Trying to pick the winning format by looking ahead to next year's hot releases is tricky, too.
Some see parallels with the late 1990s, when the first generation of electronic-trading networks consolidated, or were bought by exchanges looking to get ahead in the technological arms race.
By limiting 3G for prepaid data promotions while also selling 4G smartphones with postpaid plans, Verizon seems to be planning ahead by looking for ways to fill its 3G network as 4G migration picks up speed.
Springsteen sparked imaginations by looking back as he simultaneously barreled ahead, full-throttle down the American cultural highway.
Organizations are working to be ahead of regulations by looking at sustainability as an opportunity to create more products and services.
There are standards wars here, too, with some TV makers opting for the HDMI 1.3 multimedia cable interface supported by companies like Dolby and others looking ahead to the still nascent DisplayPort format from Analogix Semiconductor.
Looking ahead, the immediate outlook is clouded by the onrush of events.
Looking even further ahead, the Sun will increase its luminosity by about 40% in three billion years.
Traders today will be looking ahead to a barrage of Fed governor speeches, several by quantitative eaasing detractors.
Looking ahead, domestic spending in the current quarter is expected to be dogged by further uncertainty over the federal government's tax and spending.
But with the Mets already letting Jose Reyes walk to Miami (who blindsided him after one year by flipping him up to Toronto), buying out disappoiting outfielder Jason Bay, and looking ahead to pitcher Johan Santana coming off the books in one more year, there seems to be enough flexibilty to commit to Wright.
Looking ahead, Cisco says it expects worldwide mobile data traffic to increase 13-fold by 2017 to 11.2 exabytes per month or 134 exabytes per year.
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Looking ahead, Flintoff is confident that Test cricket will still be regarded as the pinnacle of the sport by the game's leading players.
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