Green Mountain owns the wholesale side of Tully's brand, which includes coffee in bags and single-serve packs that are sold in supermarkets and other stores.

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The Rivo machine uses Lavazza-made single-serve portion packs to brew up 1.4 or 2.8 ounce espresso shots.

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Virtualization turns each of those underperforming machines into pieces of software and packs them together on a single physical server that runs continuously.

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Green Mountain manufactures and sells the Keurig single-cup brewing system for use with K-Cup portion packs.

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World of Warcraft (WoW) has helped ATVI maintain its stock price, with this one single game providing roughly 30% of the revenue for the entire company via its expansion packs and monthly payments.

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Battery life has also been boosted, as the new model packs enough stamina to shoot up to 500 photos (CIPA measurement) from a single charge.

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Croquet packs a lot of power for a little piece of software, one with but a single line of code for every 300 in Windows XP.

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