The old way of doing business, with big
centralized power companies and industries that are totally reliant on fossil fuels, is over, he says.
Not exact matches
With the rise of a small number of big tech
companies — and governments using technology to watch their citizens — many people now believe technology only
centralizes power rather than decentralizes it.
The
power bases of communication — the publishers, broadcasters, cable
companies, and so on — are tending to become so
centralized and so powerful that genuine competition of ideas is being suppressed.
«We have the best of both worlds because we operate locally but have Heineken as our parent
company, which provides us with relationships and
centralized buying
power that we can leverage,» Graves says.
With the growth of Android
powered devices and the popularity of tablets such as the Kindle Fire and the Nook tablet, whose app marketplaces give Amazon and Barnes and Noble customers a
centralized location for finding apps, ebrary's response to the Android market is well - timed and the distributor joins an ever - growing list of
companies who are working in both the iOS and Android platforms.
The
power (no pun intended) is in the hands of those generating the electricity, and not a
centralized power utility
company.
With the rise of a small number of big tech
companies — and governments using technology to watch their citizens — many people now believe technology only
centralizes power rather than decentralizes it.»
The Tokyo Electric
Power company (TEPCO) has invested in UK - based blockchain firm Electron in a focused pivot from
centralized structures to decentralized systems for the energy sector.