They developed a software system called InVEST that maps out value of natural land or seascape.
For that matter, social business as a software system is not all that a computationally complex problem.
To that end, Technicolor has developed Qeo, a software system designed to allow TVs, handheld devices, intercom systems and appliances to all have one big confab.
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In short, the experience will evolve to become a content acquisition and discovery tool and a software system that could tie together multiple devices in a wireless home.
"We have a single software system, and we can cut our prices to gain market share, " he says.
Merida's hair is made up of 1, 500 individually sculpted curves, distinct points in a three-dimensional space, that are programmed to bounce and interact in relation to one another via a new software system, says Ms. Chung.
Ingram Micro shares are taking a hit, after reporting disappointing Q1 results that the company blamed on a transition to a new enterprise software system in Australia.
Hennepin County's Johnson notes that if there were a uniform tax system, a simple software program that includes a base state tax rate plus local options could be used by businesses to easily calculate and administer sales tax.
At the time, Mr. Dotcom set up a software-hacker community and a computer system used to upload pirated software from others, Mr. Bogk said.
SGS, an inspection firm, and Helveta, a software firm, to set up a system to track all of Liberia's timber.
Since its early days, Groupon has used a cloud-based software system, called Zendesk, for its customer service.
Triporati is not a purely software-driven system, though.
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While separation of duties does apply, the principle of economy of mechanism indicates that creating multiple virtual servers on a single host with software like VMware is creating a complex system.
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In 1999, it typically cost a several million dollars and several months to implement new business software like a Customer Relationship Management system from Oracle.
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Finally, TravRoute has created a voice-enabled software program that works with a Global Positioning System to allow hands-free, eyes-free directional information in a car.
Microsoft has made a deal with Ford Motor Company to put its software into the dashboard with a system called Synch(ph).
The device's novel tablet controller stayed judgment for a short time, but it didn't last long -- a weak launch lineup, a slow operating system and software delays soured an already judgmental community.
For example, a game developer's software could improve the realism of a military simulation system.
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MBNA, a huge credit-card issuer, is launching such a system with Orbiscom, an Irish software supplier.
Corona's software includes an embedded Java operating system and a new variant of the old X-Windows software, which allowed for the creation of hardware-independent graphical user interfaces much like those of Windows or the Macintosh operating system.
The company also showed a new version of its mobile operating system and other internally developed software, including a version of its music recording program Garage Band.
Running on the software giant's Windows CE operating system, a stripped-down version of its desktop software, the devices will offer a calendar, address book, memo pad, voice recorder, e-mail and limited web browsing.
Clyde Adams III, a software developer and the administrator of System Management Interface Forum Inc.
If only the software industry could have a system for reporting and resolving their problems like this.
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Also there was a software issue in the internal NYSE system that sent data to the consolidated feed.
EBay also adopted new tools for big-data processing, such as the open-source software framework Hadoop and a system called Mobius that was developed in its labs.
All of this is possible because of virtualization, a process which increases effectiveness by inserting a level of software between the operating system and the hardware.
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The system software holds a lot of promise, but even now most app developers are still lacking the inspiration to take its user interface principles and make their apps fly.
"In reality, we have issues within the supply chain because there are several systems out there, and we have breaks within the data process, " said Reinhold Wawrzynek, chief executive of Mobiwork AG, a Munich-based system-software provider in the textile industry.
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