It was an old idea--distributed storage was a feature of networks since the 1980s--but Lewin devised a way to do it far more efficiently.

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Later, other distributed assets such as storage might fit into the mix as well.

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He also stressed that the enhanced planning is technology neutral, meaning planners should consider alternatives to building transmission lines, including energy storage technologies and distributed generation, where energy generating devices are placed close to demand.

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Products are physically distributed through a network of distribution centres, satellite warehouses, storage facilities, and depots.

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Most of the network access was more to have access to large storage space, which was typically broken up and distributed across employees as separate areas.

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Other related technologies like demand response, consumer-side controls and energy storage are expected to play an equally important role in distributed-energy networks.

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Microsoft's Distributed Systems group utilized a new file system architecture, dubbed Flat Datacenter Storage, over a full bisection bandwidth network to burn through the competition.

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Distributed DVR allows for any hard drive on the home's network to act as the storage device for your DVR, theoretically eliminating the need to even include an HDD in the set-top-box and giving customers the unadulterated ability to scale their storage capacity to fit their needs.

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