And that gives them the right to influence how product roadmaps evolve, which new markets to enter, and the programs that marketing and other departments conduct.

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Our restructuring efforts are designed to simplify our product development cycles, reduce our breakeven point and enable us to fund differentiated product roadmaps and strategic breakaway opportunities.

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We advise and manage client campaigns, lead business development and sales, develop industry-leading research and global marketing strategies, define product development roadmaps, develop and foster corporate culture, manage finances and lead daily operations.

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These transactions and related strategic agreements will enable both companies to better align their current and future product development efforts and roadmaps, accelerate time-to-market for new products and position the companies to better address rapidly evolving opportunities in markets including, but not limited to, mobile computing, cloud computing and solid state storage.

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