Which is why, according to Chip, companies like Independence IT are taking over the traditional technology space previously occupied by the local computer guy or technology firm.

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He said a single UK integrated energy market, where Scottish consumers and citizens south of the border continued to pay for the incentivisation of renewables technology, would "undoubtedly happen post independence".

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It will be interesting to see how Dell balances this independence with its ambition to build an even larger portfolio of technology to solve even more problems for its customers.

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But as the only Big Four firm to not sell its consulting arm after the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley and the introduction of new scope of services restrictions to support more auditor independence, Deloitte is the biggest and strongest of all the firms in technology and systems implementation, in particular.

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Obama said that he would go slower but would not stop what he said were priorities: working toward energy independence, fixing the health care system and remaining competitive in education, science and technology.

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