"Both those are big markets, but if you focus on them you end up with a very vertical growth plan, " Davison said.

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This will expand Verizon's machine-to-machine and telematics capabilities and accelerate revenue growth across key vertical segments of Verizon Enterprise Solutions, including automotive and transportation, energy, health care and manufacturing.

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You can modify our forecasts to see how faster or slower growth in the media vertical can impact Akamai and leave comments below.

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Another explanation for the growth in multinationalism is vertical integration.

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Revenue growth is shown on the vertical axis.

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Earlier in the decade, rates of growth for both the numbers of blogs and those visiting them approached the vertical.

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