Managed care has largely achieved one-time savings by squeezing out irrationalities and high margins from the traditional fee-for- service system.

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The Alliance Support for High Availability segment engages Microsoft Certified Support Center high-availability providers to offer service-level commitments based on system availability.

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In May, Cisco released the Carrier Routing System, a new high-end router designed for use at the heart of service providers' networks.

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An outmoded civil service system, we weren't getting enough people in that we needed with the high tech requirements that the future was going to bring us.

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