Ableton clearly didn't think this arrangement was up to snuff, though, so it created Push -- a software controller built entirely for its popular Live production software.
Many developers were concerned that this decision could lead to a chilling effect on the production of software, opening the door to a torrent of lawsuits - affecting firms of all sizes.
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The low costs of software production mean that there are vastly more firms producing software than produce any other category of patentable invention.
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The independent WebM project was started to create video production and playback software specifically designed for use online.
The complexity will only increase as more business is automated and shifted onto the Internet and more software production is assigned to India, Russia and China.
Under the production of Gearbox Software, Triptych Studios, Piranha Games and many other contributors joined together in a heroic effort to complete the long awaited game as a polished, full-featured triple-A title.
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Kawasaki uses the integrator software to produce production schedules and sales projections for its parts distribution network.
Grant Shapps, a Minister in the UK government, seems to have links with software for scraping and the production of spam websites.
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It currently provides a 9% tax deduction from net income for businesses engaged in "qualified production activities" in the U.S. Those activities include manufacturing a product, selling, leasing or licensing it, and engineering and software activities related to that production.
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The manufacturing industry, by contrast, wanted software that integrated purchasing, inventory, production and sales.
Does this apply only to software, with very low costs of production?
Competitors include small firms such as Farmlogs, a Web startup that focuses on crop data, and software maker Farm Works, as well as John Deere, which has software and Web support for managing crop production and machinery.
Setting up new environments is a snap with such software, allowing your development team to use production data when testing.
McCain says that the very limited pick up in investments have been on the productivity side, with companies investing in software and machinery, rather than on expanding production.
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Keep in mind these early results are based off of pre-production hardware and final units could yield welcome improvements in the form of software optimization.
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Threats to the supply chain range from the installation of malicious code in either hardware or software to the installiation of counterfeit equipment and the disruption of the production of critical components.
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If successful, at its utmost the business could change not just the way companies sell products and services, but also their creation and production, and servicing in effect, a new type of enterprise software platform.
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Software, consultancy and mobile telephones use far less oil than steel or car production.
Before I get into detail, allow me a short disclaimer: The hardware I played with was a prototype, not a finished production model, and the games I played with were essentially proof of concept demos, not necessarily software under development.
In China, the software is being used to help the government as it spends billions of dollars to improve hydropower production, increase forested land to help store and meet out water, and make sure there is enough water for irrigation needs, among other goals.
The software interface is also familiar enough, offering piano-roll and block-style notations that most music production platforms have standardized around.
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