But coalition forces remain locked in intensive operations against insurgents who continue to exact a heavy toll of military and civilian lives.

Executives at companies that have energy- intensive operations are already pondering whether to close down their manufacturing plants over the winter.

Historically, the hunting of wolves was a huge capital and manpower intensive operation, requiring miles of netting, specialized net-carts and big drying sheds for storing and drying nets.

Their tools all harness the power of cloud computing to perform complex and resource intensive operations in very small amounts of time.