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		<title><![CDATA[Sharing your login is a criminal offence]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=529]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It looks like security-as-a-service is going to be one of the themes I cover here next week, and meanwhile I'm mulling a new post about SaaS and software pricing. So it seemed like a good moment to relay a comment that I heard from one of the panelists speaking back...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 14:19:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Does it blend? Zoho and Google]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/enterprisealley/?p=176]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The announcement earlier today that Zoho has added an import capability for those using GoogleDocs to its Writer apps is great news. It is something I asked for a short while ago and is an excellent example of how an agile cloud computing vendor can respond to a need when...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 15:51:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Key Strategies for Beating the Commoditization Curve]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=935729]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To avoid the commoditization trap and distinguish their services from their competitors, MSPs need to develop a two-pronged strategy that involves developing a mature managed services practice that will enable them to deliver higher-value services that yield greater profit margins and drive down service delivery costs so MSPs can effectively...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The commoditization of systems management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11406-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=25642&messageID=480591&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The commoditization of systems managementHyperic and systems management commoditizationHi Phil,Don't write off agents entirely ;)Hyperic has addressed many of the issues you bring up.http://www.hyperic.org/blog/hyperic/?p=38-John MarkCommunity DevelopmentHyperic, Inc.Big Vendors also are AgentlessPhil,I agree that traditionally companies like BMC Software PATROL, Tivoli, CA and HP provided agent based systems management solutions. But...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gartner: User-controlled content delivery to set enterprise expectations]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3043]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Following his explanation of why commoditization in the consumer sector would wag the enterprise IT strategy dog, Gartner research chief and distinguished analyst Steve Prentice talked a bit about how software componentization and ease of user control over those software components might have a similar effect on IT strategy. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 14:21:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gartner: Commoditization means consumers will wag the enterprise IT dog]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3042]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As one of the four major pairs of themes underlying Gartner Symposium/ITxpo here in San Francisco, Gartner research chief and distinguished analyst Steve Prentice explained to attendees why the commoditization and consumerization of technology is not to be ignored an an enterprise's strategic information technology roadmap.  Prentice's presentation was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 13:05:48 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Virtualization and SOA]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=344]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA["The word architecture is generally quite misleading for describing what most companies have today," write John Hagel and John Seely Brown in their new book The Only Sustainable Edge. "Architecture calls forth images of the neat schematics of an architect who is carefully thinking through in advance all the needs...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2005 16:52:28 -0700</pubDate>
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