Amble says that Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) is keenly interested in the project, and he sees telemedicine becoming far more than a method for providing health care to villages in developing countries that can't afford a doctor.

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Similarly you could experiment in the extended-enterprise scenario without developing a formalized method.

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Also, until recently, China lacked a reliable and cheap method of shipping packages, so the e-commerce industry has invested in developing one.

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Over and over again as I have worked with clients while developing this method, I have seen profound transformations happen quickly, even in a couple of hours.

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In India, however, there is no single nationwide retailer serving this market segment, so Essmart is developing an innovative distribution method that makes use of catalogs and online ordering in mom-and-pop shops.

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There is presently no Andean-FRIEND and the concomitant establishment of A-GMN and Andean-FRIEND was judged to be the most opportune method of developing an integrated glaciological and hydrological program for regional monitoring and management use in a region where snow and ice reserves are such an important part of water resources.

UNESCO: Valdivia, Chile, 2003