Employees work in "neighborhoods" defined by job function, such as marketing or finance, so workers sit near those they interact with regularly in the course of a workday.

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Its movement looks like a regular sine wave function within pretty defined parameters, and this pattern has held true for the last 1200 days.

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Regardless of manufacturer, the similarities in smartphones are striking because the form and function is so well defined by consumer needs.

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The approach aligns with the trend toward SDN (software-defined networking) and NFV (network function virtualization) among telecommunications operators, thanks to its elastic and virtualization-friendly cloud architecture.

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Software-defined networks will provide some of this flexibility by separating the control function from data forwarding, but there are additional capabilities emerging, he says, such as intelligent switching of wavelengths, the ability to mix dedicated bandwidth with best-efforts networks, and application layer network traffic optimization, e.g.

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What bridges the function with the goal is a set of 8 to 10 defined action steps.

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