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	<link>http://lcgroupusa.com</link>
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		<title>The missing market of portfolio management software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite being a mostly non-Microsoft shop, I recognize that Microsoft Project is the leader in project management software. I’ve used alternatives, LiquidPlanner is very nice software. Clarizen, and even JIRA. They don’t quite seem to stack up, yet. What else is out there? The problem is not with the lack of options in the project [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lcgroupusa.com/blog/the-missing-market-of-portfolio-management-software/</link>
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		<title>Key takeaways from the World BPO / ITO Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have written several posts on the results of the World BPO / ITO 2010 Forum. This is our reconciliation of the key takeaways from the conference, however we will continue to incorporate lessons and themes that we picked up in future blog posts. Click here to see all our posts relating to the conference. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lcgroupusa.com/blog/key-takeaways-from-the-world-bpo-ito-forum/</link>
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		<title>Is there such thing as a private cloud?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the BPO/ITO Conference today &#8211; It was stated that private clouds do not exist. The reason given, is that private clouds do not allow a organization to scale up and down as needed, since the private cloud infrastructure is owned by the same company as the end user. In this case, the infrastructure cost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lcgroupusa.com/blog/is-there-such-thing-as-a-private-cloud/</link>
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		<title>Early reports from the World BPO / ITO Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we mentioned, LCG is present at the World BPO / ITO Forum.  The attendees include top CIOs that are involved from the buyer or seller site of offshoring.  The goal of many at the conference is to understand what it means to have a healthy outsourcing operation. LCG will report more from the conference [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lcgroupusa.com/blog/early-reports-from-the-world-bpo-ito-forum/</link>
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		<title>Open Source Software and the Enterprise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Open source does have a place in the enterprise. Even in markets dominated by giants, open source can always exist and have a niche. For example, there are several open source enterprise service bus&#8217;s (ESB) out there. They co-exist in a market dominated by Oracle, IBM, and others. Much of the challenge for open source [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lcgroupusa.com/blog/open-source-software-and-the-enterprise/</link>
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		<title>LCG at the World BPO / ITO Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LCG is excited to attend the World Business Process Outsourcing and Information Technology Outsourcing 2010 Summit. The event is sponsored by a group that is dear to our hearts at LCG, the Capital Area Chapter of SIM. We will attend both days, July 28th and 29th. Here on our blog, we will have live bullet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lcgroupusa.com/blog/lcg-at-the-world-bpo-ito-forum/</link>
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		<title>Collaboration tools when it is most critical</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In business it&#8217;s important people work well together. Theoretically, the more this happens, the better a business will perform. However there are some times in which a company absolutely must collaborate well, or the consequences will be greater than typical. In these circumstances, a collaboration tool can be useful to help organize and have groups [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lcgroupusa.com/blog/collaboration-tools-when-it-is-most-critical/</link>
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		<title>Unified Communications versus Unified Communications and Collaboration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There seems to be a debate on the difference between Unified Communications (UC), and Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC). A summarized definition of UC, according to Blair Pleasant is: Unified communications (UC) is the integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging (chat), presence information, telephony (including IP telephony), video conferencing, call control and speech [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lcgroupusa.com/blog/unified-communications-versus-unified-communications-and-collaboration/</link>
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		<title>Ways to Improve an Organizations IT Governance Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, we discussed how collaborative tools can improve an organization&#8217;s IT Governance. In a nutshell, our position argued that the benefits of information transparency, and having others provide input into decision making will help an internal IT organization. Modern collaboration tools, which include tools that you hear under the Enterprise 2.0 and Social Media umbrella, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lcgroupusa.com/blog/ways-to-improve-an-organizations-it-governance-part-2/</link>
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		<title>What the centralization of computing will mean for business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The centralization of IT hardware and software because of trends like Cloud Computing is having an effect on business IT decision making.  This is being seen widespread for new start-ups and franchises.  Existing businesses are beginning to see the effects as well, but will take time to transition.  Here are some of the observed trends: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lcgroupusa.com/blog/what-the-centralization-of-computing-will-mean-for-business/</link>
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