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		<title>Do you think your smartphone and tablet are just for email? Think Again.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Smartphones and tablets are tools for executives and business that can&#8217;t be ignored anymore.   It seems like everywhere you turn, someone is getting an iPad.
Mobile users now spend an average of 94 minutes per day using apps, and 84 minutes searching the web on mobile devices, according to CNN.
One company president I advised was initially [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slashblue.com/2012/04/30/do-you-think-your-smartphone-and-tablet-are-just-for-email-think-again/</link>
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		<title>Which one? Disaster Recovery or Business Continuity?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, of course it&#8217;s a trick question. You need both.
Most small businesses have some form of data backup. However, that doesn&#8217;t mean they can recover from disaster nor does it mean they can continue their business operations.
So what&#8217;s the difference between disaster recovery and business continuity?
Business Continuity planning covers all critical business functions.
Disaster Recovery is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slashblue.com/2012/04/27/which-one-disaster-recovery-or-business-continuity/</link>
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		<title>What is Biting Your Ankles? The Cost of Interruptions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[$650 billion.
That is the lost revenue in the US economy due to unnecessary interruptions.  (According to Dave Crenshaw in The Myth of Multitasking: How “Doing It All” Gets Nothing Done)
To bring it down to something we can each grasp more readily, Crenshaw states that 2.1 hours are lost every day per person.
Wow!  That still sounds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slashblue.com/2012/04/18/what-is-biting-your-ankles-the-cost-of-interruptions/</link>
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		<title>Lessons from Apple Legend Steve Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, has been an iconic chief executive and has truly changed the way that the world consumes media. Steve Jobs was truly a “man of business.”
There is much to be learned from Jobs about business, especially if you are a CEO.
He was a college dropout, and established his reputation early on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slashblue.com/2011/10/07/lsons-from-apple-legend-steve-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Should you buy the iPhone 4S?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new iPhone 4S includes new features such as: the dual-core A5 chip, which delivers even more power, the 8MP camera with all-new optics that shoots 1080p HD video, and Siri. The iPhone 4S does what you ask.
According to Apple,  the processing power of iPhone 4S is twice as fast as its predecessor, and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slashblue.com/2011/10/07/should-you-buy-the-iphone-4s-2/</link>
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		<title>Top 5 Network Security Mistakes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Small businesses are the most vulnerable and most targeted by hackers. As previously reported in the WSJ, hackers are expanding their sights beyond multinationals to include any business that stores data in electronic form. In fact, since many small businesses have made the leap to computerized systems, they have become the main target of hackers.
According [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slashblue.com/2011/10/06/top-5-network-security-mistakes/</link>
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		<title>Should You Listen to Your IT Support?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you run a company, you are probably used to your IT Support telling you what to do and when to do it. This brings up the question of how to know when it is really something that makes sense and will add value to the organization or not. There may even be a point [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slashblue.com/2011/09/07/should-you-listen-to-your-it-support/</link>
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		<title>Protecting Your iPad and Android Tablet Devices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tablets are one of the hottest products in the technology world. Tablet devices help you perform many tasks, such as, searching the internet, reading, email, playing games, or watching a movie, but are solely for purposes of entertainment and not for replacing PC’s. Because tablets are becoming very popular, they can become more vulnerable to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slashblue.com/2011/09/05/protecting-your-ipad-and-android-tablet-devices/</link>
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		<title>The Economy and What to do about It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the economic downturn, many businesses have struggled in their growth.  We continue to hear about many who are still suffering as a result.  But, despite the volatile stock market and well founded fears about the national debt, there is hope. 
According to Alan Beaulieu at ITR, the economy is actually on track for modest growth through 2012.
What does [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slashblue.com/2011/09/03/the-economy-and-what-to-do-about-it/</link>
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		<title>3 ways of &#8220;Going Green&#8221; with IT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many companies are looking to go green. Why are companies looking to be more green? For many companies it is more economical and can help increase profit. For some companies it is something they value.
One way that slashBlue is staying green, is by having employees work from home two days per week.  Employee&#8217;s of slashBlue save, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://slashblue.com/2011/08/11/3-ways-of-going-green-with-it/</link>
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