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		<title>Developing a traditional CMDB? You&#8217;re wasting your time!</title>
		<link>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/12/06/developing-a-traditional-cmdb-youre-wasting-your-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Casanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This webinar was originally delivered December 06, 2011]]></description>
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		<title>Fusion 11 and #SISLunch&#8230;the future of CMDB</title>
		<link>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/10/05/fusion-11-and-sislunch-the-future-of-cmdb/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/10/05/fusion-11-and-sislunch-the-future-of-cmdb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Casanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been 7 days since I left Fusion 11 in Washington DC and I am nearly caught up on everything or should I say, on everything that I will catch up on. Today I posted the Incident Escalation Cost Calculator which was received by everyone in my session Wednesday morning as well as I could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>K2 Solutions Group, Inc. Partners with Macanta Consulting for Green / Sustainable IT Solutions</title>
		<link>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/05/10/sustainable-it-partnership/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/05/10/sustainable-it-partnership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 14:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Casanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[K2 Solutions partners with Macanta Consulting to deliver the eco-ITSM service. The eco-ITSM service is a world first and assists organizations globally with their green / sustainable IT demands.]]></description>
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		<title>Fusion 11 &#8211; Executive Track Speaker</title>
		<link>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/03/18/fusion-11-executive-track-speaker/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/03/18/fusion-11-executive-track-speaker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Casanova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[K2 Solutions Group founder ( Carlos Casanova ) has been selected to present on the Executive Track at the September 25-28 itSMF USA / HDI Service Management ( http://www.servicemanagementfusion.com ) conference in Washington DC. The session will be on Wednesday September 28th at 9am. Session abstract: Configuration Management is arguably one of the most feared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Curing the Caveman Mentality</title>
		<link>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/03/17/curing-the-caveman-mentality/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/03/17/curing-the-caveman-mentality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Casanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m sure that the “finger pointing” blame-game approach for determining responsibility dates back well into prehistoric times. Battles between Harry B. Barbarian and Charlie Q. Savage were likely fought because neither would accept blame for a poorly tied rope or poisoned arrows that did not kill the prey quickly enough. It is not hard envisioning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Demystifying the CMDB: Peeling back the layers of compexity</title>
		<link>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/03/07/demystifying-the-cmdb-peeling-back-the-layers-of-compexity/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/03/07/demystifying-the-cmdb-peeling-back-the-layers-of-compexity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Casanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This webinar was originally delivered July 17, 2009]]></description>
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		<title>Continual Improvement: Data Discrepancies in your CMS</title>
		<link>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/02/24/continual-improvement-data-discrepancies-in-your-cmscmdb/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/02/24/continual-improvement-data-discrepancies-in-your-cmscmdb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Casanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This webinar was originally delivered January 14, 2010]]></description>
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		<title>Disruptive Tech Drives Need for Configuration Management</title>
		<link>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/02/22/disruptive-tech-configuration-management/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/02/22/disruptive-tech-configuration-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Casanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disruptive Technology Drives Need for Configuration Management &#8230; As I read the article, I couldn’t help but to think of the several presentations I have delivered with and without Glenn O’Donnell, co-author of my book The CMDB Imperative, that speak to how “disruptive events” or “accelerants” drive the need for Configuration Management and a Configuration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Attempts at Configuration Management Often Fail: Why is that?</title>
		<link>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/02/14/first-attempts-at-configuration-management-often-fail-why-is-that/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.k2sg.com/2011/02/14/first-attempts-at-configuration-management-often-fail-why-is-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Casanova</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.k2sg.com/?p=314</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This webinar was originally delivered December 08, 2010]]></description>
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		<title>The Wheel Evolved–So Too Must Your CMDB/CMS, Part II</title>
		<link>http://blog.k2sg.com/2010/10/05/the-wheel-evolved%e2%80%93so-too-must-your-cmdbcms-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.k2sg.com/2010/10/05/the-wheel-evolved%e2%80%93so-too-must-your-cmdbcms-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Casanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can move forward even if you don&#8217;t want a complete CMDB/CMS Once you have identified what foundational data sources you have available to work with, you should put together a separate initiative that targets their clean up and consolidating; retiring duplicate or no longer necessary sources. Even if you don’t move forward with a [...]]]></description>
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