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		<title><![CDATA[TD Bank botches IT system consolidation; Customer havoc ensues]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=25321]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you're a TD Bank customer and your balances are a mess here's the reason: IT issues are wreaking havoc on the bank.       TD Bank, formerly Commerce Bank, told customers that balances, credits and debits may be inaccurate due to computer glitches. The problems...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:07:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Let the smart grid vendor consolidation begin!]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=7455]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[OK everyone, time to get out your betting pool forms to figure out who might be next in the smart grid M&A game. With the market turning at least somewhat positive and federal funds, in theory at least, following into smart grid projections, there are bound to be plenty of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:17:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Management Software Consolidation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1143811]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[More and more organizations are feeling the pressure of economic uncertainty and are increasingly challenged by the need to do more with less by reducing costs while still striving to align their business and IT infrastructure.  Fortunately, a new generation of management software solutions is providing a cost-effective way...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HiveLive: the beginning of community app consolidation?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=1253]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry Dignan has the details of RightNow's acquisition of HiveLive. I was struck by two things. First up Barron's notes that HiveLive had raised $7.8 million so a sale at $6 million sounds like a distressed deal. Second, RightNow is talking very clearly about integration:  RightNow believes that by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:40:57 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Live Webcast: Scale Up and Save:  Best Practices for High-Density Virtualization & Consolidation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1130955]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Fast-paced and resource-constrained environments of today require IT decision makers to take fresh approaches in order to keep up with dynamic organizations.      Join NEC and Intel in this live TechRepublic Webcast to understand market drivers for high density virtualization hosting.  Discuss how leading edge...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Live Webcast: Improve Your Competitive Edge through Network Security Consolidation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1092325]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[At a time when achieving a competitive edge is core to the success of any business, employee productivity, risk reduction and cost management are under the microscope.  Business processes that benefit these three critical factors are being hastily explored and rapidly implemented.     Security Consolidation is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Consolidation, modernization, and virtualization: A triple-play for long-term enterprise IT cost reduction]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/?p=3058]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have an opportunity and you can deploy servers and assets in the matter of hours instead of a matter of days or months, IT becomes an enabler for the business to be more responsive. You can respond to competitive threats, respond to competitive opportunities, roll out new business...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:54:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Massive Consolidation and Virtualization Effort Drives Up to a 35 Percent Drop in IT Costs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1124471]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc. Siemens has provided external customers with state-of-the-art IT for over 25 years. In 2007, it also took on the task of managing operations for all 12 of Siemens operating companies' U.S. data centers as well as a widely distributed assortment of local IT operations....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Yum! France Expands Its Performance Analysis Capability for Its Two Major Restaurant Brands]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1124167]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Yum! France owns the Pizza Hut and KFC brands in France and is part of the worldwide Yum! group which was spun off from Pepsico in 1997. Yum! France wanted to enable common financial consolidation for the Pizza Hut and KFC brands and improve precision and flexibility for tracking financial...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The FactPoint Group: 12 Ways Unified Threat Management Firewalls Are Driving Security Consolidation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1176665]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Just as virtualization has boosted server consolidation in data centers, so too are technology changes spurring consolidation of single-application security appliances on corporate networks Instead of one appliance per application, security consolidation aggregates multiple interconnected security applications on a single piece of hardware. This super-appliance goes by the name of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server:A Highly Available, Flexible, Simple Approach to SQL Server Consolidation White Paper]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1130715]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The success of SQL Server has given rise, inevitably, to a huge growth in the number of servers dedicated to hosting it. The result of this proliferation has too often been low levels of utilization, high capital costs, large amounts of stranded capacity, poor availability, and - as the most...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cooling future cost inflation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11202-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=64894&messageID=1209040&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cooling future cost inflationMakes senseAlthough you COULD should take those 80+ watt desktops and grid them together in a distributed fashion - thus adding little-used CPU power into a big pool. This allows for ALL computers great and small to be loaded and configured EXACTLY THE SAME. This of course...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 02:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[State and Local Government Agencies Use VMware for Consolidation and Energy Efficiency]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1106201]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The attendee of this webcast will learn more about how state and local government agencies are using VMware virtualization solutions to consolidate datacenters, resulting in increased productivity and reduced energy consumption. This webcast is a great opportunity to learn the basics of virtualization.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Watch this space: Consolidation in the offing for corporate carbon management applications]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=4634]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I actually DID NOT find this news on the SAP Web site, but noticed it on the Gartner web site this morning and it is definitely noteworthy because it portends of things to come. I'm a couple days late with this post, but hopefully I may be forgiven a vacation...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 14:30:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Customer Spotlight: City of San Diego Uses Virtualization for Consolidation and Application Deployment]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The attendee of this webcast will learn how the City of San Diego, California is using VMware virtualization solutions to consolidate servers and make application deployment easier while increasing productivity and easing the IT budget. The attendee will find out how virtualization optimizes existing IT infrastructure and reduces IT power,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=974765]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Consolidation may be a key tool for realizing the goals of many organizations. In particular, if some form of consolidation advances the business goals of the organization, then consolidation should be considered. However, it will not match the business goals of all organizations or it may not be a priority...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will consolidation hurt innovation?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a Churchill Club event in Santa Clara, Calif., Peter Solvik, managing director at Sigma Partners, questions CIOs about Oracle's recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The panel includes: Matt Carey, chief information officer of Home Depot; Karenann Terrell, CIO of Baxter; and Lars Rabbe, former CIO of Yahoo. The IT...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 15:20:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ferromatik Milacron Reduces Administration and Process Costs Through Application Consolidation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1102043]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ferromatik Milacron Maschinenbau GmbH wanted to standardize critical business processes, while retaining the maximum degree of flexibility for the subsidiaries and comply with accounting standards and regulations, including Sarbanes-Oxley, for countries in which the company operates. The challenge was to accelerate the production of financial reports and consolidate financial data...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Guide to Consolidating SQL Server Data Warehouses]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1104611]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Consolidation should allow deploying applications to a centralized environment in a standard way. Database consolidation takes this a step further by reducing the database footprint within an existing company. Applying the same approaches and techniques of database consolidation to a data warehouse environment should be straightforward. No longer should it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sun and VMware Solutions Guide for Windows Server Consolidation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1174437]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Designing a Windows server consolidation initiative creates a new set of challenges for the storage infrastructure - storage solutions must offer simplicity, performance, availability, and ease of management. To this end, Sun offers a range of simple, high-performance, easy-to-deploy, low-cost, and innovative storage solutions for Windows consolidation efforts. When combined...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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