The outage was particularly troubling for SixApart, whose online Web applications depend on continuous uptime to compete with offline tools like Microsoft Word.

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It also creates an interesting proposition for developers to create applications that depend on multiple devices for increased functionality.

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"Our research clearly indicates that location has quickly gained traction with consumers as an essential contextual component for many of the applications they use and depend upon with their mobile devices, " said Tim Bajarin President of Creative Strategies, Inc.

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Remember that most applications are operationally simple, meaning they depend on the performance of the components.

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Companies such as Adobe, Autodesk, and Dassault Systemes certify NVIDIA Quadro solutions for professionals whose livelihoods depend on maximum uptime with their applications.

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In terms of how quickly, I think Director Bromwich and others have said some of this is going to depend on the quality of the permit applications themselves.

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