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	<title>CRM Mastery e-Journal&#187; Cloud Computing</title>
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		<title>Making Sense of the Complex “as a Service” Ecosystem</title>
		<link>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2010/04/cloud-computing-saas-paas-iaas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Berkowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CRM Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Here&#8217;s a very informative article by Max Coburn and Margaret Dawson of Hubspan which summarizes a presentation that will be given at Cloud Expo later this month, Which “aaS” Is Right for You?. Check out the complete source article for much more, including a brief synopsis of current aaS variants, when you should consider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Clouds Are A Fix, Not The Future</title>
		<link>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2010/01/private-clouds-are-a-fix-not-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2010/01/private-clouds-are-a-fix-not-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Berkowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CRM Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership-Mgmt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Mgmt-ROI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Here are several excerpts from an insightful article by Alistair Croll, principal analyst at Bitcurrent, Private Clouds Are A Fix, Not The Future:
Over the last few months, there&#8217;s been growing discussion over private and hybrid clouds. At first blush, a &#8220;private cloud&#8221; sounds like an oxymoron, particularly if you subscribe to Amazon CTO Werner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annual Technology Predictions for 2010 &#8211; From Nucleus Research</title>
		<link>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/12/annual-technology-predictions-for-2010-from-nucleus-research/</link>
		<comments>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/12/annual-technology-predictions-for-2010-from-nucleus-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Berkowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CRM Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership-Mgmt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Analytics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Technologies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Nucleus Research analysts have examined the technology industry’s most aggressively growing segments and have forecast the driving economic forces and faltering trends for next year. Nucleus predictions are based on analysis of both vendors and thousands of corporate end-user case studies. Nucleus predicts the following for 2010:
1. The cloud adoption trend will continue, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting CRM Customer Data Requires Vigilance</title>
		<link>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/12/protecting-crm-customer-data-requires-vigilance/</link>
		<comments>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/12/protecting-crm-customer-data-requires-vigilance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Berkowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CRM Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRM Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/?p=1822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Here are several excerpts from an excellent article by Jennifer LeClaire, Protecting CRM Customer Data Requires Vigilance.  For much more on this topic, check out the complete source article.
Keeping CRM customer data secure isn&#8217;t a one-size-fits-all task. Indeed, tackling security issues around CRM data demands close examination of vendors as well as internal and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cloud Computing (Part 2) : Key Players, Recommendations and Considerations</title>
		<link>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/12/cloud-computing-part-2-key-players-rocomendations-mad-considerations/</link>
		<comments>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/12/cloud-computing-part-2-key-players-rocomendations-mad-considerations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Berkowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virtualization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/?p=1799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Here is Part 2 of a 2 part blog series on cloud computing; Part 1 can be found here.  The source of the excerpts included in this blog post is a Whitepaper from Sungard Availability Services, Cloud Computing: Resiliency is the Key to Success:
Key players
There are numerous companies targeting the emerging cloud computing market, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Computing (Part 1) : Advantages, Types and Challenges</title>
		<link>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/11/cloud-computing-part1-advantages-types-and-challenges/</link>
		<comments>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/11/cloud-computing-part1-advantages-types-and-challenges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Berkowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CRM Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/?p=1793</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Here is Part 1 of a 2 part blog series on cloud computing.  The source of the excerpts included in this blog post is a Whitepaper from Sungard Availability Services, Cloud Computing: Resiliency is the Key to Success:
Our 21st century society has become so used to change and new developments that genuinely progressive concepts [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Top 10 IT Strategies for 2010</title>
		<link>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/11/top-10-it-strategies-for-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/11/top-10-it-strategies-for-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Berkowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRM Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership-Mgmt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Intelligence Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gartner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/?p=1778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Here are several excerpts from an article by Josh Cable, Senior Editor for Industry Week Magazine, Top 10 IT Strategies for 2010. For more information on each strategy area, check out the complete source article:
Gartner Inc. recently unveiled its list of the top 10 strategic technologies and trends for 2010. The Stamford, Conn.-based IT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Integrated, Web-Based Software Makes Business More Efficient</title>
		<link>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/11/how-integrated-web-based-software-makes-business-more-efficient/</link>
		<comments>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/11/how-integrated-web-based-software-makes-business-more-efficient/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Berkowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CRM Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership-Mgmt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Mgmt-ROI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On-Demand CRM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Here&#8217;s some thoughts from Andrew Mulvenna that&#8217;s worth repeating, How Integrated, Web-Based Software Makes Business More Efficient:
Cloud computing is the future of business software. Using online software to free you up to get on with actually running your business and making informed decisions based on the information you get.
There&#8217;s a plethora of web based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clouds of Confusion</title>
		<link>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/11/clouds-of-confusion/</link>
		<comments>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/11/clouds-of-confusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Berkowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership-Mgmt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Mgmt-ROI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Trends]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Here&#8217;s an eye-opening post that appeared in Mike Vizard&#8217;s blog in ITBusinessEdge, Clouds of Confusion:
Sometimes it’s hard to distinguish between when somebody really doesn’t understand something and when they just don’t want to understand something.
Such is the case with cloud computing, which from the perspective of the internal IT staff all too often threatens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Giants Move Toward Social Networks</title>
		<link>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/11/tech-giants-move-toward-social-networks/</link>
		<comments>http://crmweblog.crmmastery.com/2009/11/tech-giants-move-toward-social-networks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Berkowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CRM Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knowledge Mgmt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership-Mgmt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft CRM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salesforce.com]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Here are several excerpts from an article about what a panel of leading tech vendors had to say about the future of social networking tools at the Collaborate 2.0 Conference, Tech Giants Move Toward Social Networks:
As the Facebook generation becomes a bigger part of the enterprise, companies face the challenge of implementing increasingly familiar [...]]]></description>
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