As the military increasingly turns to commercial off- the-shelf technologies, this trend will only grow.

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We use commercial off-the-shelf applications in intelligence work to sort out all of these many different, fragmentary reports.

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The plan incorporates capabilities to utilize commercial off-the-shelf products such as an Apple iPhone or a Samsung Galaxy S III.

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The commercial off-the-shelf software solution includes a three-year commitment by Microsoft Consulting Services for technical support during the ship's software design, development and deployment.

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Not only will the mission test how commercial, off-the-shelf tech can survive in the vacuum and conduct experiments, but it'll squeeze in some fun courtesy of apps developed by winners of a competition held last year.

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The Federal Government has traditionally approached new financial system implementations by focusing on implementing commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) packages and adapting them to agency-specific needs.

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Doing this project just using commercial, off-the-shelf technology was not feasible.

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