He notes that big data and big data analysis is a growing application in the cloud.

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Switching cards is particularly popular in Europe, where people "walk in, buy a SIM, and keep on adding minutes to it, " notes Current Analysis analyst Bill Ho.

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He gave a virtuoso performance, rhyming off dozens of statistics in a clear, point-by-point analysis of the positives and negatives facing the world economy without once referring to notes or using PowerPoint slides.

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Claire Enders of Enders Analysis notes that the people who most need information about local goings-on are the immobile old and the poor, for whom the news that a local clinic is about to close can be vital.

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