Source: The Economist

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Given the rising awareness and activities to curb the rising temperature, cutting down on card dioxide and conservation of energy, there is an opportunity emerging in a big way for software industries as this article points out. Already the big players such as CA, IBM, Oracle, SAP etc have moved into the area. The softwares can help monitor and manage energy consumption, emissions and waste generation.

While the above article throws light on the emerging opportunity in IT, the following one raises questions on whether information was badly managed in the banking industry contributing to the crisis in the financial industry. One of the points which emerges is that the information systems helped in increasing the speed but not transparency in the information processed.

Source: The Economist

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