Its network search engines, for example, reduce the demands on the main network processors and improve system performance.

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Salesforce is enabling that interface so that humans and turbine or jet engines could collaborate through a social network.

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The only problem is that while Facebook drives more sales than Pinterest, social network sites still drive far fewer sales than search engines or email.

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Jet engines on commercial planes talk in a social network with technicians to increase fuel economy.

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The DockStar network adapter is enabled by the Pogoplug service from Cloud Engines, Inc.

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