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			<title>Why I h8 junk txts</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Joanne Bladd explains why she's taking a stand against telco companies.]]></description>
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			<title>The big chill</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Secret CIO battles to find gainful employment.]]></description>
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			<title>Clients in the clouds</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Fiona Robertson from the Rights Lawyers takes a closer look at the terms and language used in cloud contracts.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Avoiding virtual pitfalls</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Although virtualisation has long been touted as a solution to spending issues and IT efficiencies it is not all plain sailing. Senior analyst at Ovum, Tim Stammers, outlines the dangers and downsides that you will not hear from vendors pushing virtualisation and details how smart organisations can sidestep them.]]></description>
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			<title>Wherefore art thou WiFi?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Louise Oakley asks why wireless internet access isn't yet available in all hotels in the Gulf region.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Service utopia</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/572544-service-utopia</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Vineet Chhatwal, chief operating officer for the Consulting Office explains why integrated service delivery (ISD) should be a top priority for the forward-planning CIO.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Cash flow counts</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Good financial management can mean the difference between success and survival in the current uncertain climate, as Guy Whitcroft, principal consultant at CapitalSteps and a 30-year veteran of the IT industry, explains. ]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Hidden storage margins</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In a special guest column, Vince Blackall, EMEA channel director at data protection software specialist CommVault, explains how deduplication can drive sustainable sales for the storage channel.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Secret CIO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Secret CIO is stunned to find that he no longer is one.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The unknown asset</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vineet Chhatwal, chief operating officer of The Consulting Office, explains why enterprises need to work harder to protect their intellectual assets.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Innovation 2.0</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Andrew White on how many of the big spenders are absent from this week's GITEX as the IT industry evolves.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:01:31 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>A time for change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As GITEX begins, Mark Sutton focuses on why the IT industry is central to the region's economic rebound.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:49:16 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Five lessons</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Venkat Raghavan, general manager of Al Futtaim Technologies, provides his top five tips for how integrators can improve relationships with their customers and achieve smoother implementations.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Tweeting masses shine in new Hurricane Katrina</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The online messaging service derided by comedians as “inane chatter” proved to be a life-saver in the Philippines.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Outsourcing to India</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arjun Aiyar of the Rights Lawyers discusses the legal issues surrounding the setup of your own firm in India to manage technical work from there.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Failure to communicate</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Despite Bulgaria's financial challenges, their broadband is twice as good as we get in the GCC, discovers Rob Corder.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:34:11 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Profiting from convergence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With the promise of reduced overheads and easily managed costs, organisations are taking the concept of convergence seriously.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Revving up the WAN</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[WAN acceleration is becoming a popular subject as IT managers look to reduce the TCO of their infrastructure. But choosing the best solution that provides the level of application performance and ROI desired can be tricky. In a guest column Barry Viles, EVP of operations at IT consultancy, Intergence Systems, provides some tailored guidance.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Revelations and aspirations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Secret CIO explores the hinterland of a rival's office.    ]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Advertising goes mobile</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/567607-advertising-goes-mobile</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Mobile advertising is a fast-growing industry, but how can telecom operators cash in on the trend?]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The winning formula</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/567282-the-winning-formula</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Shumon Zaman, CIO of the Bukhatir Group, reveals the secrets for building a successful enterprise resource management system in a large organisation.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Changing times</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Venkat Raghavan, general manager of Al Futtaim Technologies, relates his experiences as a regional system integrator - and how his sales pitches have had to evolve to keep pace with the technology.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 6 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Skype hype</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The news that Skype is planning on opening an office in Bahrain could be good news for users.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The big steal</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/565230-the-big-steal</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Secret CIO goes undercover.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Better late than never</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Roger Field examines the business case for 3G services in Jordan after the first licence is awarded.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>‘Adver-gaming’</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[How do you feel about an advertiser, in essence, paying for you to play a game that revolves around an advertised subject? As Gareth van Zyl has found out, adver-gaming is not only prevalent amongst big global companies such as BMW, but it is also emerging as a concept in the Middle East.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Making post-sales support more than just an after-thought</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Standards of after-sales service vary tremendously in the Middle East IT market, but vendors are gradually beginning to realise that it is a subject which warrants greater attention if they are to harness the true power of their brands.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Gaining first mover advantage</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Zain Bahrain’s recently announced plan to upgrade its network to LTE came as a surprising development for the region’s telecoms sector]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Sing for your supper</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/564513-sing-for-your-supper</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The recession has resulted in some lip-smackingly good F&B promotions in this region, says Lucy Taylor.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>What’s in a name?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ICANN has unveiled a program that will introduce Internet address names comprised of non-Latin characters or scripts; such as Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Russian.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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