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		<title>Google Apps &#8211; The Best Features of 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The web2.0 / online tools that I use&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 16:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aric Bandy</dc:creator>
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While consulting I’m often asked about the applications and tools I use.  Here’s a list of the tools I use:


Get Dropbox (online file storage):  www.getdropbox.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com
Google Apps: www.google.com/a
Short URLs: http://bit.ly/
News:  www.digg.com / www.fark.com
Teleconferencing: www.skype.com / Google Chat / www.tokbox.com
Blogging: www.wordpress.com / www.squarespace.com
Universal Instant Messenger: www.digsby.com
Credential Management: http://keepass.info/
Intranet: http://www.backpackit.com/ Google Sites
What do you use?
- Aric Bandy

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		<title>Social Networking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aric Bandy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I comb the Internet I occasionally stumble across great articles / blogs that clearly articulates a point.  This blog clearly captures how to approach Social Networking  http://bit.ly/EadTJ
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Here&#8217;s the highlights:
From Positively Paula 4/30 blog ( http://bit.ly/EadTJ ):
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		<title>Cloud Computing and Social Network Trends</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had an opportunity to present at the Rotary Club of Minneapolis.  I presented an overview on two topics that continually arise in my IT Steering Committees and consulting engagements: Cloud Computing and Social Networking.  These are two trends that are drastically changing the way business is done today.
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		<title>Article in Inc. Magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last year and a half, I&#8217;ve been acting as 2nd Wind&#8217;s outsourced CIO / CTO.  I&#8217;ve been working closely with their CFO, Tom Kelly, and the rest of the management team to develop and implement an aggressive SaaS strategy.  The plan was to identify and migrate applications and infrastructure to the cloud in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aricbandy.wordpress.com&blog=4623035&post=49&subd=aricbandy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gmail goes offline and with it frees us from Outlook&#8217;s tyranny</title>
		<link>http://aricbandy.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/gmail-goes-offline-and-with-it-frees-us-from-outlooks-tyranny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Over dramatisation aside, this is the day many of us have been waiting for &#8211; Google mail (Gmail and Google Apps) can now be accessed offline.  Many of the organizations that we&#8217;ve helped implement Google Apps have retained Outlook for a subset of their users simply because they need to access email offline.  Those users [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aricbandy.wordpress.com&blog=4623035&post=46&subd=aricbandy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forrester Report Affirms My Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aric Bandy</dc:creator>
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Forrester recently released a detailed TCO analysis on cloud-based email, Exchange (premise/hosted) and Google Apps.  The numbers align with every analysis I&#8217;ve completed after a Google Apps implementation.  It&#8217;s alwasy good to know that others see the world in the same light.  
- Aric Bandy
Article: Cloud-based Email Cheapest Option of Most Companies.  Richard MacManus.
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		<title>Top 10 Qualities of a Great IT Shop</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aric Bandy</dc:creator>
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Paul M. Ingevaldson is the retired CIO of Ace Hardware with 40 years in IT.  He recently wrote an article in Computerworld detailing the qualities of a healthy  IT department.    
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		<title>Top 10 IT Trends in 2009</title>
		<link>http://aricbandy.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/top-10-it-trends-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aric Bandy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Kelly, CFO and CIO at Second Wind Exercise, a $100 million Eden Prairie, Minn., athletic equipment manufacturer, points out that SaaS providers frequently offer better security and uptime than organizations can achieve internally. “This is particularly true in the small and midsize markets,” he says. Second Wind has moved heavily onto a SaaS platform, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aricbandy.wordpress.com&blog=4623035&post=26&subd=aricbandy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SAP pushes Shane Co. into bankruptcy (partially)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shane Co. is one of the nations largest jewelry retailers with 23 stores across 14 states.  On Jan 13th, they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy primary due to the US Recession and an SAP project that ballooned from $10MM to $36MM.
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