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         <title>Breaches on the Rise as Hackers Target Corporate Data</title>
         <description><![CDATA[A compromised system, a lost backup tape, a stolen laptop, or a disgruntled employee can expose a company to legal, financial, and public relation problems if any customer data is breached.<br><br>The scope of the problem is enormous and growing, as hackers and thieves are targeting corporate data to commit ID theft as well as credit card and financial fraud. When such breaches occur, corporate images can be destroyed, and customers often lose confidence with the company. Companies need to take steps to safeguard customer data.]]></description>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">IT - Security</category>
        
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">A compromised system</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">a lost backup tape</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">a stolen laptop</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">and public relation problems if any customer data is breached</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">as hackers and thieves are targeting corporate data to commit ID theft as well as credit card and financial fraud</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Breaches on the Rise as Hackers Target Corporate Data</category>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Free Fast Facts</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">or a disgruntled employee can expose a company to legal</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">The scope of the problem is enormous and growing</category>
        
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         <title>Evolving Cyber Attacks Pose Challenges</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Today's businesses must deal with a new array of security threats that can compromise systems, corrupt and steal data, and enable financial fraud. At the same time, hackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated and more dangerous by using new infection techniques such as phishing, piggy-backing multiple attacks, zero-day exploits, and Instant Messaging and peer-to-peer software to spread malicious software.<br><br>While still having to fight viruses, spyware, and other malicious code, the new techniques are causing problems for many organizations.]]></description>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">and Instant Messaging and peer-to-peer software to spread malicious software</category>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Evolving Cyber Attacks Pose Challenges</category>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">hackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated and more dangerous by using new infection techniques such as phishing</category>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title>PCI DSS Success: Achieving Compliance and Increasing Web Application Availability</title>
         <description>This White Paper helps ensure that you meet the latest security requirements taking effect on June 30, 2008. You&apos;ll also learn how to deploy a security solution that increases Web app performance while cutting overall data center and networking costs. June 30 will be here before you know it, so don&apos;t miss out on this valuable white paper.</description>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Free White Paper</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">latest PCI DSS requirements</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">PCI DSS Success: Achieving Compliance and Increasing Web Application Availability</category>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title>Your 10 Biggest Network Security Worries</title>
         <description><![CDATA[From spyware and phishing to intrusion attempts, the threats attacking today's computer networks are more dangerous than ever. Many threats are targeting specific industries with convincing-looking email and phone calls. The hackers hope to direct employees to counterfeit Web sites, in order to harvest passwords and private financial information or steal computer and network resources. "The revenue from cybercrime in the United States now exceeds that of illegal drug activity," says Scott Pinzon, editor-in-chief of WatchGuard's LiveSecurity Service, WatchGuard Technologies Inc.<br><br>Because small businesses have fewer IT resources at their disposal, they need solutions that provide comparable protection, at affordable costs and requiring minimal administration. Here is a list of the biggest threats or sources of vulnerabilities today's small business IT professionals need to defend their networks against, along with tips on how to fight them.]]></description>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">editor-in-chief of WatchGuard&apos;s LiveSecurity Service</category>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Scott Pinzon</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">spyware and phishing to intrusion attempts</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">the threats attacking today&apos;s computer networks are more dangerous than ever</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">WatchGuard Technologies Inc</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Your 10 Biggest Network Security Worries</category>
        
         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title>Electronics &amp; Computers: Market Quality &amp; Compliance - Risks to Growth in the Electronics &amp; Computers Industry</title>
         <description>Julie Fraser, of Industry Directions, will cover issues from new research and a new white paper dealing with RoHS, WEEE and other regulations as well as basic market risks, highlighting how to keep day-to-day operations profitable.</description>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">manage volatility</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">of Industry Directions</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Sage Software</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">WEEE</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">will cover issues from new research and a new white paper dealing with RoHS</category>
        
         <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title>Industrial Equipment &amp; Supply: Emerging Trends in 2008 - Service Opportunities</title>
         <description>Please join Tom Gale, publisher of Modern Distribution Management (MDM), for his views on what industrial equipment and supplies wholesalers need to consider as they plan for the rest of the year. Tom has produced industry-leading newsletter and online information service MDM since 1992 and researched significant trends across many vertical industries within the wholesale sector. In addition to regularly speaking at many distribution association meetings, Tom has also co-authored &quot;Stand Out From the Competition! Four Pathways to Differentiate Your Wholesale Distribution Company&quot;, with Dr. William R. McCleave, Jr., published in 2003 by the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors.</description>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Free Webcast On-Demand</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">industrial equipment &amp; supply companies need to consider for the rest of 2008</category>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Jr.</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">published in 2003 by the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">publisher of Modern Distribution Management (MDM)</category>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Tom Gale</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Tom has also co-authored &quot;Stand Out From the Competition! Four Pathways to Differentiate Your Wholesale Distribution Company&quot;</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">with Dr. William R. McCleave</category>
        
         <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title>Prospecting Guide: What Every VAR Should Expect From a Software Vendor</title>
         <description>Almost any solution provider will tell you the same story: prospecting for new clients is one of the top impediments to serious success. So, ask yourself this: What is my software supplier doing to help make prospecting easier and less painful?  This guide tells you what Sage Software believes every solution provider should expect from their supplier.</description>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">IT - Software &amp; Development</category>
        
