If we're at a point where you can trust Google, Amazon or Box.net, then why not leverage these solutions and focus on business-critical technologies rather than maintenance?

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And that's assuming these new technologies won't have higher maintenance costs over the life of the car itself.

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The company will reduce its maintenance costs for increasingly expensive dying technologies and better position itself to compete with cable, satellite, and other wired and mobile carriers.

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Increasingly, people are asking why they need to pay more, why these plants are so expensive, why the industry keeps doubling down on old technologies and fuel sources and why maintenance costs for generation and transmission seems to be exploding.

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This means lots more spending on technologies to arrest decline rates and on maintenance to keep older wells around the world in tip-top condition.

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These technologies can reduce the time and money companies require for network maintenance, and are being implemented largely because of these cost savings.

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Even simple technologies, such as tablets, bring other costs, including implementation, maintenance upgrades and repair.

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As on the DD-21, new technologies will reduce the number of crew members needed and will also cut down on maintenance costs for the CVN-77, according to Chenevy, who made his remarks during the International Naval Review 2000 in New York City.

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