Clients expect on-demand, self-service access to the status of projects, the burn rate of the budget, and so on.
Arguably more than any other government agencies, their missions require a fabric of utility computing that scales on demand and enables self discovery and self-service access to secure, timely and relevant information in support of mission: individual or shared.
Mitra said he doesn't think teachers are obsolete but suggests their roles may be changing as students increasingly have access to self-learning through computers.
We launched a new TV app that gives customers convenient access to self-support information and tools for their U-verse TV service directly from their TV screen.
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Both come complete with a king-size bed or double beds, breakfast buffet for two, high-speed internet access, self parking, airport shuttle and transportation to the nearby International Mall and Westshore Plaza.
The 50% cost reduction in Simpana 10 is due to workflow automation, parallel deduplication using a grid-based architecture as well as customizable web-based reporting and services to support multi-tenancy access, self service operations and chargebacks.
Besides, she deducted lounge wear, a robe, sportswear, lingerie, an Ohio State jersey, jewelry, running shoes, dry cleaning, business gifts, cable TV, contact lenses, cosmetics, gym memberships, haircuts, Internet access, self-defense classes, and her subscriptions to Cosmo, Glamour, Newsweek, and Nickelodeon.
Besides, she deducted lounge wear, a robe, sportswear, lingerie, thong underwear , an Ohio State jersey, jewelry, running shoes, dry cleaning, business gifts, cable TV, contact lenses, cosmetics, gym memberships, haircuts, Internet access, self-defense classes, and her subscriptions to Cosmo, Glamour, Newsweek, and Nickelodeon .
He set up a lobby group called the Centre For Self Reliance and campaigned for access rights in Sarajevo for wheelchair users.
But, as the report points out, the fact that there are poor people in a country with such access does not self-evidently justify lending by the Bank.
Since they are a self-declared seller of prepaid access (MSB code 413), they now must comply with a litany of Bank Secrecy Act requirements, including Suspicious Activity Reporting.
The Obama administration also saw the passage of the Small Business Job Act, which provided additional small business tax cuts, zero capital gain taxes on important small business investments held for five years or more, deduction for self-employed health insurance costs and increased access to lending for small business owners.
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Recently published data by the Lund Report indicates that Kaiser patients enrolled in their patient portal, which includes secure messaging with doctors, access to clinical data, and self-service transactions, are 2.6 times more likely to stay with the organization than those who are do not participate online (see more on avoiding system leakage in ACOs here).
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It pointed out that MPs could not be left to self-certify, as they did not have access to a "coherent" set of rules themselves.
So the Journal negotiated with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to obtain access to 100% of claims filed by certain self-referral urology groups.
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The Smarter Checkout solution also allows the customers to use their mobile devices to process orders, redeem digital coupons, access loyalty points, and pay for purchases at IBM self-service pay counters.
Reliance on self-regulation The commission is ever more willing to allow the brokerage industry to self-insure, self-adjudicate (through mandatory arbitration) and even control public access to the brokerage industry's criminal and disciplinary histories.
Now, that's a low bar, given -- (laughter.) But there was a team from Tennessee that had designed a self-powered water filtration plant so that homes in Appalachia could have access to clean water.
Literacy opens up access to the knowledge and understandings vital to work (employment or self employment), health and family life as well as for active citizenship.
Shopping online, for example, with round-the-clock access and no crowds, traffic or pesky salespeople, lends itself to self-service.
"Walk-in centres do not address access inequalities, attracting largely white middle-class patients with minor and self-limiting complaints, " they said.
But for Garrett, access to dolls can only achieve so much in terms of promoting a positive self image.
Visitors to the site have access to a variety of services, including online publications, information on support and self-help groups, and links to government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.
The all-important access to distribution -- once exclusively controlled by publishers -- is now available to all self-publishing authors.
Back in Dover, the new partnership is struggling to find ways of deterring self-styled "urban explorers", who make a hobby out of defying padlocks and bars to gain access to places not open to the public.
"Mark was denied access to Pride when he tried to visit, " recalled Mr. Foley, a fellow musician and self-described guitar fanatic.
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If it does, soldiers, sailors and airmen in remote or isolated locations will, for the first time in military history, have access to secure, internet-like communications that can carry voice, data, and video on a self-healing net.
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