This effort will take time, but the impact of developing a superior capacity to take advantage of Big Data will confer enhanced competitive advantage over the long term and is therefore well worth the investment to create this capability.
Creating applications that can take advantage of these is a big task with hundreds of different devices running Android whereas the number of hardware devices operating Apple iOS is limited to three phones and three iPads, with similar components.
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But Samoa could not take advantage as Tonga produced a series of big hits in defence to claim a shock victory.
Another REIT which might be expected to take advantage of a positive revenue ruling in a big way is Power REIT (NYSE:PW).
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Rushing and racing to take advantage of the vast Chinese automobile market is a big gamble.
Small businesses, which have no budget for a big technology department, are especially eager to take advantage of the cheap computer power offered in the cloud.
But as soon as people in the market get wind that a big trade is under way, they adjust their prices to take advantage of it.
"I think we did enough to win but you have to understand that the big clubs take advantage of everything and the penalty they were awarded was a case in point, " he told Sky Sports.
That Europe hasn't realized the same type of productivity gains is partly a result of its reluctance to embrace the big-box retail model, one that allows a company to take full advantage of the world supply chain to obtain and sell goods cheaply.
Investors might be hoping to take advantage of investor grousing driving the stock down the next time Iger announces a big franchise buy.
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But he also had a message for the next generation looking to make it big: go to college, take advantage of the world of tech and think about ways to change your local community.
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Verizon played down the prospect of doing a big acquisition, saying instead that it could look to establish beach heads in ways that take advantage of the company's global Internet backbone and other data centers around the world.
This is a valid point, but the problem is that this also allows big teams like AC Milan to take advantage of its large domestic and international fan base, and receive extra revenue based on casual fans who are not invested enough to follow the smaller teams.
Those who could afford the annual fee, could drive to a big warehouse in the suburbs, had two or more refrigerators to store perishable items, and could take advantage of a large house for storage of non-perishables, have been blessed by the benefits of lower prices.
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