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		<title>Never underestimate the underdog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, a miracle unfolded.  In the world game of football (aka soccer for some) something incredible happened and shocked the billions of fans following the 2009 Confederation Cup. Egypt, the African Cup champions (who haven&#8217;t qualified for the World Cup in 20+ years) beat the current World Champions Italy 1-0.  You could almost hear [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cio24u.wordpress.com&blog=5609147&post=66&subd=cio24u&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s easier when you travel down the Right Path</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama Faris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve had a chance to visit our corporate web site previously, I decided to try our hand at a little video work, to bring some dimension (and a little fun) to our web site.  The front page had a video ad with some testimonials from customers, and the about page had a little video [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cio24u.wordpress.com&blog=5609147&post=58&subd=cio24u&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The (Microsoft) Word on the Street</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama Faris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so call me a father behind the times&#8230;I haven’t been exactly enthusiastic about the kids working on the computer.  Don’t get me wrong, I have a computer at home for general use purposes (although I must admit it is 6 years old and overdue to be put out to pasture) but I haven’t really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cio24u.wordpress.com&blog=5609147&post=50&subd=cio24u&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IT Support Is Not A Utility</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama Faris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of IT services being a &#8220;utility&#8221; will hopefully die a quick and painless death.
As a managed IT services company, we don&#8217;t support computers, we support people. When something doesn&#8217;t work, a person calls us, not the PC. When an IT professional comes on site to solve a problem, he doesn&#8217;t talk to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cio24u.wordpress.com&blog=5609147&post=32&subd=cio24u&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Technology Is Nothing More Than A Tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama Faris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hey, check out my new iPhone!&#8221;, John, the small business owner said to me.  So then I asked him my favourite question to anyone who shows me a new gizmo. &#8221;Why did you buy it, and what do you plan on using it for?&#8221; &#8220;Uh&#8230;.look, I can grab this picture with my finger and make it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cio24u.wordpress.com&blog=5609147&post=30&subd=cio24u&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Oh My God the Stock Market is TANKING! Quick, let&#8217;s buy a VoIP PBX!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama Faris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did I get your attention with the silly title?  Guess what &#8211; I&#8217;m dead serious.  I know, I know:
&#8220;What ain&#8217;t broke don&#8217;t fix&#8221;,
&#8220;The economy sucks, call me in ten years&#8221;,
&#8220;Are you nuts?  You want me to spend money NOW?&#8221;,
&#8220;Get the *&#38;##@* out of here before I throw my 15 year old phone set at you!&#8221;
The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cio24u.wordpress.com&blog=5609147&post=24&subd=cio24u&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UnITy &#8211; the convergence of data and voice</title>
		<link>http://cio24u.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/unity-the-convergence-of-data-and-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama Faris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the invention of the corporate telephone system, phone services have always been the domain of the mysterious &#8220;Voice Guy&#8221;.
The Voice Guy would come to your office to do MACs (moves, adds, changes).  He would float into your office with a BIX tool, wire cutters, and maybe even a red, funny looking telephone hanging off [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cio24u.wordpress.com&blog=5609147&post=10&subd=cio24u&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So What&#8217;s in a Name? Osama, Obama and My Relationship to them Both</title>
		<link>http://cio24u.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/so-whats-in-a-name-osama-obama-and-my-relationship-to-them-both/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama Faris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, let&#8217;s start by keeping in mind that what happened on September 11, 2001 was a horrific act of murder of innocent lives. It was a heinous crime against humanity. It was also a crime against the peaceful religion that it was done in the name of.  There is not a religion on this earth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cio24u.wordpress.com&blog=5609147&post=5&subd=cio24u&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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