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		<description><![CDATA[ IT asset management is a fundamental discipline that enables improved cost control and truer understanding of IT's business value. Gartner research helps organizations develop IT asset management programs that improve procurement, optimize costs and establish IT credibility throughout the enterprise. ]]></description> 
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Microsoft Cuts Cloud Collaboration Prices to Rival Google, Others]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft slashed prices on its cloud collaboration services to spur demand and fend off aggressive competition from Google, IBM and Cisco. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Findings: Clients May Be in for a Nasty Surprise Given Downward Trending in the Consumer Price Index]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The current recession may create an unplanned cost for organizations that have negotiated cost-of-inflation or price-cap clauses into their maintenance contracts without giving proper consideration to the effects of deflationary trends. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ On-Premises, Hosted or SaaS: How Should You Deploy a PPM System?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Firms choosing to employ and automate project and portfolio management processes must also make another decision specifically about the software itself: should a PPM system be deployed on-premises, be hosted or accessed as a service? We help you decide what PPM deployment option is most suitable. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Perform a Network Maintenance Audit as the First Step Toward Cost Savings]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Enterprises often put more emphasis on negotiating product discounts than on maintenance. It is equally important to negotiate maintenance discounts because, as an annuity service, it will last for years. We present a process to control the cost of ongoing network maintenance. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Verifying Compliance With Microsoft]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft, like other software vendors, reserves the right to verify its customers' compliance with license agreements. However, verifying compliance with Microsoft does not necessarily mean an audit. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Software Licensing Cost Can Spiral When Doing a Server Consolidation]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Server consolidation requires IT asset managers to deal with several challenging software licensing issues. Responding to these issues during the change management process before consolidating servers will avoid licensing issues, unintended costs and inadvertent loss of usage rights. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ What Users Need to Do Before Procuring z10 Capacity at Year-End]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This research outlines what you need to know if you are negotiating for an IBM mainframe before year-end. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Update to the Business Case for Software Asset Management]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ We wrote the original business case for software asset management in response to numerous client requests. Having worked through these issues with many more clients, this business case has been updated to reflect the further lessons learned. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Use Financial Sustainability Metrics That Optimize the IT Asset Portfolio to Optimize Cost]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ IT organizations often lack the financial performance metrics used by lines of business, resulting in suboptimal budgets and an inability to make the business case for reinvestment. Ratio-based IT health metrics can help achieve more-effective cost optimization. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Prepare for an Impending Software Audit]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Most software audits result in unexpected and damaging costs to the client organization. An organization must take several steps before, during and after an audit to manage and minimize these costs. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Q&A: The Top 21 Questions for Evaluating and Implementing E-Procurement]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Some of the most common questions involving e-procurement concern maximizing return on investment and driving adoption, what to expect when integration to your ERP is required, and whether funding through transaction fees is a good idea. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Critical Capabilities for ERP-Based E-Procurement Solutions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This research will help organizations evaluate ERP-based indirect spending e-procurement solutions. An assessment of functionality across 10 major capabilities provides the basis for ratings in four use cases. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ ATV: Cost Optimization Opportunities Abound in Client Computing]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Client computing offers many opportunities to optimize costs and help an organization achieve its financial goals. The key is to combine the right cost-cutting measures with appropriate investments to achieve desirable bottom-line results. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Spotlight: Optimize IT Asset Management and Procurement Costs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Recent Gartner research examines how IT asset and procurement managers can rapidly lower costs, while increasing value. We provide an overview of this research to help clients use strategic IT asset management to achieve real returns during 2009. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Spotlight: Highlights of the IT Financial Procurement and Asset Management Summit]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's IT Financial Procurement and Asset Management Summit highlighted ways to optimize the investment in IT assets. This research summarizes the insights delivered during one-on-one sessions at the 2008 event. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ IT Asset Management Staffing Questions and Answers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Staffing an ITAM program continued to be a source for questions at Gartner's recent ITAM conference. We respond to questions about organizational issues and job functions. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Server Evaluation Model Summary: Consolidation Platforms, 1H07]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Server Evaluation Model is an online tool that assesses seven workloads, including the consolidation platform workload. This research summarizes the findings from the latest SEM release (3.0). ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Server Evaluation Model Summary: OLTP Database Servers, 1H07]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Server Evaluation Model is an online tool for assessing seven workloads, including the online transaction processing database management system server workload. This research summarizes the findings from the latest SEM release (3.0). ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Best Practices for Confirming Software Inventories in Software Asset Management]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Software asset managers are still not performing adequate due diligence to confirm their procurement inventories. They need to reconcile accurate and up-to-date software inventories with customer records to minimize out-of-compliance costs, as well as license, maintenance and renewal fees. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Cost Cutting 2009: Office 2007, No Business Case and No SA? Wait for Office 14!]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Organizations that want to upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007 but do not have licenses or a firm business case should not buy the software or deploy it until Office 14 ships -- most likely in the first half of 2010. This will enable organizations to get two versions of Office for the price of one. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Key Issues for IT Asset Management and Procurement, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's Key Issues for IT asset management and procurement research are built on the best practices and trends that affect the acquisition and management of IT assets. