Either way, factories have to take advantage of new capabilities enabled by the increasingly rapid convergence of mobility, real-time complex data processing and analytics, cloud based services and machine-to-machine intelligence.
He charges the joint venture for research and development, engineering, machine-building and other services.
The router then determines the user's security clearance and gives his machine the right data and services, from Internet phone to online chat to two-way video broadcast.
Use of these white spaces will allow devices to transmit and receive wireless signals for applications such as broadband access for rural communities, Wi-Fi-like services or new 'machine-to-machine' networks.
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Mobile video and cloud services were in their infancy, machine-to-machine was more of an idea.
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At its best, the machine automatically arbitrages the value of goods and services between different monetary systems.
The action has shifted from one machine to many, a network of sales, services and information-sharing.
Money is a widely distributed machine whose purpose is to compute the value of goods and services.
Hence Puppet and Chef to automate configuration, so you know every machine has an identical software configuration and is running the right services.
The Yahoo machine could get only more powerful as high-speed broadband services expand and it combines the "rich media" of TV spots with the instant interactivity of point-and-click on the Web.
The next layer includes a variety of additional services and activities: radio and television studios, machine shops, carpentry shops, automatic teller systems, recreation facilities, chapels, libraries, athletic facilities, and the list goes on.
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At around 01:45 BST, a fork-lift type truck was driven into Wilkinson's Financial Services Office in High Street, Ruskington and the cash machine was stolen.
On a recent afternoon there, Bronwen Blaney, manager of retail services and custom publishing for On Demand Books, put the new machine through its paces.
Excite Mobile's location-based services, which include yellow pages and white pages, driving directions, and an ATM (automated teller machine) locator, are provided by AirFlash Inc.
Mobile financial services also allow a talented village seamstress to obtain a microfinance loan, enabling her to purchase another sewing machine, employ other women in her village, and provide for her family instead of relying on aid or depriving her children of basic education.
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