Wireless companies have long sold cellphones at discounted prices in exchange for long-term service agreements.
It's more a matter of sticking with manufactured equipment that lends itself to follow-up revenue through long-term service contracts.
As Sun's size lends legitimacy and the guarantee of long-term service to MySQL, the acquisition will likely convince more and larger enterprises to sign on to MySQL's cut-rate database systems, Yuhanna says.
As Sun's (nasdaq: JAVA - news - people ) size lends legitimacy and the guarantee of long-term service to MySQL, the acquisition will likely convince more and larger enterprises to sign on to MySQL's cut-rate database systems, Yuhanna says.
And politicians should realize that short-term debt service and long-term entitlements are going to keep shrinking the money left over for doling out goodies.
But remember the really bitter medicine has yet to take effect - the long term squeeze in health service finances.
In the long term, the fire service said it could also sell services such as health and safety advice and first aid training.
When I sat face to face with Derek Wanless in 2002, what impressed me was the clarity of thinking about the long-term issues of health service productivity and demand.
But although a shorter term would make the capital requirement cheaper, it would also undermine the incentive for the train operator to invest in long-term improvements in the service they provide.
Second, while many in Washington pay lip service to the long term, few act on it.
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Unions are currently at odds with ministers over plans for long-term reform of the civil service.
It said it welcomed the "support" of the report, and was committed to the long-term future of the World Service.
She added that the priority all along had been to find a way of restoring the service for the long term.
Genworth has offered the assessment and matchmaking service to its long-term-care policyholders for four years.
Congress generally controls the Postal Service's long-term financial affairs and the services it provides.
Overlaid on this is the long-term increase in the importance of service and part-time jobs.
The results come three years after the Government's National Service Framework for Long-Term Conditions, which pledged to improve quality of life and independence for people living with chronic conditions.
An unofficial audit was carried out in 2007 by Sir Derek Wanless, who had led a review into the health service's long-term financing needs that underpinned the decision in 2002 to carry on spending at a record rate for a further five years.
Reporting into Phil Harrison, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business (EMEA), the new studio's remit will be to develop a long-term business with Entertainment as a Service at its core, with a focus on Windows 8 tablet devices as the underlying technology and platforms as part of Microsoft Studios' continued expansion across the region.
MPs also asked questions on subjects including the future costs of long-term care and the 111 pilot telephone service.
He urged the Scottish Prison Service to review the long-term future of Barlinnie and implement its redevelopment "as soon as possible".
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On the other hand, iTunes in the cloud, fixing Siri, competing in maps, finding another complex product-service problem that will unlock long term revenues.
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It calls for training and counseling for families of service members who require long-term care and improved family leave and insurance benefits for family members.
"I want to put (the Health Service) on a solid long term financial footing so people know its there when they need it, " he said.
Unison, the public services union, said cuts of up to 25% to the Surrey Careers and Connexions service, would contribute to long-term unemployment.
The department is also due to publish a National Service Framework for people with long-term conditions, and for children, to ensure all children and young people have access to good quality care.
In his day the long-term strategic direction seemed to be away from public service and towards more commercial fare.
In the long-term Microsoft hopes it will generate revenue from the service, with gamers spending money on improving features in games and up to date statistics for sports games.
This agent lost this sale as a result of his high level of prospect service, but by continuing that high level of prospect service, might have gained a long-term source of quality referrals.
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