In 1957 the civilized world was at its apogee of centralized management.
In a Krugman world, centralized management of the money supply is preferable to a market-based outcome because the academically-informed economists will serve the best interests of the economy at large.
Corporate computing started out highly centralized on mainframes and other room-size machines, but since the introduction of the PC has been going through swings between the autonomy of the individual computer user and centralized management by the IT department.
It is doubtful that any organization will ever get to a truly centralized information management infrastructure.
Importantly, you may choose to put in place a centralized key management system to help easily manage your encryption technology.
This type of data can easily dilute other useful information, so it is important for companies to implement centralized enterprise information management technologies that can prioritize data to be organized and analyzed.
Apple controls the hardware and the mobile OS, and now with Passbook, it provides brand app developers the ability to link their products to a centralized and easy management of gift cards, coupons and tickets.
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In the typical Japanese model, product development was frustratingly (for U.S. management) centralized in Japan.
Data can be better secured since the management is centralized, even though access is distributed.
Most municipal infrastructure projects tend to be conservative and follow the last 100 years of water management policy: centralized processing and hard infrastructure.
Software tools, in the form of centralized, Web-based management applications and platforms, are making buildings smarter and more energy-efficient by ensuring that lighting better matches the way we work today.
One of the features buried inside the release notes for Server 2012 is Centralized SSL Certificate (CSC) management.
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The company sees a significant cost saving opportunity by combining the two entities and managing a lean, centralized work force for sales and management.
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Putting the bulk of computing and storage in the data center has other perks for IT management: It creates a centralized location for software upgrades across an entire organization and puts a layer of network security between users and sensitive data--a lost thin client laptop, for instance, doesn't contain private information, and so doesn't pose a threat of causing a data breach.
In this event, participants will explore if and how cities in a developing country context can accelerate the development of their urban water management systems by by-passing conventional, centralized approaches and promoting more decentralized and flexible solutions that promise a higher degree of sustainability.
For instance, S-Launcher is a desktop widget that replicates the now-extinct Start Menu, live search and all. eSettings, meanwhile, is a centralized options menu for folks who might not know where to find power management or display settings in Win 8.
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Many of these same robust device management tools can also be made available to end consumers, offering centralized controls to enable parents or a designated device admin to apply content filters, set budgets, manage apps on multiple devices or even locate and wipe a lost device.
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