Safend is one company that was early in focusing on port control and has since branched out into other areas of so-called Data Leak Prevention (DLP).

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Within two years, the pair had turned the company profitable largely by focusing on infection control, specifically systems that help keep diseases from spreading throughout hospitals and other medical campuses.

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Al Gore earned a reputation as a technology specialist, focusing on issues including arms control and funding for the then nascent internet.

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"We work daily to improve operational reliability by focusing on the areas we control, and working with all our partners, " spokeswoman Kate Modolo said.

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And with the UNDCP's help, it has come up with a drug-control master plan focusing on areas such as law enforcement, preventive education and crop substitution.

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With the buyer in control of the purchase process, focusing on leads is like trying to implement new management rules with New York cabbies in a snow storm.

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With Electronic Arts now focusing on Star Wars, Paramount needs an established publisher to take control of the Trek universe and explore its full potential.

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" Specifically, they are "focusing on how to apply verification measures included in the earlier START I and START II arms control treaties to the new limits proposed for offensive weapons.

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At an operations control center in the English city of Derby, a handful of railway engineers spend their days focusing intently on four large wall-mounted computer screens displaying data about the conditions of the engines, the heating and cooling systems and whether a door might be jammed on any of 33 Scottish trains.

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