Little known fact: When you install Solutions Enabler, you get a full Perl installation! It's buried and a little out-of-date, but it includes XML::Simple, which can be a life saver at client sites where installing CPAN modules is difficult due to firewall issues, etc. (This link will be useless to non-EMC employees, but please check out http://one.emc.com/clearspace/docs/DOC-79190 and send me some feedback.)