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		<title>Now Here is a First Class</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[and for only 12k]]></description>
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		<title>10 Reasons why you need an Open Source Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[10 Reasons why you need an Open Source Strategy Another good post about why OSS will win.]]></description>
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		<title>Things that make me go Huh #006?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Managed Objects: Individual Press Releases This is a tough business! Here is a company that has been around for 10 years. Its web site boasts a customer list not limited to BNP Paribas, CSC, DISA, Fidelity Investments, JPMorganChase, Progress Energy, Reuters, and TIAA-CREF. I could name about 20 more, but I have agreements with my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Greatest Insourcing Story Ever Told</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read an article about NiSource Inc. pulling back a number of employees who had been outsourced to IBM because &#8220;some results had fallen short of expectations.&#8221; Over the last few years, a flurry of insourcing activity has occurred at companies such as Sears, Dell, and now NiSource, which have pulled back on outsourcing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who am I?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, a few of my good friends in the Tivoli community have been asking me what the heck is johnmwillis.com. Â The Tivoli community mostly knows me from trade shows and my activity on the TME10 mailing list as a regular contributor. Â In that venue I am sometimes hot-head, very rarely silly, andÂ always try my absolute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s a &#8220;Botchagalupe&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a &#8220;Botchagalupe&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>IBM Links</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IBM looks to gain an edge with Unix virtualization features UPDATE 2-IBM to buy Canada&#8217;s DataMirror for $163.5 millionÂ &#124;Â Technology, Media &#38; TelecommunicationsÂ &#124;Â Reuters.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>It was a good week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just love my job.Â  I get visit some of the largest IT operations on the planet. Â I also get to teach some of the brightest people in the IT ESM industry. Â This week I was able to meet a bunch of folk from MIcromuse (now IBM employees). Â If this bunch is like all the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iFool</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago I stopped going into car dealer showrooms. It seemed that every time I walked in I would get hit over the head with something and wake up signing a contract as a proud owner of a brand new car (with all the options). Well, I found a new nemesis&#8230; I mistakenly walked into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appliance Based End User Experience Monitoring</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Appliance Based End User Experience Monitoring_Q2_2007 This is in dire need of a new name. I picked this up on Doug&#8217;s website. Very intersting that IBM is not listed for ITCAM.Â  Stupid is as stupid does &#8220;Forrester Gump&#8221;]]></description>
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