<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://www.costmanagementgroup.com/RSSRetrieve.aspx?ID=9966&amp;Type=RSS20" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>CMG News and Events</title><description>CMG News and Events</description><link>http://www.costmanagementgroup.com/</link><lastBuildDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 00:20:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><generator>RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/</generator><item><title>Prepping for Atlanta Technology Summit</title><description>&lt;p&gt;We are prepping for this year's Atlanta Technology Summit and build on the last couple years success. Will be in contact with users, providers and the general public in the upcoming months with the final details and how they can participate in this years event.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.costmanagementgroup.com/RSSRetrieve.aspx?ID=9966&amp;A=Link&amp;ObjectID=495058&amp;ObjectType=56&amp;O=http%253a%252f%252fwww.costmanagementgroup.com%252f_blog%252fCMG_News_and_Events%252fpost%252fPrepping_for_Atlanta_Technology_Summit%252f</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.costmanagementgroup.com/_blog/CMG_News_and_Events/post/Prepping_for_Atlanta_Technology_Summit/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Interactive Intelligence new Certified Group Member in Contact Center Solutions Group</title><description>&lt;p style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Cost Management Group, LLC has selected Interactive Intelligence as a Certified Group Member in its Contact Center Solutions Group. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;After considerable research and benchmarking CMG feels Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ININ) is best in class in the rapidly emerging hosted contact center space. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Interactive Intelligence develops premise and cloud-based unified communications software for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inin.com%2FProductSolutions%2FPages%2FContact-Center.aspx&amp;amp;esheet=50064573&amp;amp;lan=en-US&amp;amp;anchor=contact+center+automation&amp;amp;index=2&amp;amp;md5=d17ab14dff8c3d42b6a3031aa58cb6fe"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: blue;"&gt;contact center automation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inin.com%2FProductSolutions%2FPages%2FEnterprise-IP-Telephony.aspx&amp;amp;esheet=50064573&amp;amp;lan=en-US&amp;amp;anchor=enterprise+IP+telephony&amp;amp;index=3&amp;amp;md5=d11be94498a2f060e5b731e56dfa6243"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: blue;"&gt;enterprise IP telephony&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;, and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inin.com%2FProductSolutions%2FPages%2FCBPA.aspx&amp;amp;esheet=50064573&amp;amp;lan=en-US&amp;amp;anchor=business+process+automation&amp;amp;index=4&amp;amp;md5=547944b0dea3d5e11d728984e0d444be"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: blue;"&gt;business process automation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;. The company released its open, single-platform, all-in-one software in 1997 to eliminate the cost and complexity introduced by multi-point vendors. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;We are pleased to add ININ to our portfolio of Certified Group Members. We will leverage our strategic partnership and the Interactive Intelligence intellectual property to help CMG client companies drive down costs, improve customer support and optimize operating efficiency in their business. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;About Interactive Intelligence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ININ) is a global provider of unified business communications solutions for contact center automation, enterprise IP telephony, and business process automation. The company's solutions, which can be deployed via an on-premise or hosted model, include vertical-specific applications for insurance and collections. Interactive Intelligence was founded in 1994 and has more than 4,000 customers worldwide. The company is among Forbes Magazine's 2011 Best Small Companies in America and Software Magazine's 2011 Top 500 Global Software and Services Suppliers. It employs approximately 1,000 people and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company has offices throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Interactive Intelligence can be reached at +1 317.872.3000 or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:info@inin.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: blue;"&gt;info@inin.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;; on the Net: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inin.com%2FPages%2Fdefault.aspx&amp;amp;esheet=50064573&amp;amp;lan=en-US&amp;amp;anchor=www.inin.com&amp;amp;index=6&amp;amp;md5=621f9b5b669c2814c241df75be46d8f6"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: blue;"&gt;www.inin.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.costmanagementgroup.com/RSSRetrieve.aspx?ID=9966&amp;A=Link&amp;ObjectID=343258&amp;ObjectType=56&amp;O=http%253a%252f%252fwww.costmanagementgroup.com%252f_blog%252fCMG_News_and_Events%252fpost%252fCost_Management_Group_selects_Interactive_Intelligence_as_Certified_Group_Member_in_Contact_Center_Solutions_Group%252f</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.costmanagementgroup.com/_blog/CMG_News_and_Events/post/Cost_Management_Group_selects_Interactive_Intelligence_as_Certified_Group_Member_in_Contact_Center_Solutions_Group/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:21:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CMG to be Presenting Sponsor of the KIA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs</title><description>&lt;p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri;"&gt;Cost Management Group, LLC will be the&amp;nbsp;Presenting Sponsor of the Australian Open Wildcard Tennis&amp;nbsp;Playoffs, to be held December 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; and 18&lt;sup&gt;th, &lt;/sup&gt;2011. This year&amp;rsquo;s event will be hosted by Racquet Club of the South, USTA Player Development and World Team Tennis, and will include many of America&amp;rsquo;s top rising tennis players. Special guests include Patrick McEnroe, Jim Courier and may more other tennis Legends. