All are situated in industrial and data-outsourcing hubs and are aimed at the middle manager on a budget.

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Several firms which provide secure data centers and sit atop hubs that offer connectivity to several hundred telecommunication lines reaching around the world are now offering hosting for traders.

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As a result of its implementation of Granite, the law firm is removing storage media from its remote offices and shutting down its data centers in all but the four hubs.

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Since then, the airline has taken serious measures to improve its efficiency, including rebuilding its luggage system at its Atlanta hub to cut down on lost baggage, and analysing historical cancellation data to adjust the availability of spare aircraft in different hubs in order to keep flights moving.

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This means: enhancing transparency on gas prices and flows (collecting data and making it widely available), improving the interconnection between markets, creating liquid trading hubs and providing clear and stable regulation for infrastructure investment, among other measures.

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