But Motorola was not investing as it should have been in software integration systems that would allow it to retain its role as the system provider of choice.

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Federal purchases of software and IT consulting and systems integration are likely to experience 5% to 7% decreases, as projects get cancelled or delayed and agencies shift from on-premise licensed software deployments to SaaS offerings with lower initial costs.

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And, given that Ableton makes the software that it's building Push for, integration is understandably expected to be airtight.

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When Apple unveiled iOS 5, the latest major update to the software on iPhones and iPads, it featured deeper integration with Twitter -- letting users share photos directly from the phone's camera app, for example.

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Today, it's announced it's working with popular music-mixing software Virtual DJ to provide tighter integration between the device and the program.

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The MotionEngine software can be licensed for integration into a customer's hardware, or it can be purchased as part of a module or remote control offered by Hillcrest.

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That third party is telling everyone of the level playing field and the economy of scale benefits it will have, but another manufacturer is moving ever closer to full integration of the hardware and software, threatening Samsung.

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