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Cost Cutting in IT: Beware of the Cost Avoidance Versus Actual Cost-Cutting Trap]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Clients must not limit IT's cost reduction initiatives to only identifying cost avoidance targets. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ TCO of Traditional Software Distribution vs. Application Virtualization]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Adding application virtualization capabilities to your PC management repertoire can help reduce costs significantly, but traditional management processes are still required to optimize total cost of ownership. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Cost Cutting in PC Procurement and the Pitfalls Between Price and Power Consumption]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ When purchasing low-priced desktop PCs to reduce hardware procurement cost, power consumption must be balanced against price. For true cost reduction, companies need to review wider considerations, such as general organizational expenditure, rather than just the initial price of hardware. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Best Practices in PC Life Cycle Services]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ PC life cycle services extend from acquisition to disposal. Failure to take a holistic view of PC life cycle services will raise total cost of ownership. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Cost Cutting Requires Corporate Performance Management]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ As organizations look to improve margins and strive to better manage their costs, many are evaluating corporate performance management solutions. CPM helps clients identify actual cost and revenue drivers based on the consumption of resources. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ IT Asset Capitalization Issues]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Many organizations want to know more about the appropriate capitalization policies for hardware and software purchases. Understanding the need for consistently applied accounting treatment provides for accurate budget preparation. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Gartner Maturity Model for IT Procurement]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's maturity model for IT procurement helps organizations determine their level of maturity and capability in this important discipline, and plan a road map for its development. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ How to Decide on a Linux Server Platform]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ As Linux's capabilities and popularity have grown, more platforms have embraced it as a server operating environment. We present decision factors that will help in comparing the use of a mainframe platform with other platforms for your Linux implementation and also between nonmainframe platforms. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ The Business Case for Software Asset Management]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Creating a financial business case for an SAM program requires that the program already be in place to measure cost savings. Do not allow initial ignorance of the facts to self-perpetuate. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ What to Consider When Making Mainframe Modernization Decisions for the Future]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Organizations with a history of investment in IT are challenged by the growing need for responsiveness to business agility demands. Modernizing legacy applications can occur on the mainframe or through platform migration. Some issues are common, while others are unique to the decision. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ SOA Governance Depends on IT Asset Management]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Service-oriented architecture must be built on the solid foundation of a well-managed IT asset base. Organizations need ITAM to plan and price their move to SOA, then to ensure the optimal use of its asset base. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Asset Management: How to Address the Issue of Project Risk]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The adoption of a structured project risk analysis will help IT asset management managers increase the likelihood of implementing successful projects by helping them to understand which high-risk projects to avoid and how to mitigate the risk factors for those selected. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Asset Management: How to Avoid Budgeting Traps]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Building an executable budget that optimizes the potential of IT asset management requires an understanding of many factors. Five key guidelines can help you avoid falling into asset management budgeting traps and can reduce total cost of ownership. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Return on IT Assets Offers a New Approach to Managing IT Assets]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Business executives have learned the value of using capital assets to drive productivity improvements. IT executives can use the same techniques to manage and communicate productivity improvements from IT assets by focusing on return on IT assets. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Creating a PC Procurement Request for Proposal]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Request for proposals are time-consuming and expensive for the preparer and the recipient. However, by following best practices for creating RFPs, you will shorten the process and obtain better results when selecting suppliers. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Defining Gartner Total Cost of Ownership]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner TCO is a consistent, industry-standard way of assessing IT costs. Given tighter financial controls and increasingly expanding IT influence, TCO analysis is more critical than ever. Thus, it's important to distill TCO into its elemental parts and define it at its fundamental level. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ How to Eliminate Five Causes of Poor IT Financial Visibility]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Improved insight into IT costs is essential to long-term IT success. Use Gartner's recommendations to conquer five bad practices and improve the financial management of IT in your company. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2005</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Procurement Applications, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Procurement spans a rich and diverse range of activities. The variety of tools available to enable procurement activities is expanding and maturing at a heightened rate this year, due to the widespread need to cut costs. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Printing Markets and Management, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Printing is ubiquitous (everyone does it) so it's tempting to take printing technologies for granted. Actually printing technologies continue to advance, offering cost savings opportunities to the savvy and competitive advantages that complement and extend other digital media. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ MarketScope for Telecom Expense Management]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Companies worldwide continue to adopt telecom expense management solutions. In addition to a high return on investment, users require faster time to savings and expanded mobile management capabilities as key criteria when choosing a vendor. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Vendor Focus for Oracle: Analysis of Products]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This report provides a detailed look at Oracle's major products, which are extensive and often overlap. IT leaders and procurement professionals must understand Oracle's complex portfolio to choose the product that best suits their enterprise. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Update to the Business Case for Software Asset Management]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ We wrote the original business case for software asset management in response to numerous client requests. Having worked through these issues with many more clients, this business case has been updated to reflect the further lessons learned. ]]></description>
		
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 			<title><![CDATA[ IT Financial, Procurement & Asset Management Summit ]]></title> 
  	
										<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=817615]]></link>
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