But technology today has enabled mini-networks and single offices to become virtual global networks as well.
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It means that even a small, single office, whether in Chicago or Charlotte, can become a virtual global network.
Rather than trying to find a workable middleware to bring it together, companies like Virtual Global have cloud solutions that make this process simpler.
Beijing, not satisfied with its virtual monopoly on global production, is going from one predatory practice to another.
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GreenBiz produced an event called VERGE, a global virtual event based in Shanghai, London and San Francisco, focusing on the convergence of energy, information, building, and vehicle technologies.
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This is a company whose primary business is the provisioning of a global virtual cellular network for primarily corporate clients to offer deeply discounted voice and data GSM services through the use of specially engineered SIM cards and an intricate supporting infrastructure and software for least cost routing and simplified phone number schemes.
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Cyberpunk star William Gibson, Neal Stephenson and a number of other writers have also taken cracks at portraying global networks replete with virtual reality.
The last time this happened was when global trade came to a virtual standstill in 2009.
Teams are global, the workplace is virtual.
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Global souls like to wander the virtual globe, waking for breakfast to FB posts from friends overseas.
Partnering with Woolworths in Australia, the virtual network will be providing the backbone of Woolworths new global network.
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Global market volatility brought the market for new listings to a virtual halt over summer but they are expected to pick up again in the final months of this year.
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For example, we recently launched Deloitte Brand Experience 2.0 a cutting-edge virtual community with real-time collaboration functionality, including a link to our global brand presence on Facebook (internal only).
Virtual currencies, most notably bitcoin, still account for only a tiny fraction of global transactions, but they are being embraced by some Internet merchants and are used in a host of legitimate transactions for example, Web services and online-dating sites.
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Or will the global zeitgeist tire of kitten videos and plow YouTube under the treads of hundreds of millions of virtual tractors tending to their farms and social networks on Facebook?
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