Set up is extremely easy with Swann's new 'My DVR' customizable network configuration.

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Google and Microsoft are both pushing the White House to adopt a kind of network configuration called cloud computing.

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Once connected, HTC technicians can run remote diagnostics, push common device and network configuration settings, and remotely control the customer's device to resolve issues.

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Battery power consumption depends on factors such as network configuration, signal strength, operating temperature, features selected, vibrate mode, backlight settings, browser use, frequency of calls and voice, data and other application usage patterns.

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Wireless printers are easy to setup and, like advertised, they can be found anywhere on your network without much configuration.

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New York City substation, its potential for cascading consequences increases dramatically, but nonetheless is capped by the configuration of the electrical network.

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Network-access (VPN) via iTwin Connect requires zero- configuration.

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Unfortunately, people operate on human time scales and are simply incapable of discovering all of the information about a network that changes from hour to hour and turning that data into changes in the configuration of security devices.

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Juniper is currently connecting an engineering lab in Sunnyvale, Calif. to the Abilene network, installing routers that are completely surrounded by monitoring equipment so they can play with their configuration and see how that affects traffic flow.

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