Cutting out the sometimes distracting glare of glossy displays, the matte screen is still sufficiently bright and horizontal viewing angles continue to be better than vertical ones.

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The monitors provide plug- and-play convenience from a simple USB key and can be set in either a horizontal or vertical position for more flexible placement options.

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They enable water to be pumped in a network that runs between the horizontal layers of a stack and the thousands of vertical interconnections that carry information between its layers.

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By drawing on ability from all echelons, with communications characterized by interaction, both vertical and horizontal, rather than one-way and top-down, acceptable decisions can be made faster.

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