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		<title>The Gulf Oil Disaster and Telecom Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How tempting it is to use the benefit of hindsight to criticize those in charge of BP PLC’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) coverage even informs readers that BP and its drilling contractor Transocean celebrated 7 years without a serious injury. The introspective reader, especially IT/Telecom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.telizent.com/the-gulf-oil-disaster-and-telecom-management/2010/06/</link>
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		<title>Siemens Augments SMB Portfolio with OpenScape Office MX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, on May 25th Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEC) announced OpenScape Office MX which is an all-in-one unified communications (UC) solution designed to meet the business communications needs of small to medium business (SMB). OpenScape Office MX is the successor to HiPath OpenOffice ME and is an upgrade that requires a simple software procedure, no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.telizent.com/siemens-augments-smb-portfolio-with-openscape-office-mx/2010/05/</link>
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		<title>SuperMedia Delivers Consistent ROI</title>
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As the Director of Sales &#38; Marketing at Telizent I’m often asked to evaluate the ROI of our various marketing programs and make recommendations for future spending. Over time it has become evident that SuperMedia has consistently outperformed many of our other marketing channels and as a result we have steadily increased our SuperMedia budget [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.telizent.com/supermedia-delivers-consistent-roi/2010/02/</link>
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		<title>Perry&#8217;s Predictions and Prognostications for 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m gazing into the crystal ball to make some predications and observations about what we can expect in 2010 in the telecom and IT markets. 
1. Although we aren’t out of the woods yet, U.S. business and consumer confidence is growing and should reach a peak about the third quarter of this year. However, attempting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.telizent.com/perrys-predictions-and-prognostications-for-2010/2010/01/</link>
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		<title>The Economics of Owning an Application vs. Using an MSP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you wrestled with the economics of purchasing a software application vs. paying a monthly fee to a managed service provider (MSP) for access to the application? You&#8217;re not alone. I have found that in most cases the specialization and economies of scale of an MSP delivers greater value than trying to do it yourself. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.telizent.com/the-economics-of-owning-an-application-vs-using-an-msp/2010/01/</link>
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		<title>Technology Projects Require Applying the Project Management Methodology, Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the first installment of this thread, I laid a foundation for a continuing discussion about the value of formal project management practices for technology related projects. As a matter of fact, I stated that it’s not possible to deliver technology projects on time and on budget without using a project management methodology such as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.telizent.com/technology-projects-require-applying-the-project-management-methodology-part-ii/2009/12/</link>
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		<title>How Has Cloud Computing Impacted You Lately?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First of all, hats off to Johna Till Johnson and her article this morning in Network World entitled &#8220;Cloud computing: The telcos&#8217; game to lose&#8220;. In addition to helping all of us understand the role that traditional Telco&#8217;s play in offering cloud computing services, she breaks down cloud computing into 3 basic areas:
1. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
2. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.telizent.com/how-has-cloud-computing-impacted-you-lately/2009/12/</link>
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		<title>Technology Projects Require Applying the Project Management Methodology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve worked on many technology and telecom projects over the course of my tenure in the technology marketplace. Some of these projects were short term and included a handful of contributors. Some of the projects involved dozens of participants and millions of dollars. Shamefully, most of these projects weren’t managed using a formal project management [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.telizent.com/technology-projects-require-applying-the-project-management-methodology/2009/12/</link>
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		<title>How Does Cloud Computing Impact Enterprise Voice Systems?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who hasn&#8217;t heard of, planned for or even begun using some form of cloud-based service? From a personal use perspective, if you have a Gmail, Twitter or Facebook account, you can consider yourself an early pioneer of cloud-based services! However, for the enterprise, many IT executives believe cloud computing is or will soon revolutionize business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.telizent.com/how-does-cloud-computing-impact-enterprise-voice-systems/2009/11/</link>
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		<title>Are You an Emerging IT Leader? Do You Have An Elevator Pitch?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine who used to work at Gartner invited me to attend an event hosted by the Colorado Chapter of Society for Information Management. At first I was a bit hesitant to accept the invitation because I was not familiar with SIM Colorado and I was afraid it might just be another sales [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.telizent.com/are-you-an-emerging-it-leader-do-you-have-an-elevator-pitch/2009/11/</link>
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