The last disruption of financial service delivery on this scale took place in the 1990s, when the Internet became a tool for international business.

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The second reason for building the open cloud centers around the same motivators that bring enterprises to the cloud in the first place: cost efficiency, range of service delivery options, reduced overhead and better asset utilization.

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Keep the contract terms simple--amount, time and place of delivery--so that deals will get done.

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That would allow the infrastructure of a hydrogen-delivery network to be introduced gradually, rather than being put in place more-or-less instantly.

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