Now, two years later, many small ISPs are waking up to the dusty smell of failure.
Russian importers and exporters are waking up to the need to keep accounts in euros.
The good news is that SMBs are waking up to the benefits of online security investment.
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"CEOs are waking up to the need for layers of deterrents, " he says with a salesman's fervor.
"CEOs are waking up to the need for layers of deterrents, " Brown says with a salesman's fervor.
What this report clearly shows is that leading global brands are waking up to the digital revolution.
At long, long last the U.S. Federal Reserve is waking up to the need to strengthen the dollar.
By this time, the city was waking up to the dimension of the tragedy unfolding at its heart.
By the 1970s, the world was waking up to the reality of apartheid.
Americans want better health care and are waking up to the need to fundamentally transform our current health care delivery system.
Some are waking up to the reality that a poly-sci, English Literature or history degree was not, perhaps, a good investment.
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In Europe, governments are slowly waking up to the challenges which face them, and realising how much time they have lost.
Ford seems to be waking up to the need for jazzier-looking cars.
"This is Google waking up to the fact that it was the next big thing and that now Facebook is, " he said.
Perhaps citizens are waking up to the fiscal catastrophe that lies ahead.
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South Koreans are only now waking up to the scale of the problem, stunned that their country could be in such a bind.
Currently, there are many in the Republican Party waking up to the fact that their leaders have adopted a stance of decision-making cowardice.
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However, investors recently have begun waking up to the fact that virtually every financial professional retained to provide objective advice has been corrupted.
But ever since North and South Yemen united in 1990, the central government in Sanaa has been slowly waking up to the island's potential.
Bond funds are waking up to the garbage in their portfolios and see high demand from buyers more interested in avoiding taxes than capital losses.
Fortunately, Alan Greenspan is waking up to the reality of deflation.
Apple is waking up to the harsh realities of the world.
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Everyone is waking up to the potential of the Chinese market.
"People are waking up to the fact that chocolate is not a generic product, " says Willie Harcourt-Cooze, owner of Willie's Cocoa, which also produces 100% cocoa chocolate.
In industries from mining to hospitality to finance, smart executives are waking up to the opportunities provided by fast-moving digital technologies like social media, mobility and analytics.
According to a new report by Dresner Advisory Services, the industry titans of Business Intelligence (BI) are waking up to the demands of their enterprise clients.
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"People are just waking up to the impact they can really have, " said Derek Khanna, a former technology staffer on Capitol Hill, who helped marshal support for the cellphone petition.
Students will be forced to study harder in secondary school and suck everything out of that free public opportunity, instead of waking up to the importance of education at age 20.
There are small signs, though, that at least at the state level, politicians and businesspeople are waking up to the danger of letting the cleantech achievements slide off a cliff.
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