"Once the cameras are installed and operational, once they're networked to central computers, then it's a simple matter of upgrading the software, " he says.

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By adding more servers, making existing servers faster and upgrading software the company could boost capacity 500% a year or more if it needed to, he avers.

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Microsoft could sell all of the peripheral businesses and commit to simply upgrading those two pieces of software (and perhaps the enterprise stuff) into the future until they are entirely finished in the marketplace.

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Imagine downloading a software upgrade for your cable box from the Internet or upgrading your printer with a mouse click (for more on PLDs click here).

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Over the past year, Apple and Google have been upgrading their software to attract corporate clients.

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It is too soon to say that the "reset" -- or, to use a broader metaphor, the upgrading of Italy's cultural, political and economic software -- will fail again.

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The problem with servers and software, however, is that they are in constant need of upgrading--an expensive and time-consuming process.

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