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		<title>How To Calculate Rates in a Competitive Market</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/18/how-to-calculate-rates-in-a-competitive-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freelancer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pay &amp; Money]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fees]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[income]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed that SimonStapleton.com has been focusing a lot lately on landing that top job. It&#8217;s no surprise these posts have received a lot of feedback, as in this global economy, landing a well paying job is something that is highly desired. But how do you perceive your worth? Do your perceptions on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9 Highly Effective Habits of Great Technical Resume Writers</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/13/9-highly-effective-habits-of-great-resume-writers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/13/9-highly-effective-habits-of-great-resume-writers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brilliant Basics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Life Hacks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[best CV]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[best resume]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[effective CV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What makes a great resume - one which you can&#8217;t put down? A great resume writer, that&#8217;s what. Through my years of IT management and recruiting IT professionals, I&#8217;ve seen countless resumes (in the 1,000s), so what makes me keep on reading some and put the rest aside for later reading?
To compliment my recent focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Review of Mark McClure&#8217;s IT Career Engineer</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/04/a-review-of-mark-mcclures-it-career-engineer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/04/a-review-of-mark-mcclures-it-career-engineer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pay &amp; Money]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[courses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[it career]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mark mcclure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What if I told you that you could exchange 3 hours of your time and just over 40 bucks for all the IT career guidance you&#8217;ll need to move from pure techie to IT Leader? You&#8217;d think I was nuts, right? Well I wish I had known about Mark McClure&#8217;s IT Career Engineer 12 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Report: Why ‘Green’ and Other Niche Causes are Great Career Builders</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/special-report-why-%e2%80%98green%e2%80%99-and-other-niche-causes-are-great-career-builders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/special-report-why-%e2%80%98green%e2%80%99-and-other-niche-causes-are-great-career-builders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[career builder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[green it]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[green technology]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[special report]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just released a Special Report on the subject of Why ‘Green’ and Other Niche Causes are Great Career Builders . If you&#8217;re an avid reader of this website you&#8217;ll know that I&#8217;ve discussed the opportunities that supporting niche causes, and being seen to do so, is a powerful means of raising your profile and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Consider Business Readiness as an Afterthought?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/30/do-you-consider-business-readiness-as-an-afterthought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/30/do-you-consider-business-readiness-as-an-afterthought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[BPM]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Project Manager]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business readiness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business risk]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business sponsorship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[change management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You wouldn&#8217;t talk to someone who isn&#8217;t paying attention. Nor would you make a movie if you didn&#8217;t know who would watch it. So why do technology projects often deliver to a Business who isn&#8217;t ready to receive?
Business Readiness is a loose term which can mean the Business&#8217;s ability to take on what a project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Web-Based Project Management Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/16/ten-web-based-project-management-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/16/ten-web-based-project-management-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Project Manager]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[microsoft project]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[online project management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[project tool]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web-based project management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=816</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most organizations use Microsoft Project as a project management tool. Microsoft have enjoyed many years of domination of the corporate project management tool market. Competitors like Clarity have challenged Microsoft, but MS Project remains dominant. And with recent enhancements its users can web-enable it on their intranet. Then add on Microsoft SharePoint and you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Reasons Why Managing Techies Is Like Driving A Car</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/15/10-reasons-why-managing-techies-is-like-driving-a-car/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/15/10-reasons-why-managing-techies-is-like-driving-a-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[managing techies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[technology management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was in a deep-thought moment and struck upon this analogy!
Managing Techies is like driving a car because&#8230;

You have to steer it, but you shouldn&#8217;t try to turn the wheels yourself  - techies need direction and guidance, but really don&#8217;t want you to do their job for them, so don&#8217;t attempt it. A common [...]]]></description>
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		<title>35 FREE Tools for IT/Developers And Business</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/13/35-free-tools-for-itdevelopers-and-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/13/35-free-tools-for-itdevelopers-and-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Developer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[free software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[open source]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Open Source movement continues strongly, and with it comes a greater number of more powerful free tools and applications. After a long week of scouring the web for the best free programs, I&#8217;ve compiles a list below where you will find a great selection of tools and applications for those in the IT/Development and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What A Load Of Tosh! Do You Buy This?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/10/what-a-load-of-tosh-do-you-buy-this/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/10/what-a-load-of-tosh-do-you-buy-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business Analysis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surveys &amp; Opinion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[enterprise architecture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was researching a subject when I found something on YouTube. Just take a look at this load of crap (below). I&#8217;ve not seen such self-important, head-in-the-clouds nonsense since watching Oprah. I just don&#8217;t buy this &#8216;Enterprise Architecture Solves World Hunger&#8217; angle at all.
I&#8217;m wearing one of De Bono&#8217;s Black Hats  for this. Maybe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Projects Are About People, Not Technology (According To Elizabeth Harrin)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/25/projects-are-about-people-not-technology-according-to-elizabeth-harrin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/25/projects-are-about-people-not-technology-according-to-elizabeth-harrin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[recruitment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post on her blog, Elizabeth Harrin shares with us some research from Forrester which (in her words) reminds us that projects are about people, not technology. 
Elizabeth Harrin is a blogger (a girl&#8217;s guide to project management) who won the ComputerWeekly 2008 IT Blog Awards in the Project Management category. Her post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Ways to Look Busier and Keep the Axe from Falling On Your Head</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/24/seven-ways-to-look-busier-and-keep-the-axe-from-falling-on-your-head/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/24/seven-ways-to-look-busier-and-keep-the-axe-from-falling-on-your-head/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[avoid severence]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of us are nervous about the future - are there job cuts around the corner? Well here are seven ways to appear busier! Don&#8217;t be at the top of the list of people in for the chop.

