Two-year-old Groupon is emblematic of an age when technology competence will increasingly dominate business, and the only way to succeed will be by exploiting a direct connection to customers via the Internet.

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The crashes were not due to technical competence or a failure of technology.

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The included software also provides prepress professionals with the option to enhance soft proofing accuracy using test and report features approved by UGRA (the Swiss Center of Competence for Media and Printing Technology).

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Our core competence is in innovation, in innovating technology.

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Brayman and his team, all of whom previously worked at Sentinel, focus exclusively on five sectors--industrials, consumer, health care, technology and financial--where they have special competence and feel they can add value.

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Either that, or they should stick within their circle of competence, like Warren Buffett, who avoids technology altogether.

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