And when applying cloud solutions to the mix, the implications extend beyond simply replacing or upgrading or reconfiguring technology.

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The company is attempting to capitalize on the growing trend of using human resources closer to home by providing a professional and dedicated project manager via a cloud based platform to mix and match staffing requirements.

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"Our ability to create the ideal mix of device and cloud resources has resulted in a platform that completely changes the economics of television content creation, " said David McElhatten , senior vice president, studio and services for ActiveVideo Networks.

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Cloud, social, mobile, engagement, Big Vision (formerly Big Data), and a greatly accelerated pace and scale of global business require modern apps, optimized systems, fault-tolerance, full support across cloud and on-premise and a mix of both, and built-in BI and social capabilities.

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Three possibilities proposed by Cox: a "peer-to-peer" social network, a cluster of "virtual individual servers" running on a cloud service such as Amazon Elastic Computer Cloud, and "hybrid decentralization, " a mix of the two approaches.

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But now throw into this mix the additional identity silos introduced with new cloud and mobile and social platforms, and it becomes even more difficult to ensure critical IT compliance and security tasks such as de-provisioning user access, running compliance reports and managing privileged user access are easily and fully implemented.

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