DIGI-TECH COMER MOVES TO CLEAN TECH

A hint of which way the winds of commerce are blowing?

SAP wunderkind Agassi abandons code for clean tech
Ashlee Vance, March 28, 2007 (The Register)

WHO
Shai Agassi

WHAT
The man once expected to take over SAP has left the software maker to initiate projects in clean technology.

WHEN
His resignation will take effect at the end of the week of March 26-31.

WHERE
SAP corporate HQ is in Germany, a world leader in alternative and renewable energies.

WHY
Agassi's peers at SAP expect him to form an alternative energy start-up. SAP recently extended the contract of CEO Henning Kagermann. Agassi had expected to be promoted to that position.

QUOTES
"I look forward to new opportunities, and working on issues that are important to me, including alternative energy and environmental policy issues, as well as the future of Israel," [Agassi] said.