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Cloud storage and backup: Is it safe?
Moderated by Josh Gingold | February 20, 2012 , 7:00 AM PST
Heather Clancy
David Gewirtz
SMBs should carefully consider the viability of cloud storage and backup services -- or they could lose important company data.
Upcoming Debates
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Social enterprise: Real or fiction?
February 27, 2012 | 7:00 AM PST
Dion Hinchcliffe calls social media in the workplace "viable and valuable", while Dennis Howlett dismisses it as laughable, even ridiculous. Join the debate!
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199 | February 13, 2012 | 7:00 AM PST
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181 | February 6, 2012 | 7:00 AM PST
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90 | January 29, 2012 | 4:47 PM PST
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29 | January 23, 2012 | 7:00 AM PST
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67 | January 16, 2012 | 7:00 AM PST
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54 | January 9, 2012 | 7:00 AM PST
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421 | November 28, 2011 | 7:00 AM PST
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45 | November 21, 2011 | 6:00 AM PST
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64 | November 14, 2011 | 7:00 AM PST
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39 | November 7, 2011 | 7:00 AM PST
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98 | October 31, 2011 | 7:00 AM PDT
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170 | October 10, 2011 | 7:00 AM PDT
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332 | October 3, 2011 | 7:00 AM PDT
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