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.australianwildcard.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri; color: #0000ff;"&gt;http://www.australianwildcard.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://www.costmanagementgroup.com/RSSRetrieve.aspx?ID=9966&amp;A=Link&amp;ObjectID=330655&amp;ObjectType=56&amp;O=http%253a%252f%252fwww.costmanagementgroup.com%252f_blog%252fCMG_News_and_Events%252fpost%252fCMG_to_be_Presenting_Sponsor_of_the_Australian_Open_Wild_Card_Playoffs%252f</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.costmanagementgroup.com/_blog/CMG_News_and_Events/post/CMG_to_be_Presenting_Sponsor_of_the_Australian_Open_Wild_Card_Playoffs/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CMG to Host Dallas Technolgy Summit</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;Cost Management Group to host the Dallas Technology Summit, featuring cloud executives from some of the most respected companies, to be held on Thursday, August 25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 7pt;"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;, with a 2:00 pm registration, at the Hilton DFW Lakes Hotel. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dallastechnologysummit.com/registration"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri; color: #0000ff;"&gt;Register Here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;This is the third event of the 2011 Cloud Summit Series, with previous events in Miami and Atlanta, and is sponsored by &lt;a href="http://www.cisco.com"&gt;CISCO&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="www.savvis.com"&gt;Savvis Communications&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;The event is free to attendees and will include complimentary network cocktail party and access to the Quarterfinal round of the &lt;a href="http://www.texastennisopen.com"&gt;Texas Tennis Open&lt;/a&gt;, the WTA professional woman&amp;rsquo;s event to be held at the same venue that evening. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;Our Executive Panel and Keynote speakers will be taking on Security &amp;amp; SLAs in an Era of Cloud Computing. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;Enterprise Cloud is&amp;nbsp; at a crossroads. We have a revolutionary idea (the Cloud), projected to become a $240 Billion industry by 2020, but there is still much confusion between cloud consumers and the suppliers, mostly around privacy, security and legal liability,&amp;rdquo; says Remington Reynolds, Summit &amp;nbsp;Host and Chair. &amp;ldquo;We want the Summit to take on these important topics with the goal of helping consumers and enterprises better understand the rules of the road and potential risks of putting data in the cloud without a strong Service Level Agreement and encryption. &amp;nbsp;Just in April alone we&amp;rsquo;ve seen some costly public and private cloud data exposures, as in the cases of Dropbox, and the PlayStation Network. There will be more this year. &amp;rdquo; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Dallas Technology Summit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dallastechnologysummit.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri; color: #0000ff;"&gt;www.dallastechnologysummit.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri;"&gt;) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dallastechnologysummit.com/registration"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri; color: #0000ff;"&gt;Register Here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Cost Management Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; color: blue; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.costmg.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;www.costmg.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;At CMG , CMG helps client companies reduce costs, increase value, and shorten the process of procuring, implementing and managing best-in-class Telecom, Cloud and Contact Center products and services. &amp;nbsp;CMG Consultants bring together supplier benchmarking data, proven problem-solving methodologies and deep experience to either reduce TCO or attain the highest ROI. CMG Services &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Contact Center&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://costmg.businesscatalyst.com/cmg_client_solutions/contact_center.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"&gt;Advisory, Procurement, Supplier Benchmarking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;Telecom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.costmg.com/cmg_client_solutions/telecom/audit_assurance.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"&gt;Audit &amp;amp; Assurance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.costmg.com/cmg_client_solutions/telecom/invoice_management.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"&gt;Invoice Management&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://www.costmg.com/cmg_client_solutions/telecom/inventory_management.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"&gt; Inventory Management&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.costmg.com/cmg_client_solutions/telecom/procurement.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"&gt;Procurement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.costmg.com/cmg_client_solutions/telecom/provisioning.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"&gt;Wireless Management&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;Cloud Services&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://costmg.businesscatalyst.com/cmg_client_solutions/cloud_services.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"&gt;Advisory, Procurement, Supplier Benchmarking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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