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		<title>Roundtable to Discuss – Reducing Costs and Recession Proofing Your IT Spending</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was very exciting last week. Last week, on the 8th and the 9th, the ITCUstrategy group and the CUCTO groups met at Apple Federal Credit Union and NIHFCU to discuss the following agenda topics. The discussions were engaging and many of the attendees left with actionable steps for themselves moving forward.   Topic/ Agenda [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdrawbaugh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4117819&amp;post=227&amp;subd=mdrawbaugh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Union Mergers &#8211; Mitigate Technical Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From my point of view a credit union merger is a &#8216;non-trivial&#8217; event, however I am excited about the opportunity that this provides both entities from a technology perspective. A small credit union can come out of a merger stronger, leaner, and more efficient than before. This is an opportunity to streamline, achieve economies of scale, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdrawbaugh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4117819&amp;post=216&amp;subd=mdrawbaugh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Considering a Merger? Is the Time Finally Right?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the economy shifting south, coupled with the NCUA assessment fee to bail out the Corporate Credit Unions, small credit unions can combine forces to compete better and provide more value to their membership. I am observing a trend toward small credit unions merging on a much more rapid scale than I have seen in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdrawbaugh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4117819&amp;post=213&amp;subd=mdrawbaugh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drive IT Costs Down with Server and Desktop Virtualization</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more I visit with my clients I see the effect that server virtualization is having with credit unions. 4 years ago when I started recommending virtualization strategies all I heard was crickets. Now the tide has changed and literally the only question to ask oneself is, &#8220;Why am I not virtualizing?&#8221; In today&#8217;s environment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdrawbaugh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4117819&amp;post=201&amp;subd=mdrawbaugh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drive IT Costs Down with Desktop Virtualization VDI</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I almost forgot to mention that I have been excited about this concept of desktop virtualization for a long time. I have only 2 customers out of 40 credit unions who are fully deployed on thin clients using Citrix. The client side requirements for Citrix have usually made the technology a show stopper due to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdrawbaugh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4117819&amp;post=207&amp;subd=mdrawbaugh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Myth of Managed Services (Full MSP vs Partial)</title>
		<link>http://mdrawbaugh.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/when-are-managed-services-not-managed-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<title>Device-Focused MSPs Fail to Deliver Comprehensive IT Solutions to Credit Unions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had it with big companies attempting to monitor and manage small to medium business. Dell, HP, Ingram, and the list goes on, are now offering programs that only local businesses can deliver in a quality manner. And now Sonicwall has rolled out a managed security service.  I am disheartened to see big vendors [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdrawbaugh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4117819&amp;post=163&amp;subd=mdrawbaugh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Managed Services for Credit Unions: The Difference between Surviving and Thriving</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I search the internet, I see virtually no mention of managed services in the credit union space. This surprises me.  I hear too many credit union CEOs wonder how to survive. I offer an alternative vision for what is possible for your credit union: Thriving.  And I assert that any credit union from $20 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdrawbaugh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4117819&amp;post=155&amp;subd=mdrawbaugh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Wrong with This Picture? (and How to Put It Right)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  “I’m the CFO, it’s not my job to worry about IT.”   I have noticed an interesting trend over the past several months that I find exciting. This is the heavy involvement of Finance (Controller and CFO) in IT, not just in decision-making and approvals of IT investment, but in the strategic planning process. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdrawbaugh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4117819&amp;post=152&amp;subd=mdrawbaugh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Managed Services for Credit Unions – What a Great Idea!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few months, I have been hearing a similar complaint from a number of my clients. One after another, they have observed that &#8220;just can&#8217;t keep up the pace.&#8221; IT overload, in a sense.  Frankly, I was amazed to hear this, especially since I kept hearing it over and over. These are very [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdrawbaugh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4117819&amp;post=146&amp;subd=mdrawbaugh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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