Most sensors are now tiny semiconductor devices, packaged for direct connection to digital networks.
The hired "expert opinion" is another carefully-constructed part of the story, neatly packaged for journalists.
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And more importantly it is packaged for direct use by business analysts.
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VirusScan Handheld is essentially the same product the company already offers for home users, but is now priced and packaged for businesses, McGee says.
But the BPI's critics are unimpressed, and maintain new talent needs to be nurtured - not packaged for a rocky ride up and down the singles charts.
In France, Switzerland, Finland and the Czech Republic, for example, Internet information services packaged for the thin-pipe network and small phone displays allow users to access their bank records, Internet mail and information services such as horoscopes, news and stock quotes.
It is ideally packaged for the integration of the high-performance, zero-emission technology: by way of example, the four electric motors and the two transmissions can be positioned as close to the four wheels as possible and very low down in the vehicle.
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Hudong generates revenues from targeted advertising on its site and specifically packaged content for businesses.
When an American bought them they were ripped out and packaged up for shipping.
Move out to the nearby alleys of the external market, where hundreds of little stalls sell pottery, cooking equipment, cutlery and packaged foods for a fraction of the prices charged at department stalls.
Unlike selling packaged software for a lump sum or upgrade fee every year or two, when you sell a service month-to-month or year-to-year you have to keep delivering and reminding your customers that they are happy with the services you are providing.
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Nevertheless air tickets bookings draw traffic and account for over two-thirds of online bookings overall, which necessitates their presence at any online travel agency especially for those that offer packaged deals or discounts for group travel.
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No wonder American companies are lining up investments to try to tap the rising demand for packaged snacks.
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The lock-in for packaged applications is strong, but it is possible to imagine getting the same work done with competing products.
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Researchers at the School of Physics and Astronomy claim the new method will make packaged food safer for consumers and last longer on the shelf.
No one predicts the imminent demise of the PC, but some analysts are expecting growth to gradually taper off in places like the U.S. According to market research firm IDC, the U.S. market for packaged software will barely eke out double-digit annual gains over the next five years.
It also builds robots for automotive paint shops and packaged food companies and automation systems for mining companies and cementmakers.
With coffee prices continuing to rise, leading coffee manufacturers have announced price hikes for their packaged coffee.
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One implication of this strategy is that it makes the lock-in to Salesforce stronger than for a packaged application.
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Republicans are often seduced by such calls for creatively packaged government spending as well as government research and development generally.
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For example, it has not said how much interest would be paid, or whether there would be a charge for a packaged account.
At one large packaged goods client, for example, we proved that digital had an ROI that was, on average, six times greater than TV.
These two titles, alone, will generate 15% of total packaged videogame software sales for the quarter, according to Michael Pachter, videogame analyst, Wedbush Morgan Securities.
All this makes packaged products highly lucrative for the investment firm.
The sweets might make sense for other big packaged food companies, like Kraft Foods Group or Kellogg.
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Goldman faces civil fraud charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission for how it packaged and marketed a complex collateralized debt obligation in 2007.
And by banks that packaged and sold those risky mortgages for phony profits.
The same goes for pharmaceutical houses and packaged goods, soft drinks purveyors and aerospace giants like Boeing and United Technologies.
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