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        <title>The Portal - your gateway into all things IT Service Management</title>
        <description>The Portal is Consulting-Portal's monthly newsmagazine focusing on the IT Service Management industry.&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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        <itunes:subtitle>Welcome to "The Portal", Consulting-Portal's monthly newsmagazine focusing on the IT Service Management industry. </itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary>The Portal is Consulting-Portal's monthly newsmagazine focusing on the IT Service Management industry.</itunes:summary>
        
        <itunes:keywords>ITIL,ITSM,ITIL,v3,IT,Service,Management,IT,Service,Management</itunes:keywords>
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        <media:copyright>content copyright Consulting-Portal Inc</media:copyright><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cportalinc.com/images/The-Portal-Logo.jpg" /><media:keywords>ITIL,ITSM,ITIL,v3,IT,Service,Management,IT,Service,Management</media:keywords><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Technology/Tech News</media:category><itunes:owner><itunes:email>swilbore@cportalinc.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>Consulting-Portal</itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:category text="Technology"><itunes:category text="Tech News" /></itunes:category><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePortal-YourGatewayIntoAllThingsItServiceManagement" type="application/rss+xml" /><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://add.my.yahoo.com/rss?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FThePortal-YourGatewayIntoAllThingsItServiceManagement" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/my/addtomyyahoo4.gif">Subscribe with My Yahoo!</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.newsgator.com/ngs/subscriber/subext.aspx?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FThePortal-YourGatewayIntoAllThingsItServiceManagement" src="http://www.newsgator.com/images/ngsub1.gif">Subscribe with NewsGator</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://feeds.my.aol.com/add.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FThePortal-YourGatewayIntoAllThingsItServiceManagement" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/favorites.my.aol.com/webmaster/ffclient/webroot/locale/en-US/images/myAOLButtonSmall.gif">Subscribe with My AOL</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.bloglines.com/sub/http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePortal-YourGatewayIntoAllThingsItServiceManagement" src="http://www.bloglines.com/images/sub_modern11.gif">Subscribe with Bloglines</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.netvibes.com/subscribe.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FThePortal-YourGatewayIntoAllThingsItServiceManagement" src="http://www.netvibes.com/img/add2netvibes.gif">Subscribe with Netvibes</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FThePortal-YourGatewayIntoAllThingsItServiceManagement" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif">Subscribe with Google</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.pageflakes.com/subscribe.aspx?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FThePortal-YourGatewayIntoAllThingsItServiceManagement" src="http://www.pageflakes.com/ImageFile.ashx?instanceId=Static_4&amp;fileName=ATP_blu_91x17.gif">Subscribe with Pageflakes</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:browserFriendly>Welcome to "The Portal", Consulting-Portal's monthly newsmagazine focusing on the IT Service Management industry. &#xD;
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            <title>The Portal - The Initial Episode of the Portal</title>
            <description>In this episode...&lt;br /&gt;
- An introduction to this series of podcasts&lt;br /&gt;
- A look at IT Service Management projects during tough economic times&lt;br /&gt;
- New trends in ITSM tools,  Software As A Service (SAAS)&lt;br /&gt;
- Upcoming events at CP&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <author>swilbore@cportalinc.com (Consulting-Portal)</author>
            
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:25:57 -0400</pubDate>
            <itunes:subtitle>The Portal - The Initial Episode of the Portal</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>In this episode we hear from David Mainville with a introduction to this podcast series.  Sarah Wilbore takes a look at ITSM projects during tough economic times.  John Magill takes a look at new a new trend in IT Service Management tools - Software AS A Service.  The podcast wraps up with a look at upcoming events at CP.</itunes:summary>
            <itunes:duration>16:18</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:keywords>ITSM, IT Service Management, ITIL, ITIL V3</itunes:keywords>
            <itunes:author>Consulting-Portal Inc</itunes:author>
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            <title>The Portal - Maximizing Your Investment in IT Service Management</title>
            <description>In this Episode:&lt;br /&gt;
- Introduction by Sarah&lt;br /&gt;
- David speaks on the value of ITSM&lt;br /&gt;
- Ed provides an overview of Event Management &lt;br /&gt;
- John speaks on the importance of Metrics and KPIs&lt;br /&gt;
- Sarah wraps it up with a brief summary and a list of upcoming events&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:26:22 -0400</pubDate>
            <itunes:subtitle>The Portal - Maximizing Your Investment in IT Service Management</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>In this Episode:
- Introduction by Sarah
- David speaks on the value of ITSM
- Ed provides an overview of Event Management 
- John speaks on the importance of Metrics and KPIs
- Sarah wraps it up with a brief summary and a list of upcoming events</itunes:summary>
            <itunes:duration>20:49</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:keywords>ITSM, IT Service Management, ITIL, ITIL V3</itunes:keywords>
            <itunes:author>Consulting-Portal Inc</itunes:author>
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            <title>The Portal - The Commercialization of ITIL</title>
            <description>In this Episode:&lt;br /&gt;
- Introduction by Sarah&lt;br /&gt;
- Sarah interviews David about the commercialization of ITIL&lt;br /&gt;
- Sarah wraps it up with a brief summary and a list of upcoming events&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThePortal-YourGatewayIntoAllThingsItServiceManagement/~3/ja6XNpcrwJc/Podcast%20Interview%20V2.mp3</link>
            <author>swilbore@cportalinc.com (Consulting-Portal)</author>
            
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:30:25 -0400</pubDate>
            <itunes:subtitle>The Portal - The Commercialization of ITIL</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>In this Episode:
- Introduction by Sarah
- Sarah interviews David about the commercialization of ITIL
- Sarah wraps it up with a brief summary and a list of upcoming events</itunes:summary>
            <itunes:duration>12:46</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:keywords>ITSM, IT Service Management, ITIL, ITIL V3</itunes:keywords>
            <itunes:author>Consulting-Portal Inc.</itunes:author>
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            <title>The Portal - Moving Beyond RACI in ITIL V3</title>
            <description>While effective, ITIL v3 doesn't explain how to use RACI very well. D'Arcy McCallum Director of Education at Consulting-Portal strives to clarify in part one of this two-part series.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:56:55 -0400</pubDate>
            <itunes:subtitle>The Portal - Moving Beyond RACI in ITIL V3</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>While effective, ITIL v3 doesn't explain how to use RACI very well. D'Arcy McCallum Director of Education at Consulting-Portal strives to clarify in part one of this two-part series.</itunes:summary>
            <itunes:duration>00:14:12</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:keywords>ITSM, IT Service Management, ITIL, ITIL V3</itunes:keywords>
            <itunes:author>Consulting-Portal Inc</itunes:author>
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            <title>The Portal - ITIL V3 Awareness Tutorial</title>
            <description>In this brief tutorial D'Arcy McCallum, Director of Education at Consulting-Portal will explain why ITIL V3 was introduced and how it can help your organization optimize IT.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThePortal-YourGatewayIntoAllThingsItServiceManagement/~4/2ENXrB0h79w" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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            <author>swilbore@cportalinc.com (Consulting-Portal)</author>
            
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:37:37 -0400</pubDate>
            <itunes:subtitle>The Portal - ITIL V3 Awareness Tutorial</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>In this brief tutorial D'Arcy McCallum, Director of Education at Consulting-Portal will explaing why ITIL V3 was introduced and how it can help your organization optimize IT.</itunes:summary>
            <itunes:duration>00:21:48</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:keywords>ITSM, IT Service Management, ITIL, ITIL V3</itunes:keywords>
            <itunes:author>Consulting-Portal Inc</itunes:author>
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