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Previous VCDL Digests (in chronological order):

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1 The Virtual Consulting Discussion List 04/14/03
2 VCDL Digest #2 April 21, 2003 04/21/03
3 VCDL Digest #3 April 28, 2003 04/28/03
4 Some of your favorite / the best Virtual Consulting Tools .... 05/05/03
5 What are the benefits of Virtual Consulting? .... 05/12/03
6 This Virtual Consulting "stuff" Really Works! .... 05/20/03
7 Don't Just "Sit There!" ... Do Something! 06/03/03
8 Can a Great Idea be Too Successful? … 09/11/03
9 Are You getting paid for All of your hard work?! 11/09/03
10 Do you JV? … 12/12/03
11 What are your New Year’s Resolutions? 01/14/04
12 How to get started …? 02/09/04
13 Living, Learning and Working Online 03/12/04
14 Let's Celebrate! :) … 04/16/04
15 Ways to Save Time and Energy, Increase Sales, etc. 05/14/04
16 Joint Ventures (JV’s) are “Hot”! 06/07/04
17 Ways to get and keep More Customers! 07/24/04
18 Profit Improvement Tips for your and your clients' business 08/15/04
19 Will you recover? 01/28/05
20 More Tips for Growing and Succeeding in Your Business! :) 02/26/05
21 Arm Yourself! to Win the War against SPAM! 03/19/05
22 Virtual Marketing - Plan, Execute, Make Money! 04/23/05
23 Benefit from The Virtual Consulting Discussion List on Your web sites! :) 05/28/05
24 A Roadmap to Your True Financial Independence 06/26/05
25 More Helpful Hints for Starting and Growing Your Virtual Business(es) 08/06/05
26 A Harsh Reminder from Katrina 09/16/05
27 Getting Back in Action! :) 03/09/06
28 3 Years of helping others Learn How to Make Money from Wherever, Whenever... 05/16/06

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Symantec and Intel Present General Session at SYS-CON's 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo (SYS-CON Media)
With an ever increasing variety of physical and virtual endpoints, companies are rapidly facing the next big challenge – manageability. So stated Symantec's Brian Duckering and Intel's Chuck Brown in their general session on Friday at SYS-CON’s 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo held in San Jose, CA. In order to manage hybrid types of models, companies need to balance the ...

Influence of green IT becomes global (techcentral.ie)
An increasingly consolidated and energy efficient IT infrastructure could play a major part in cutting emissions, according to a recent report. Research firm Boston Consulting Group said that green IT programmes could provide savings of 13 to 22% on total US emissions by 2020.

Even Google scales back on holiday fun (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Internet search giant Google Inc is known for hosting the most extravagant holiday parties in Silicon Valley, often drawing crowds of over 10,000 and prompting some employees to post ads for party dates on classifieds Website Craigslist.

BUSINESS: Amid recession, education company says virtual growth is real (North County Times)
SABRE SPRINGS ---- The slowing economy is hitting some businesses hard, but it's also helping to supercharge one of North County's fastest-growing companies, an online university that claims more than 30,000 students.

Even Google scales back on holiday fun (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News)
Internet search giant Google Inc is known for hosting the most extravagant holiday parties in Silicon Valley, often drawing crowds of over 10,000 and prompting some employees to post ads for party dates on classifieds Website Craiglist.

Opinion: Vector -- By Sonny Coloma : Faith and community in business (BusinessWorld Online)
At 9:00 a.m. the staff of Ancilla gathered at their library for morning prayer. This is a daily ritual that is practiced unfailingly and with devotion by the people of Ancilla, a Makati-based consulting services firm. It begins with an opening song that is sung with guitar accompaniment, followed by a gospel reading, then by a prayer.

Photo Album of the 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (Linux World)
SYS-CON's 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, on Nov. 19-21, 2008 in San Jose, CA, attracted more than 40 sponsors and exhibitors with over 1,000 preregistered delegates. The three content-packed days emphasized value with a rich array of sessions led by exceptional speakers about the business and technical value of cloud computing. read more

Boosting business productivity with Bluetooth (SearchMobileComputing.com)
Bluetooth wireless connectivity has been creeping quietly into many of the devices that workers carry into the enterprise every day. ABI predicts that roughly half of the 1.2 billion cell phones sold this year will include Bluetooth.

Microsoft’s Mike Neil Keynotes at SYS-CON's 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo (Linux World)
"Virtualization will help our customers be more agile and efficient," noted Mike Neil this morning at SYS-CON’s Virtualization Conference & Expo, in San Jose, CA, "and there are three areas these companies are focused on." These areas are to drive costs down, increase efficiency, and using virtualization to provide new capabilities. read more

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-22 04:08 UPDATE 1-Even Google scales back on holiday fun (Interactive Investor)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Internet search giant Google Inc is known for hosting the most extravagant holiday parties in Silicon Valley, often drawing crowds of over 10,000 and prompting some employees to post ads for party dates on classifieds Website Craigslist. But even Google has decided to scale back its holiday celebrations this year due to a global economic downturn and an ...


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Tempe prepares wish list in case of federal aid (The Arizona Republic)
Murmurs that the U.S. Congress may pass an economic stimulus package that includes state aid for infrastructure projects has Tempe penning a wish list of municipal projects with which it could use a helping hand.

Discussion topic: Should "foul language" on live, prime-time television result in FCC punishment of television networks? (The Logan Herald Journal)
The Herald Journal is inviting reader input on the above topic. Since it is not related to a local news story, readers normally would not get a chance to comment on the issue. Look for more general discussion topics in the future.

City mulls project wish list (Battle Creek Enquirer)
City officials on Thursday started talking about the city's six-year spending plan for capital projects.

Kanye West's new album to debut on MySpace Music (Miami Herald)
Add Kanye West to the list of artists previewing their new CDs on MySpace Music.

Color of Money Book Club (Washington Post)
Personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary hosted an online discussion with author Laurence Shatkin and editor Sue Pines, the brains behind "150 Recession-Proof Jobs," on Thursday, Nov. 20 at Noon ET.

Bengals place CB Joseph on IR, sign Castille (The Kansas City Star)
The Cincinnati Bengals placed cornerback Johnathan Joseph on the injured reserve list and signed cornerback Simeon Castille on Friday.

Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of `Hottest Tots' (The Kansas City Star)
Suri Cruise is the most popular kid on the playground. The 2-year-old daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes tops Forbes.com's second annual list of "Hollywood's 10 Hottest Tots."

Educators, Businesses Vow to Work Together for Students (WJHG Panama City)
Improving the relationship between schools and local business is at the top of the priority list for Bay County educators.

DISPATCH FROM AMSTERDAM | IDFA Kicks Off: On Screen and In Person, Kasparov Lashes Out at Putin (indieWIRE)
"Russia is an authoritarian state," declared Garry Kasparov tonight in Amsterdam. A subject of director Masha Novikova 's IDFA world premiere " In the Holy Fire of Revolution ," former Russian chess champion Kasparov spoke at tonight's packed daily panel discussion.

UF success puts coordinators on head-coaching hot list (The Florida Times-Union)
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