Monthly Archives: August 2016

New York Takes A Bite Out Of Carbon By Throwing A Bone To Nuclear Energy

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New York State is enacting a Clean Energy Standard that will at least temporarily save its nuclear plants located upstate. While the tack has wide support among power companies and the labor movement, it is opposed by green energy groups that think state monies would be better invested in wind and solar.
While nuclear energy is a base-load fuel that runs around the clock and that, generally, is carbon-free, it is unable to compete with cheap natural gas in today’s markets. The paradox, of course, is whether to let free markets work or whether to slant the playing field to achieve environmental standards. To this end, the question doesn’t just apply to nuclear energy but also to green fuels, and coal.
“This is one of the most impressive, progressive and aggressive renewable energy programs a state has ever seen,” says Merrill Kramer, an energy and project finance attorney for Sullivan & Worcester in Washington, in an interview. “The Clean Energy Standard includes nuclear energy because it would be too expensive and too aggressive to achieve success without it.”

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Strategic Alliances Group Making Solid Progress

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I’ve been keeping close tabs on Hewlett Packard Enterprise lately—back in June I attended HPE Discover in Las Vegas, and published my takeaways for Day One and Day Two. Today’s blog however, is a follow up to my December blog, on HPE’s Strategic Alliances, which I wrote after meeting with HPE’s Alliance executives at London’s HPE Discover, back in December.  To recap, alliances and partnerships are integral to the success of today’s large IT providers—they often represent a significant, highly reliable source of revenue, and strategically enhance a company’s ability to deliver products and services to their customers in a way that no one company can do by itself.

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Can A Diversified Product Portfolio Help eBay’s Growth In India?

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Recently, eBay‘s management stated, that through its efforts to diversify its product range, the company has achieved over 100 million live product listings on its Indian website eBay.in. This is a significant number given the India’s leading e-commerce player Flipkart has around 40 million product listings and Amazon lists over 65 million products. E-commerce players vying to capture a share of the growing Indian e-commerce market, with Amazon investing hugely in the region and Alibaba looking to enter India. eBay appears to be banking on its diverse inventory to attract consumers. Despite an early mover advantage, eBay is witnessing a slow-down in revenue growth in India and the company now appears to be looking at ways to grow its market share in the region. As eBay works on a turnaround program, India can play an important role in driving revenues for the company. However, the company needs more than a diverse product listing to gain market share. eBay needs to rebuild its brand in the Indian e-commerce market and highlight factors that differentiate it from the other players in the region. For success, the company must also resolving key operational issues, including faster deliveries and refunds for buyers and a support system for sellers.

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