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	<description>Nicom IT Solutions Inc. is a full service IT professional services firm providing Software Development, IT Consulting, E-commerce Solutions, Technical Support, and Web design &#38; Development in addition to staffing services.</description>
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		<title>Online networking options grow in popularity</title>
		<link>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2012/05/online-networking-options-grow-in-popularity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat d'Entremont</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best entrepreneurial training I ever received was working at my uncle’s service station when I was a teenager in Lower West Pubnico.
It was a gathering site for people, mostly fishermen, and the conversation was usually pretty lively.
My uncle had a joke: if the place ever caught fire, the headline in the paper would read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Case for Digital Nova Scotia</title>
		<link>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2012/04/the-case-for-digital-nova-scotia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat d'Entremont</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who is the “voice” of the Information and Communications Technology industry in Nova Scotia? Does it need a “voice” to begin with? And if so should it come from industry, government, or a combination of both?
These and other probing questions were being discussed at the second annual Digital Leaders Summit, put on by Digital Nova [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 8 is an Operating System for Any Device</title>
		<link>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2012/03/windows-8-is-an-operating-system-for-any-device/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat d'Entremont</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CRM Miscrosoft Dynamics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you might remember the commercial about “two mints in one.”
Windows 8 is a bit similar in that it is two operating systems in one, the traditional mouse and keyboard operating system and a new touch-enabled operating system.
Windows 8 has not been released yet and Microsoft isn’t saying when it will be available but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Not Just Data You Need, it&#8217;s Business Intelligence</title>
		<link>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2012/03/its-not-just-data-you-need-its-business-intelligence/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2012/03/its-not-just-data-you-need-its-business-intelligence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat d'Entremont</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Data Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Databases]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I keep telling you, it’s all about the information. If you want a competitive leg-up, you’d better find out what data is relevant to your organization, where to get it from, and how to display it in a timely and effective fashion.
Sure, you can go online and finds all kinds of information via Google and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Emerging Technology, Information Management Remains Key</title>
		<link>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2012/01/with-emerging-technology-information-management-remains-key/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2012/01/with-emerging-technology-information-management-remains-key/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat d'Entremont</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Smart Phones]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tablet PC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s talk about tablets and smartphones, and the first thing to understand is that it is not about the device, it is about the data. Hand-held devices do not store large amounts of data, and this is where the “cloud” comes in.
In early 2009 I wrote about cloud computing, whereby data is stored in places [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicom Maritime secures Virginia contract</title>
		<link>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2012/01/nicom-maritime-secures-virginia-contract/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat d'Entremont</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forwarding an article from the local paper&#8230;
January 9, 2012 &#8211; 6:58pm By BILL POWER Business Reporter [the Chronicle Herald, Halifax Nova Scotia]
A contract for logistics software will allow Nicom Maritime, a division of Nicom IT Solutions Inc., of Halifax, to help officials at Virginia International Terminals in Norfolk track one of North America’s busiest flows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texting: Does it Add To the Conversation or Subtract From It?</title>
		<link>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2011/12/texting-does-it-add-to-the-conversation-or-subtract-from-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat d'Entremont</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a scenario that many parents have experienced: You call your teenager on their cell phone and get no answer. You then text them and get an instant reply.
And they get both messages on the same device!
Why, you say, could they not respond to the phone call when they just proved by responding to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managed Print Services Lower Costs, Improve Productivity</title>
		<link>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2011/11/managed-print-services-lower-costs-improve-productivity/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2011/11/managed-print-services-lower-costs-improve-productivity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat d'Entremont</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Printing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know where it’s all headed eh? Disposable tablets.
That’s right. Tablet PCs are being produced so cheaply in India that they are starting to become a single-use device. Companies there are currently selling these machines for as low as $30 US apiece, and predict they can bring them down to $10. So it isn’t hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Keep Your Inbox from Overwhelming You</title>
		<link>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2011/10/how-to-keep-your-inbox-from-overwhelming-you/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2011/10/how-to-keep-your-inbox-from-overwhelming-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat d'Entremont</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many of you, the reason you keep emails in your inbox is that you don’t have time to deal with them all right now, but you don’t want to forget about them, right? So if you’re like many people, you end up inundated with emails and an inbox that is so deep you can’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Computer Legacy Applications Will Be Around For Some Time To Come</title>
		<link>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2011/09/personal-computer-legacy-applications-will-be-around-for-some-time-to-come/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nicomit.com/index.php/2011/09/personal-computer-legacy-applications-will-be-around-for-some-time-to-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat d'Entremont</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Towards the end of each summer, I participate in the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada’s “star party” at Smiley’s Provincial Park, a weekend of camping, star gazing, and lectures. It allows my inner geek to roam free, unencumbered by the constrictions of the corporate world, and it feels good.

This faraway galaxy was imaged using a [...]]]></description>
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