Nigel talked about the Service Provisioning Model: each account has a billing relationship, and owns one ore more virtual servers.

接下来，Nigel又谈到了服务供应模型(Service Provisioning Model)：每个账户都有一个先后次序，同时拥有一个或多个虚拟服务器。

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More than 40 companies have introduced apps for business processes, including customer relationship management, e-billing and accounting.

应用程序已被40家以上的企业运用在商业流程中，包括客户关系管理、电子账单和会计。

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The 10th METERING EUROPE conference and exhibition is a world-class event presenting global expertise in metering, billing and customer relationship management (CRM).

第十届欧洲仪器展是世界顶级的全球测量仪器大会和展会。

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Other items of value include its billing relationship with 132 carriers, and a developer community with ties into emerging markets, where Microsoft is relatively weak.

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True, when a newspaper or magazine reader drops his paper for a Kindle subscription, he enters a billing relationship with Amazon rather than the publisher. (Neither Amazon nor its partners will reveal how the revenue is split.) But for record labels, Apple was the only viable and legal route.

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Since all the parties to these contracts would like to tailor the contract terms to optimize their profits or minimize their costs, they have a tremendous need to customize the billing and compensation for each relationship.

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