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      <title>5 Ways HP Cut Costs and Fostered Innovation</title>
      <pubdate>Thu, 21 July 2011 08:07</pubdate>
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      <description>After HP CIO embarked upon global consolidation project IT was able to trim costs while minimizing IT's maintenance burden.</description>
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      <title>ITIL Processes are No Panacea&amp;#9;</title>
      <pubdate>Fri, 22 July 2011 09:07</pubdate>
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      <description>Some companies do IT service management just fine without ITIL but they also excel in very specific ways, writes Jason Druebert of AT&amp;T Consulting Solutions.</description>
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      <title>The 5 Key Reasons Why IT Initiatives Fail</title>
      <pubdate>Thu, 14 July 2011 16:07</pubdate>
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      <description>Thirty years in the IT service management trenches has taught Dave Mainville of Consulting-Portal a thing or two about successful project execution.</description>
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      <title>3 Approaches to Building Your CMS</title>
      <pubdate>Fri, 08 July 2011 15:07</pubdate>
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      <description>Michael Tainter and Marty Likier of Forsythe give you the pros and cons of three approaches to building a CMS.</description>
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      <title>The 4 Principles of a Successful Data Strategy</title>
      <pubdate>Thu, 30 June 2011 17:06</pubdate>
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      <description>Data strategy and business strategy are inexorably linked, writes CIOUpdate guest columnist Paul Barth of New Vantage Partners.</description>
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      <title>Does IT Deserve a Seat at the Table?</title>
      <pubdate>Mon, 27 June 2011 16:06</pubdate>
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      <description>Maybe but IT is still separate from the C-suite and boardroom, write CIOUpdate columnists Chris Gallacher, Augusto Perazzo and Larry Scinto of PA Consulting.</description>
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      <title>Taking Out the Guess Work</title>
      <pubdate>Wed, 22 June 2011 15:06</pubdate>
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      <description>Predictive modeling leads to predictable results and lower costs, writes CIOUpdate columnist Faisal Hoque of BTM Corp.</description>
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      <title>The Benefits of Outsourcing the Company</title>
      <pubdate>Mon, 20 June 2011 16:06</pubdate>
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      <description>Many more business processes are open to outsourcing today than just a few years ago, writes CIOUpdate columnist Mike Scheuerman.</description>
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      <title>How to Increase IT's Value to the Business</title>
      <pubdate>Fri, 17 June 2011 16:06</pubdate>
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      <description>If you don't know the business you are not adding value, writes CIOUpdate columnist Patty Azzarello of the Azzarello Group.</description>
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      <title>What is IT's Role in the Enterprise?</title>
      <pubdate>Tue, 14 June 2011 16:06</pubdate>
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      <description>Innovations or operations? Get out of the way or lead? Engage or retreat?, ask CIOUpdate columnists Nick Owen and Augusto Perazzo of PA Consulting.

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      <title>Cloud Isn't Just for Geeks Anymore</title>
      <pubdate>Fri, 10 June 2011 13:06</pubdate>
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      <description>Cloud is a reality but a hard one for IT to swallow, writes CIOUpdate columnist Jake Sorofman of rPath.</description>
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      <title>The 5 Ways a CMS Provides Value</title>
      <pubdate>Thu, 09 June 2011 16:06</pubdate>
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      <description>The CMS is like a hotel concierge; a focal point of services and information, writes CIOUpdate columnist Michael Tainter of Forsythe.</description>
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      <title>Is Disaster Recovery in the Cloud Right for You?</title>
      <pubdate>Tue, 31 May 2011 14:05</pubdate>
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      <description>CIOUpdate columnist Joe Long of Logicalis details five advantages the cloud has to offer.</description>
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      <title>Can I Run My Business Using Just the Cloud?</title>
      <pubdate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:05</pubdate>
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      <description>The short answer is 'Yes, but ... ,' writes CIOUpdate guest columnist Scott Archibald of Bender Consulting.</description>
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      <title>Building a Better Mousetrap</title>
      <pubdate>Wed, 11 May 2011 14:05</pubdate>
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      <description>A pentagon boondoggle from the 1980s serves up good lessons for c-level execs today, writes CIOUpdate columnist Faisal Hoque of BTM Corp.</description>
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