Outfits operating in the smart-grid space like Accenture, IBM and General Electric would be reckless not to read the writing on the wall revealed by the report.

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Operating out of a bare-bones production space since 2010, they "sort the beans, roast, crack, winnow, grind, conch and temper, then wrap, label and sign each bar, " Mr. Masonis explained.

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The drivers, in this case, should realize that they are being rated constantly and understand that they are now operating in a very different kind of space-time than previously.

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If it is unable to either shift from the big-box retail format to smaller stores, or optimize store space by sub-leasing to other businesses, operating costs will not come down.

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For as long as I can remember, storage advertised on a laptop-styled device has always included the space used by the operating system.

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From a value perspective, Google is very appealing right now given its success in monetizing search and YouTube, as well as its fast-growing market share in the smart phone space with its Android operating system.

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Why should workers suffer under stringent email inbox size limits and PCs with eight-year-old operating systems, he questioned, when the devices available in the consumer space nowadays are so good?

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In the space of a given year, untold thousands of vulnerabilities are found in operating systems, applications and plug-ins.

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