Canadian IT Manager's Blog
Broadly connecting Canadian Infrastructure and Development Managers through career, industry and technology insight.
A Culture of Respect
Don Spencer (Waterloo, ON, IT Professional) What makes for a productive IT environment? What can a...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 03/05/2008
Interview with F. Warren McFarlan, Professor Emeritus at Harvard Business School
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 03/04/2008
Still Undecided About Vista?
Microsoft Technical Fellow and desktop guru Mark Russinovich will be hosting an interactive virtual...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 03/03/2008
Reducing the Cost of Managing Desktops
One of the first major IT projects that I took a lead role in was to roll out a new email client...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 02/29/2008
Podcast Interview with Ken Lamoureux
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 02/26/2008
Managing a Smooth Windows Vista SP1 Deployment
Earlier this month, both Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 were released to manufacturing...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 02/11/2008
The Roadmap Tour Winds Up
Thanks to everyone who joined Damir or Rodney as they travelled to locations across Canada for the...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 02/11/2008
Cast Your Vote Now!
The nominations are in and the top 5 innovative IT teams and top 5 innovative IT individuals have...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 02/08/2008
Interview with Bernard Courtois - President & CEO of ITAC
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 02/05/2008
Does Badmouthing Your Competition Get You Ahead?
Stuart R. Crawford (Calgary, AB - Business Development Manager of IT Matters) The small...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 02/03/2008
Guest Blogger - Jeremy Zongker
Jeremy Zongker has worked in a number of IT jobs in the past decade including IT Manager, Web Server...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 01/31/2008
Are We There Yet?
Graham Jones (Surrey, BC - IT Professional) Leading VANTUG I have written here several times about...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 01/30/2008
Taking the Complexity out of IT Security
Once upon a time, securing your IT environment meant sticking a firewall between your network and...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 01/29/2008
Heros Happen Here - IT Pro and Dev Comic
As part of the Heros Happen Here Launch activities, Microsoft and Seagate are putting together a...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 01/21/2008
Heros Happen Here in Canada
Last year we launched Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007. Not to be outdone, this year the big...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 01/17/2008
The Lone Server
A little levity for your Friday morning... What might it be like to be the lone Windows 2003 server...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 01/11/2008
Growing Your Business Intelligently
Business is getting more and more competitive and many organizations are looking to be able to get...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 01/10/2008
Butterfly Catching
Stuart R. Crawford (Calgary, AB - Business Development Manager of IT Matters) What do you mean...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 01/09/2008
Surviving in a One-Strike Society
Stuart R. Crawford (Calgary, AB - Business Development Manager of IT Matters) In today’s...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 01/07/2008
The Value of Networking Through CIPS
Adam Cole (Toronto, Director of Specialty Technology Solutions for McKesson Canada) Recently I...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 01/04/2008
Building Secure Collaboration Extranets
While it's becoming more and more important to be able to connect and collaborate with partners,...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 01/03/2008
Stacey Cerniuk, Founder, President and CEO of Annex Consulting Group Inc, Top-Ranking Executive and IT/Business Leader
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 01/03/2008
Information Reduction
Adam Cole (Toronto, Manager Applications and Development for McKesson Canada) To enhance the...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 01/02/2008
Upcoming January IT Manager Webcasts
I'm a little late with this as it's already January but you've still go time to register for the...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 01/02/2008
IT Executive Roadmap Winter Tour
We're on the road again - it's time for the winter edition of the IT Executive Roadmap Tour. Last...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 01/02/2008
IT's Changing Reputation
Welcome to the first post of 2008! I hope you all had a good relaxing time over the holidays with...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 01/01/2008
Trekker Armstrong, Top Management and Technology Authority; Director, Architecture & Planning - Information Systems, TransCanada
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 12/20/2007
The Lines are Blurring
My first job in IT landed me at a company in the mid 90's that made fax software. It was, in fact,...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 12/14/2007
Sean O'Driscoll Interview Time Index (MM:SS) and Topics
00:059:I found your extensive research and thought leadership into business and societal...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 12/13/2007
A Balancing Act
I once heard a speaker who took issue with the term "Work/Life Balance". Her premise is that it's...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 12/05/2007
Ask The Headhunter: An Interview with Nick Corcodilos
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 12/05/2007
Nick Corcodilos Interview Time Index (MM:SS) and Topics
00:035:You started headhunting in 1979 in California's Silicon Valley. Can you describe your work at...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 12/05/2007
Week 3 of the Ignite Your Career Series
A little while ago, I posted about the Ignite Your Career webcast series that Rick is hosting, where...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 11/28/2007
It's More Than Just a Phone
One of the neat things about my job is that I'm often given cool technology to play with and review....
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 11/28/2007
IT's Bad Reputation
A few weeks ago I received an email from one of our regular guest bloggers, Adam Cole. He came...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 11/27/2007
Human Resources Planning and Allocation in a Project Environment (Part 3 of 3)
Graham Jones (Surrey, BC - IT Professional) Keeping Things Current As already stated in part 1 the...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 11/27/2007
Exposing Vista Myths and Making Deployments Easy
Perhaps easy in the title should be replaced with easier. After all, deploying a new desktop...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 11/23/2007