs personalisation
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Editor’s note: Mobile e-mail can be tamed
The day-to-day benefits of checking office messages while on holiday appeared far to outweigh the drawbacks, says Peter Whitehead
Take your partners, please
Alan Cane finds that, despite the economic climate, long-term relationships between IT vendors and clients are more important than seeming to get a bargain
Perspectives: Software agents make their way out of the laboratory
‘Agent based software development’ could be a key to progress in stem cell research and business data processing, writes Alan Cane
Personal view: ‘Markets set free by open source’
Jonathan Schwartz outlines the benefits that can accrue to countries that enthusiastically embrace technology freedom
Valley view: Chrome fills Google’s missing link
The web applications platform connects huge data centres and applications, providing the performance that web developers can exploit and rivals will have to match, writes Chris Nutall
Boardroom debate: When simplicity can be taken too far
Many people and organisations are at breaking point because of the complexity they are faced with, writes Ade McCormack
What IT means to me: One man’s single view of the business
Stephen Pritchard talks to Henning Kagermann, co-chief of SAP, about the evolution of IT projects
What’s new: New weapons in the fight to be CRM king
Oracle claims to offer the best of both hosted and on-premise customer relationship management software solutions, reports Geoff Nairn
Did IT work: Automated control system keeps cabbies up to speed
Stephen Pritchard profiles Taxi Berlin, a company that has fitted wireless PDAs to most of its cars
Maritime technology: Fresh fruit – and a trade revolution
Ross Tieman reports on how the replacement of a centuries-old finance system is transforming the supply chain at sea
