Keeping track of the machine inventory and the applications running throughout a data center can easily become overwhelming.

持续跟踪机器存货和整个数据中心运行的应用程序很容易使人不堪重负。

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Take the example of an office-furniture store running a COM server that tracks its inventory.

我们以一个办公家具店为例，这家家具店运行着一个 COM 服务器，负责跟踪公司的库存。

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Yet, in this day and age, this inventory can be easily jettisoned in favor of using the same software packages as a service running on someone else's infrastructure.

但是，在现在这个时代，这个清单完全可以扔掉，取而代之的是在其他人的基础设施上以运行服务的形式使用相同的软件包。

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Since the launch of the Z10 a month ago in markets like the U.K., Canada and India, RIM has been running a conservative inventory management strategy for the phone.

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If sellers of wool start running low on inventory early in the morning because they are flooded with buyers, you can expect them to raise their prices by noon.

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The company powers the textbook rental services of 250 campus bookstores through white-label partnerships, running touchscreen kiosks, iPhone apps and inventory management software.

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