The Latitude 10 fits easily into current IT environments by supporting existing Microsoft productivity applications and plugging into existing management consoles.

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Web-based management consoles reduce the time it takes admins to deploy changes to users and apps across multiple classrooms.

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At issue is a dearth of electrical components and zealous inventory management policies, which industry insiders say will limit supplies of smartphones, MP3 players, game consoles and televisions this holiday season.

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Bruce has a separate inventory-management system, which his four in-house programmers now are lashing to his new self-service register consoles.

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