From a safety perspective, the mixture of regulatory authority and industry support made it difficult to insist on compliance to disaster prevention standards.

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As that process continues, providers will begin to differentiate through support, enterprise-class features such as more appropriate SLAs, geolocation services to assist in meeting regulatory and compliance needs, and baked-in social collaboration features.

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