By the time NMCI began living up to its full potential, though, the Navy had embraced a more visionary notion of its net-centric future.

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Prior to 1998, the United Kingdom was working in partnership with the United States on a host of major military development projects, including many that involved the use of net-centric warfare.

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Electricity provided 90 percent of all net increase in delivered energy to the electric-and-information-centric U.S. economy over the past two decades.

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Yet, every company holds up its net prompter score, renewal rate, and customer satisfaction rating as proof positive they are customer-centric company.

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