Any network, especially one the size and scope of the internet, needs a centralized control mechanism for operational stability.

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They wish to see a move away from centralized curriculum control to regional, provincial and even local control.

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Rich management controls for securing and managing work profiles including hierarchical group management with Active Directory integration, support for customizable administrative roles with granular capabilities, an intuitive enterprise enrollment process for employees that offers a self-service console, and centralized control of assignable profiles for email, SCEP, Wi-Fi, VPN and proxy servers.

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The top-down, centralized control exerted by school reformers was a glaring contrast to the choice and experimentation advocates of school reform purported to be after.

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A. in 1987, has instead wrested control of research and development spending decisions away from the divisions and centralized them with the executives at the company.

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