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		<title>What About the Public Sector?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are all aware of the, often glacial, progress of the public sector. Bigger, usually means slow lumbering progress, and government is usually about as big as it gets. Chris Chant, head of the the Government&#8217;s G-Cloud programme, addresses the &#8230; <a href="http://thecloudbusiness.com/public-sector/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do we need more analogies for cloud development?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous blog article here, I discussed how buying a coffee machine for the office versus the cost benefit of buying in the ready made coffee from the professionals, and how the decision to move to the cloud can &#8230; <a href="http://thecloudbusiness.com/washing_machines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Changing Role of the CIO</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once a bastion of technical experts, in recent years the CIO role has evolved into a more business-focused position. According to a survey in CIO Magazine, many now feel that their cloud experience has provided sufficient commercial nous to prepare &#8230; <a href="http://thecloudbusiness.com/cio/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>To standardise or not to standardise that is the question?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firms looking to move their infrastructure and processes to the web, are faced by the key questions of how and when should they standardise both their environments and processes. Those working in the industry will cite the mantra &#8216;never outsource &#8230; <a href="http://thecloudbusiness.com/standardisation-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cleaning Out and Cleaning Up: cloud offers the chance to standardise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have mentioned in recent posts, that a move to externalise services, whether outsourcing or cloud based, represents a major opportunity to clean up the assets on the IT balance sheet. This is a chance to rigorously go through the &#8230; <a href="http://thecloudbusiness.com/standardisation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can IT Clean Up its Act?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working on the proposals for high level IT strategy and cloud propositions, not to mention other more specific IT projects, we are often met with a big problem of what I call &#8220;inertia&#8221; &#8211; namely that IT is never seen &#8230; <a href="http://thecloudbusiness.com/it_clean/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Nothing Ever Gets Switched Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following on from Katie&#8217;s post on Friday, the inertia problem stems from the fact that IT departments simply will not turn anything off, for fear of losing important data. Going into companies as a cloud consultancy, I have seen all &#8230; <a href="http://thecloudbusiness.com/why-nothing-ever-gets-switched-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More complexity = more inertia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cloud Business blog has now come full circle, we are returning to the subject of cloud inertia. As discussed back in September, big businesses and banks are particularly sticky when it comes to rolling out new technologies. Fear of &#8230; <a href="http://thecloudbusiness.com/more-complexity-more-inertia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Humble Photocopier and IP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following on from Katie&#8217;s posts on the current debate raging in the US on IP rights and the internet, it is worth thinking about the implications in a wider sense. Personally I see the dilemma in terms of &#8220;old technology&#8221;&#8230;..the &#8230; <a href="http://thecloudbusiness.com/photocopier/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SOPA, PIPA and your Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you happen to have looked anything up on Wikipedia on Wednesday, you may have noticed the internet blackout protests against the SOPA and PIPA bills that are being considered by the Senate and House of Representatives in the United &#8230; <a href="http://thecloudbusiness.com/sopa-pipa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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