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Prospecting Guide: What Every VAR Should Expect From a Software Vendor</category>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title>Debunking the Top Eight Myths Surrounding Small-Business Warehouse Management Systems</title>
         <description>Many small businesses still believe warehouse management systems are too expensive for their budgets or won&apos;t provide the right benefits. Learn how these misconceptions may be preventing your business from considering a competitive necessity.</description>
         <link>http://www.bizreport.com/whitepapers/debunking_the_top_eight_myths.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">Industrial &amp; Manufacturing</category>
        
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">best-of-breed warehouse management systems to reduce costs and streamline daily operations</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Debunking the Top Eight Myths Surrounding Small-Business Warehouse Management Systems</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Free Special Report</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">HighJump Software</category>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title>Essential Managers Guide for Intelligent Communications</title>
         <description>How can you improve the efficiency of your business processes? What is the strategic approach that will deliver a competitive advantage today? Discover answers here in the Essential Managers Guide for Intelligent Communications. Embedding communications into the fabric of your business processes enables you to optimize the connections among your people, customers, and processes. Explore the benefits you can achieve with computer enabled business processes&amp;#150;protect investments, increase productivity, and differentiate your business by offering a unique and competitive level of customer service, responsiveness to market situations, and new service offerings.</description>
         <link>http://www.bizreport.com/whitepapers/essential_managers_guide_for_intelligent.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Avaya</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Essential Managers Guide for Intelligent Communications</category>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title>Essential Managers Guide: Communications Tools for the Effective Worker</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Presented here are the Essentials you need to understand how innovations in Unified Communications are key to success, competitive advantage, and both employee and customer loyalty. <br><br>Discover the positive impact of Unified Communications on both day-to-day interactions as well as on higher level goals such as business process efficiency, customer loyalty and profitability. Explore the communications dilemmas faced by workers, management, technology teams, and organizations as a whole. Learn specific proven strategies for using Unified Communications to address these challenges, and gain useful insights for evaluating and building a compelling business case for Unified Communications in your organization.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bizreport.com/whitepapers/essential_managers_guide_communications_tools.html</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title>Extraordinary Customer Service</title>
         <description>What your customers think about your company is often a result of their experience when they contact you. Whether or not they remain customers is often a result of the quality of service you provide. Extraordinary Customer Service explores the contact center as a strategic part of your enterprise&amp;#151;where you can leverage differentiated services to provide a superior customer experience that can build brand loyalty and increase profits. Presented here are the best practices, trends, and innovations that can help empower your people to be more productive, your processes to be more intelligent, and your customers to be more satisfied.</description>
         <link>http://www.bizreport.com/whitepapers/extraordinary_customer_service.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">and innovations that can help empower your people to be more productive</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">and your customers to be more satisfied</category>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title>Four Reasons Manufacturing Execution Systems Are Key to a Lean Enterprise</title>
         <description>Only recently, with the evolution of manufacturing and information technologies, can enterprises realize the full value of lean. Learn how incorporating MES will help you achieve and sustain the benefits of a lean enterprise.</description>
         <link>http://www.bizreport.com/whitepapers/four_reasons_manufacturing_execution_systems.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Four Reasons Manufacturing Execution Systems Are Key to a Lean Enterprise</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Free Special Report</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">HighJump Software</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Inc.</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">MES is a necessary component for any successful lean program</category>
        
         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title>10 Key Ways &quot;Going Paperless&quot; with a Manufacturing Execution System Drives Fast Cost Reduction</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Are you seeking new ways to reduce the cost of your manufacturing operations?  Read this special report to learn the benefits your company will realize by creating a paperless environment such as:<ul><li>Reduction of manufacturing cycle time<li>Reduction of order lead time<li>Reduction of direct labor costs<li>Reduction of data entry time<li>Reduction or elimination of paperwork<li>Reduction of work in process (WIP) inventory<li>Increase in machine utilization</ul>]]></description>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">10 Key Ways &apos;Going Paperless&apos; with a Manufacturing Execution System Drives Fast Cost Reduction</category>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title>Forrester Study: Optimizing Users and Applications in a Mobile World</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Don't lag behind. Learn how deploying a WAN optimization solution can give you:<ul><li>Consistent access to and performance of all applications<li>Room for the introduction of new business applications<li>Improved availability and disaster preparedness, and more</ul>Fill out the form to get the free report.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bizreport.com/whitepapers/forrester_study_optimizing_users_and.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Forrester Consulting</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Forrester Study: Optimizing Users and Applications in a Mobile World</category>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Improved availability and disaster preparedness</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Sponsored by Riverbed Technology</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">WAN Optimization for mobile users</category>
        
         <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title>Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers, 2007</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Analyzing strengths vs. cautions, Gartner helps organizations looking to acquire WAN Optimization Controller capabilities better understand the options. <b>Read the Report!</b>]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bizreport.com/whitepapers/magic_quadrant_for_wan_optimization.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">Network / Communications</category>
        
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">2007</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Complimentary Report</category>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers</category>
                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Sponsored by Riverbed Technology</category>
        
         <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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