Some vendor experience in delivering multiple services with stringent SLA requirements, strong enterprise presence, and long lasting relationship with existing government IT departments is a primary requirement when looking for a potential broker for CMS cloud services.

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Also, considering the speed of evolution of mobile device features and operating systems, evolving field requirements, ongoing maintenance of multiple platforms can cost multiple times the initial development budget over a five-year period.

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Agencies replacing software to meet core financial system requirements are required to use the GSA FMSS Multiple Award Schedule until its expiration on September 30, 1999.

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And as the problems have persisted, it has become increasingly aggressive, with multiple hikes in interest rates and increases in bank reserve requirements, the most recent taking place last week.

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Asset purchases by the Fed normally lead to a multiple expansion of money since, at the margin, reserve requirements are only about 10 percent of deposits.

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To meet the myriad compliance requirements, banks need solutions that are flexible and provide multiple delivery options (cloud, on premise, and hybrid).

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Furthermore, Sprint claims that this unit is all ready to support multiple callers, and while that is indeed true, the actual bandwidth requirements are a touch harder to come by.

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There are real and fundamental reasons why companies continue to purchase, deploy, and even customize packaged software on-premise or via hosting partners, including uniqueness in their value chains, specific requirements in their industry, or a myriad of complex regulations across multiple countries.

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Some of the programs have different requirements for what constitutes a valid user name or an adequate password, creating the disadvantage of multiple credentials for a single human resources hub.

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