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		<title><![CDATA[CRM Association-Netherlands Rocks Het Huis!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm in love with Amsterdam....no wait, I love it but I'm not in love....no, hold on, I like it a lot, but I'm not in love, nor do I love it.  The Theory....  Interestingly enough (to me at least and who else am I really writing this for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:24:26 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oracle's integration strategy: Customer trade-offs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We Already Thought The Stuff From One Vendor Was IntegratedI'm simply blown away that no one is pointing out that many buyers thought that, when they bought EBS, for example, they were already getting a VERY high degree of true integration across all the applications.  Same for PeopleSoft customers....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-17928-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=69994&messageID=1340525&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Some facts and inferences should be updatedAccenture's Consulting revenue dropped 12% and Outsourcing grew by 1%http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Accentures-Future-Remains-Bright-ACN-IBM-HPQ1005.aspxSome of the issues you highlighted around process innovation, dated technology, etc will continue to remain. However, the nimbler players will also adopt the benefits of innovations like SaaS and Cloud platform.Underlying platform is an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:29:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/sommer/?p=646]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch this space for future problems!    Thereâ€™s a lot going on in the outsourcing world lately. Things like:    - Perot Data Systems being acquired by Dell    - ACS getting bought by Xerox      Add to these deals,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:35:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dell and Perot: What this means]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/sommer/?p=633]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Look at more than the upside to any acquisition    Dell and Perot are getting married. This acquisition puts approximately 23,000 Perot services employees in with Dell. (see Larry Dignan's detailed post on the transaction ) (here's an InfoWorld post, too)    From the macro view,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:22:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cisco's accelerating smart grid momentum]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cisco has been at the center of several developments related to the smart grid this week, including a request for federal funds related to a project being spearheaded by the city of San Jose and local utility company PG&E.    Like IBM, which earlier this week announced a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:33:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Automating Change Management Responsibly]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Automating Change Management Responsibly  Please join Dennis Drogseth, Vice President of Enterprise Management Associates and Stephen Nunn, Associate Partner of Accenture to discuss the economic and procedural value of process automation in your environment. Dennis will provide an overview of the advantages of automating IT processes citing industry statistics...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Should you benefit from ACNâ€™s bloodletting?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/sommer/?p=587]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you like great talent, you shouldâ€¦..      Accenture has cut loose many senior executives recently and will pare some more given last Thursdayâ€™s announcement. I know some of these folks. Specific vertical segments have been pared down to reflect new market realities. These include: automotive...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:04:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Math Behind Accentureâ€™s Restructuring]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/sommer/?p=584]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Will more cuts come?    Thursday, Accenture announced that they were going to reduce their senior executive ranks by about 7%. The company stated:    Approximately $128 million of the charge is for severance and related costs of workforce actions, primarily at the senior-executive level, which...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:55:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Accenture lays off senior execs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reducing the high priced helpThis seems to be a cycle at Accenture every few years regardless of the economy or market place.They just like to get rid of the high priced help and this usually flows down to the senior and mid-management levels as well.RE: Accenture lays off senior execsGetting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News to know: Apple; Salesforce.com; CRM; Microsoft; PayPal]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=23019]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are todayâ€™s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNETâ€™s around-the-Web tech coverage.    Sam Diaz: Apple's future TV: Can Web-based apps replace "channels," kill cable?    	DOJ gives blessing to Oracle-Sun, awaiting EC...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:00:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Accenture lays off senior execs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accenture said Thursday that it will thin its ranks of senior executives.    The company, which announced the layoffs in a statement, said it will cut its senior executive ranks by 7 percent. Accenture will take a charge of $128 million to cover severance and other layoff costs....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:50:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who's the fairest HR product of them all.......]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/sommer/?p=580]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year, I set aside some budget monies to attend a couple of events/shows. Iâ€™m fortunate that some software vendors waive some of the costs if Iâ€™m covering the event as a press/analyst person. Events are expensive to attend and hurt my chargeability at the same time. I choose carefully...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:31:44 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Female leaders in technology [video]]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=22147]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, an innovation panel discusses ways to encourage women to join the computer industry. Many women come to the industry through other sides of the business--like marketing--and need mentoring and encouragement to find their inner geeks. Panelists include Marissa Mayer, vice president of search...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, an innovation panel discusses ways to encourage women to join the computer industry. Many women come to the industry through other sides of the business--like marketing--and need mentoring and encouragement to find their inner geeks. Panelists include Marissa Mayer, vice president of search...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:46:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Japan Tobacco International Achieves Consumer and Trade Marketing Excellence]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1124243]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Japan Tobacco International JTI wanted to implement an integrated consumer and trade marketing approach, improving the ability to target brand activities, such as sales and promotional events, at the point of purchase and develop and enhance marketing strategies to reach the right outlet at the right time with the right...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New software enables communication for students with severe disabilities]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New software enables communication for students with severe disabilitiesWow!To me, that is the natural progression of software/technology, to be able to include everyone in a full, rich life experience and share it with others.  I often wondered how children with severe speech issues are able to express the natural...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:56:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dell is going shopping: Pondering the data center and services targets]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dell CEO Michael Dell said the company is likely to spend some of its $10 billion in cash on an acquisition that would give it more of a foothold in the data center or expand its services.Â     The one bright spot of Dell's first quarter was the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 05:48:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Data Protection and Compliance: Improve Security, Manage Risk & Lower Costs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028595]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Information has become the single most important asset to an organization's success, whether it's customer information, confidential corporate information, or financial information. Ensuring that information assets remain secure and readily available to remote employees, customers, and partners is critical to a high performance organization. The attendee will gain an understanding...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Making IT visible: 10 questions with Bob Kress of Accenture]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=989981]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Bucking the notion that IT should operate quietly in the background, Bob Kress has worked to raise IT's profile within his organization. In fact, IT has been so successful in cutting costs, improving efficiency, and increasing customer satisfaction, it's considered a model for how all business functions should be run.This...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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