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		<title>Lync 2010 is back on Test Drive</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Uwin Young</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lync 2010 is back on test drive! You can download this fully configured virtual machine set to evaluate Lync Server 2010, and discover the full power of the Microsoft Business Productivity Platform. This VHD set enables real-time communications and collaboration using presence, instant messaging, enterprise voice and video, conferencing and application sharing, as well as [...]
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		<title>MSIT Deep Technical Whitepaper: Deploying Lync Server 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Uwin Young</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How Microsoft IT empowers workers to collaborate anytime and anywhere on their own terms Microsoft IT Showcase Technical Whitepaper provides best practices and experiences from Microsoft IT that give a unique, inside view into how Microsoft plans for, deploys, and manages its own Lync Server 2010. MSIT makes it possible for Microsoft workers to collaborate [...]
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		<title>Event Feedback: IDM Management Shootout</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marlon Duminy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blue Turtle Technologies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For your convenience, the two presentations used were Microsoft Identity and Access Solutions and  IAM_Overview &#8211; Cape Town In our recently held event, ITPro Africa invited the representatives from a couple of vendors with IDM (Identity Management) Solutions to come and give us their view about what IDM is all about, as well some field [...]
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		<title>How to migrate just about anything</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicolas Blank</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I worked with the nice folks over at Mimecast to build a series of Webinars, which include: Webinar 1 &#8211; Migration planning: where to start Webinar 2 &#8211; How to design your Exchange migration process Webinar 3 &#8211; Migration gotchas: real world examples Webinar 4 - Measuring migration success I really enjoyed building these webinars, [...]
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		<title>The Great phone debate?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicolas Blank</dc:creator>
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		<title>EVENT: ITPRO Africa IDM Management Shootout</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marlon Duminy</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Future of the IT Pro and the IT Architect</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marlon Duminy</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robby Pedrica</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robby Pedrica</dc:creator>
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		<title>PHP Applications: Pt 2 – phpMyAdmin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robby Pedrica</dc:creator>
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