Roll your sleeves up. And I mean this literally. Sleeves rolled up sends a message that ‘I am busy working’. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten REAL Reasons Why IT Projects Fail</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/17/ten-real-reasons-why-it-projects-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/17/ten-real-reasons-why-it-projects-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Project Manager]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[project]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=582</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do IT Projects fail? Project Managers reel out a million reasons and excuses. But in my years of working in projects, whatever the size or budget, there are 10 reasons why failed projects end up that way.
1. Too Many Parallel Activities into One Completion Date
Project deadlines are not like train stations. Activities of a project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Build Your Vision for BPM</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/04/how-to-build-your-vision-for-bpm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/04/how-to-build-your-vision-for-bpm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[BPM]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bpm vision]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business case]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sponsorship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BPM, or Business Process Management, is a growing sector of Business Technology. Forrester Research forecast growth over the next five years to be between 17.5% and 35.5% (why do they have to use fractions in these figures? We get the picture - Lots!) So if it ain&#8217;t happened to you yet, then there is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Google&#8217;s Chrome To Disrupt the Browser Market, But Will It Disrupt the Enterprise Desktop?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/03/review-googles-chrome-to-disrupt-the-browser-market-but-will-it-disrupt-the-enterprise-desktop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/03/review-googles-chrome-to-disrupt-the-browser-market-but-will-it-disrupt-the-enterprise-desktop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chrome]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[google chrome]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Google&#8217;s usual style, there was a bit of a fanfare yesterday (September 2 2008) for the launch of their new &#8216;killer&#8217; browser, Chrome. Google&#8217;s brand and penetration will make it an overnight success and I am confident that it will displace Internet Explorer (further) and Firefox (less so) in the consumer PC market. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Outages - What is Your Story?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/web-outages-what-is-your-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/web-outages-what-is-your-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IT Ops]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[website monitoring]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote an article about the really embarrassing issue of not knowing when your website is down - particularly before your boss does. Does this still happen to you?
Have you got a story along these lines? And how did you solve it? 
  
 Here is a story that a Charlie Steed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money Isn&#8217;t Everything, According to IT Professionals (who responded)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/20/money-isnt-everything-according-to-it-professionals-who-responded/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/20/money-isnt-everything-according-to-it-professionals-who-responded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just read an excellent article, written by Ann All, on the IT Business Edge website that discusses the working environment that IT professionals prefer to work in.
What I like about it is Ann&#8217;s honest view about the conclusion that IT people like to work in a positive, challenging environment. I&#8217;m pleased that IT people see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know When Your Website is Down Before Your Boss Does!</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/know-when-your-website-is-down-before-your-boss-does/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/know-when-your-website-is-down-before-your-boss-does/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most embarrassing events to happen to me is when my boss has asked me why our company website is down. I didn&#8217;t know it was down - and it was. Yellow Pages down the pants-time.
One easy way I found to get to know first is to use a website monitoring tool. I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Virtualization a Buyer&#8217;s Market? Why it is a Real Opportunity for IT</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/28/is-virtualization-a-buyer%e2%80%99s-market-why-it-is-a-real-opportunity-for-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/28/is-virtualization-a-buyer%e2%80%99s-market-why-it-is-a-real-opportunity-for-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattroblin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[hyper-v]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last six weeks have been an interesting time in the world of virtualization. In late June Microsoft released their final version of Hyper-V, their new virtualization platform built into Windows Server 2008. Hyper-V has been widely anticipated, as Microsoft&#8217;s absence from the enterprise virtual market has left VMWare and some smaller players free to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Afford the Cloud?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/15/can-you-afford-the-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/15/can-you-afford-the-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cloud Computing, where the architecture of your technology estate is based upon the integration of third-party technologies and services, is gaining momentum in the industry. 
It&#8217;s a natural extension of outsourcing where an organization uses technology within it&#8217;s own physical boundary (i.e. its data-center) but the technology is owned and operated by the vendor. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of the Danger of Blocking on the Web</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/11/beware-of-the-danger-of-blocking-on-the-web/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/11/beware-of-the-danger-of-blocking-on-the-web/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I found an interesting article on mashable.com where the blocking of content is discussed. With the rise of cloud computing and increasing number of teleworkers, IT leaders might be putting their business at risk if they are not in control of their ISPs, who may act on their own discretion to block connectivity.
The link: http://mashable.com/2008/07/11/take-back-the-internet/
IT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How IT Leaders Can Get The Most Out Of Developers</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/29/how-it-leaders-can-get-the-most-out-of-developers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/29/how-it-leaders-can-get-the-most-out-of-developers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Developer]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not going to take credit for all of this post&#8230; I was inspired by Esther Schindler &#8217;s article on CIO.COM titled &#8216;Managing and Motivating Developers: Tips for Management Cluefulness .&#8217; The subject is close to my heart as over the last 8 years I&#8217;ve been doing exactly that. I&#8217;d also say that Esther&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you a Technical Professional? How to find out</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/28/are-you-a-technical-professional-how-to-find-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/28/are-you-a-technical-professional-how-to-find-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a bit of fun I posted some behaviors exhibited by people who classify themselves as geeks, and invited you to see how you compared. So this time it&#8217;s a list of behaviors exhibited by Technical Professionals - techies who take themselves a bit more seriously.
If you say Yes to more than 3 of these [...]]]></description>
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