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		<title><![CDATA[Organization Expects to Boost Employee Productivity by a Third and Cut IT Costs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1171479]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With offices in more than 40 countries, Finpro needed ways to improve productivity and cut costs. By using the DirectAccess and BranchCache features in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, employees can save as much as a third of their workweek through faster, trouble-free network access and downloads. Finpro...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NHS Shared Service Increases Productivity by Approximately 150 Per Cent With Dell Infrastructure Consulting Services]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1171409]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Trust was experiencing rising IT costs and spent too long on backups, which impacted service delivery. It also needed an effective disaster recovery strategy to meet data compliance. Using a five-year IT strategy plan designed by Dell Infrastructure Consulting Services, the Trust enhanced the level of service it could...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marketing Firm Optimizes Infrastructure to Cut IT Costs, Boost Uptime]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1124341]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[R.L. Polk is one of the largest consumer marketing firms in the United States and a leading provider of automotive marketing information. To keep up with annual business growth of 30 percent and remain focused on delivering new data services, Polk needed to reduce the time spent deploying and managing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Controlling Storage and IT Costs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1137819]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As resources are stretched, managing them is more critical and more difficult. Virtualization can obscure performance issues and complicate storage management. Administrators trying to maintain their SLAs can quickly lapse into reactive mode, delaying true management of the environment by focusing on the immediate issue without a view of the...]]></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[IT Financial Management solutions provide visibility into total operations to reduce IT costs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11475-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=66176&messageID=1244919&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IT Financial Management solutions provide visibility into total operations to reduce IT costsAppreciation.The post was very informative or should I say "A needed one". In such a hyper turbulent surroundings, the small and medium size enterprises do really need such actions and strategies to reduce their input cost. Whether direct...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:17:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IT Financial Management solutions provide visibility into total operations to reduce IT costs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/?p=3044]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[You can't well fix what you can't well measure. And so the true cost -- and benefits -- of complex and often sprawling IT portfolios too often remain a mystery, shrouded by outdated and often manual IT tracking and inventory tasks. by Dana Gardner]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:21:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reacting to the Economic Slowdown: Cutting Hidden IT Costs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1004979]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IT cost containment is a fine line to walk — even in down times, business demands 24x7 responsiveness from IT, and anything that  compromises that can negatively impact business performance. Technology leaders must look for ways to deliver greater value for less money. This begins with aligning with the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Services Consultancy Boosts Bottom Line Using Software Integration]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Goetzman Group provides financial and accounting consulting services. The Woodland Hills, California - based firm sought to increase efficiencies, boost market outreach, and reduce IT costs. The Goetzman Group, a financial and accounting consultancy, used the software integration in Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 to help automate the core...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Download TechRepublic's 'Ninja Guide' to IT cost cutting]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most IT departments have been operating very lean since the 2001 recession. So if they've been asked to cut even deeper during this economic downturn, it takes wisdom and a deft hand to make the right cuts without compromising key priorities. This free PDF download can help. by Jason Hiner]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:30:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HP advises strategic view of virtualization to dramatically cut IT costs, gain efficiency and usher in cloud benefits]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HP advises strategic view of virtualization to dramatically cut IT costs, gain efficiency and usher in cloud benefitsHogwashThe virtualization "bubble" is no different than the housing bubble or the internet bubble. Something that appears new and cool is jumped on as the next great bandwagon. EVERYONE want's to be on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HP advises strategic view of virtualization to dramatically cut IT costs, gain efficiency and usher in cloud benefits]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/?p=2886]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Virtualization is more than just installing hypervisors. The effects and impacts of virtualization cut across many aspects of IT operations. The complexity of managing virtualization IT runtime environments can easily slip out of control. by Dana Gardner]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:14:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IT Manager Webcast: Realizing Cost Savings Through Infrastructure Modernization (Level 200)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=990121]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In today's economy, there is enormous pressure on IT staffs to cut costs and at the same time deliver the increased business value required for growth. Advances in platform technology and application modernization can offer dramatic reductions in IT costs when part of a strategic approach to IT modernization. Infrastructure...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BriefingsDirect Analysts list top 5 ways to cut enterprise IT costs during economic downturn]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BriefingsDirect Analysts list top 5 ways to cut enterprise IT costs during economic downturnGet rid of MS Office suites/desktops & Server OSI can see no valid reason why anyone other than they think they need it the end user could not use Open Office.Also, that goes for Outlook, Thunderbird has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BriefingsDirect Analysts list top 5 ways to cut enterprise IT costs during economic downturn]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does IT help most on the offensive, in transforming businesses, or playing a larger role in support of business goals, with the larger IT budget and responsibility to go along with that? Can IT lead the way on how companies remake themselves and reinvent themselves during and after such an...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Nature Conservancy Opens Up Information to User Communities, Speeding Search and Cutting IT Costs, With the Google Search Appliance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1016087]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Nature Conservancy TNC, now a million members strong, works around the world to protect and preserve ecologically important lands and waters. TNC manages an extensive intranet to help employees conduct research, consolidate organization-wide communications, and run the organization with utmost efficiency. Visitors to the public website and employees using...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Multi-sourced research: IT managers still bullish on green tech spending]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-13603-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=55650&messageID=1051290&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Multi-sourced research: IT managers still bullish on green tech spendingSaving electricity billOne way of going green is by saving electricty. Thin client only uses 5-20 watt of power compared to PC which uses around 80watt of power. You will still be able to run your apps off a powerful serverhttp://www.devonit.comhttp://www.aikotech.com/thinserver.htmRE:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:16:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A guide to cutting IT costs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guide to cutting IT costscutting costI guess they should follow Dell.it is working for themRE: A guide to cutting IT costsIt's not just wages. Licenses can eat into an IT budget.Opensource should be considered. And the move over to Linux could be considered to many computers in a company....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:11:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Telekom Srbija Standardizes IT Architecture to Improve Data Visibility and Cut IT Costs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=393792]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Telekom Srbija wanted to consolidate 40 legacy applications to provide a stable and scalable platform for rapid growth and cut costs for operations, IT upgrades, and maintenance. The challenge was to enable integration of data from applications across the business and ensure smooth transition with minimal customization. Telekom Srbija selected...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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