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		<title>Emerging Role for IT: Customer-Focused Managers of the Ecosystem</title>
		<link>http://easystreet.com/2013/06/emerging-role-for-it-customer-focused-managers-of-the-ecosystem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kkarger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to an analysis by the Corporate Executive Board, less than 25 percent of the current IT workforce is estimated to remain in standalone IT roles by the year 2015. Additionally, the skills of the average corporate IT professional are already becoming redundant or obsolete.  Does this mean IT jobs will be going away? Far [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Micromanagement can be Poison to IT</title>
		<link>http://easystreet.com/2013/06/micromanagement-can-be-poison-to-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For other parts of a company, an aura of mystery often surrounds IT, which means it’s difficult for non-IT people to know if IT employees are using their time most efficiently.  Meanwhile, every IT employee knows time is sometimes wasted, often on needless micromanagement. “Work items and progress is managed down to the most microscopic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSPs Offering Cloud Services Attracting Most Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gregl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year will see significant growth and increased confidence in the cloud, according to a major new survey. The positive outlook for the cloud comes from the 1,000-plus respondents of the TechTarget 2013 IT Priorities Survey. Nearly half of IT leaders said they’re spending more dollars on cloud services this year, and 30 percent said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations to VYCON for EC&amp;M Magazine&#8217;s 2013 Product of the Year Award</title>
		<link>http://easystreet.com/2013/06/congratulations-to-vycon-for-ecm-magazines-2013-product-of-the-year-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kkarger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[data center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green IT]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Flywheel UPS manufacturer VYCON’s VDC-XE system has been awarded EC&#38;M magazine&#8217;s product of the year in its power conditioning &#38; backup power equipment category. These entries were evaluated carefully by a panel of 12 judges, representing electrical professionals from the engineering, contracting, and the plant facilities and maintenance industries. The category winners will go on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technology Decisions Getting Closer to Marketing</title>
		<link>http://easystreet.com/2013/05/technology-decisions-getting-closer-to-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://easystreet.com/2013/05/technology-decisions-getting-closer-to-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 23:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gregl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blending IT and Marketing roles is continuing at companies large and small as digital technologies continue to gain traction in both sectors. But there’s still a lot of water-and-oil separation between the two, especially when it comes to budgets and project control. Typical of the ongoing tensions at large companies was a discussion at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Email is a Leading App for Cloud Deployment</title>
		<link>http://easystreet.com/2013/05/email-is-a-leading-app-for-cloud-deployment/</link>
		<comments>http://easystreet.com/2013/05/email-is-a-leading-app-for-cloud-deployment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 20:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gregl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Email is now regarded as an application well suited for the cloud, according to IT leaders surveyed in the 2013 TechTarget IT Priorities Survey. Of the 1,000-plus survey respondents, 51 percent said they expect their company email to be cloud-based by the end of this year. Other applications the IT managers consider excellent for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack Flug Named Small Private Company CFO of the Year</title>
		<link>http://easystreet.com/2013/05/jack-flug-named-small-private-company-cfo-of-the-year/</link>
		<comments>http://easystreet.com/2013/05/jack-flug-named-small-private-company-cfo-of-the-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kkarger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EasyStreet is proud to announce our Vice President of Finance and HR, Jack Flug, was named the 2013 Small Private Company CFO of the Year by the Portland Business Journal. The awards ceremony was held on May 16 at the Governor Hotel. In case you missed it in the print version, click here to read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EasyStreeters participate in Lake Oswego Run</title>
		<link>http://easystreet.com/2013/05/easystreeters-participate-in-lake-oswego-run/</link>
		<comments>http://easystreet.com/2013/05/easystreeters-participate-in-lake-oswego-run/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kkarger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past Saturday, 11 EasyStreet employees, friends and family members participated in the 5K and 10K  Lake Run in Lake Oswego.  Following are a couple of pictures, including everyone showing off their new EasyStreet running shirts. We hope to participate in other outdoor activities together in the future.]]></description>
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		<title>Creating business value based on trust</title>
		<link>http://easystreet.com/2013/05/creating-business-value-based-on-trust/</link>
		<comments>http://easystreet.com/2013/05/creating-business-value-based-on-trust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 23:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kkarger</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://easystreet.com/?p=3792</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At EasyStreet, we know how important trust is in the relationships we share with our customers — the more we trust each other, the better we can work together to optimize each customer’s solution to leverage the reduced risk, increased speed and lower cost benefits we deliver. So it was interesting to find a CIO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three ways the CIO can think like a CEO</title>
		<link>http://easystreet.com/2013/05/three-ways-the-cio-can-think-like-a-ceo/</link>
		<comments>http://easystreet.com/2013/05/three-ways-the-cio-can-think-like-a-ceo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 18:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kkarger</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://easystreet.com/?p=3788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SearchCIO posted this informative video and synopsis of an interview with Dave Castellani, CEO of New York Life Retirement Plan Services. Castellani provides advice for CIOs on how they can better align their IT strategy and technology with a company&#8217;s overall business goals. In a nutshell, his three points are: Optimize of your model. “You [...]]]></description>
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