Joel Shore

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June 13, 2008, 10:19 AM — Joel Shore is Editor-In-Chief of Reference Guide, a professional services firm that provides product-marketing and content-development services to technology vendors. The opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of ITworld.com.

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