But Oracle said Microsoft's planned takeover of Germany's SAP showed that the DoJ had underestimated the intensity of competition in the software industry.

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The vendor's results were also boosted by the introduction of the higher-cost Torch in the United States, a key market due to the size and intensity of competition.

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With the advancement of business, however, the intensity of competition has brought into play corporate intelligence, which accounts for sizable sums of money that reduce the black bags of Greece to insignificant levels.

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Bears for Rackspace cite the sustainability of aforementioned growth rate, the capital intensity of the business model and the sizable competition in the space.

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On its own merits, the sport has the speed, strength, intensity and sex appeal to drive solid TV ratings, especially against soft competition during the summer sports calendar that really only features baseball.

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