If you can directly access that control mechanism, then you open the lock.

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Building a cloud creates a new mechanism for users to gain access to, and control of their IT resources, and for the IT department to set policy, governance and management procedures around those resources.

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The government wants vendors to develop encryption software that includes a key recovery mechanism whereby the government could get access to the algorithm to decode a message for law enforcement purposes.

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For entrepreneurs, it provides a highly valuable feedback mechanism on prospective offerings while allowing them to access capital much more readily than traditional vehicles including SBA loans, VCs and Angel investors.

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So, he spent two years coming up with a mechanism that allows for Internet-to-offline access, while also focusing intensely on developing a solid business model.

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RTOs are one mechanism by which to achieve that goal while enforcing existing laws that ensure grid access is another.

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