(Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B.
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- Blog posts 2009-11-16
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- White papers 2009-11-09
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-27
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- White papers 2009-09-03
- Customer Data Quality Platform from Pitney Bowes Business Insight - a Butler Group Technology Audit report
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- Case studies 2009-08-01
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- Blog posts 2009-07-06
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- Blog posts 2009-06-04
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- Blog posts 2009-05-20
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- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Active Directory Rights Management Services: Installation Best Practices (Level 300)
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- Webcasts 2009-05-01
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- Discussion threads 2009-04-20
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- Discussion threads 2009-04-20
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- Blog posts 2009-04-08
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- Case studies 2009-04-01
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- Discussion threads 2009-03-18
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