Canadian IT Manager's Blog
Broadly connecting Canadian Infrastructure and Development Managers through career, industry and technology insight.
Dean Olmstead Senior Vice President Avanade: Managing the Big Data Flood Prevalent in Business
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 12/08/2010
The Cloud’s Effect on IT as We Know it
Cloud computing is definitely one of the hot topics in IT at the moment. Most IT shops are looking...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 12/03/2010
Microsoft Ryan Waite Shares Essential Insights and Gates, Ballmer stories: Partner Director of Development for Technical Computing, Past General Manager HPC Server
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 11/25/2010
ICTC and CIPS Announce Partnership To Advance Workforce and Professionalism in Canada
OTTAWA - November 2010 - The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) and CIPS...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 11/25/2010
Webcasts, Podcasts and Videos…oh my!
Keeping up with product changes and updates on top of general IT issues can be a challenge. Below...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 11/02/2010
Talking about IT as a Service
Tomorrow I talk to folks in Montreal, the last city on the itSMF Canada Professional Development...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 10/27/2010
Charles Hughes, Bill Gates, Tim Berners-Lee, Vinton Cerf – ITC Royal Chartered 100th Livery Company of London England
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 10/17/2010
Windows Live Essentials 2011–Try it now!
I received this update from the MVP Program – thank you Simran Chaudhry and Ljupco Grmaskoski...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 10/07/2010
Chris Harrison: Editor-in-Chief of the tech-savvy magazine ACM XRDS, Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellow talks about ongoing research to find creative interaction techniques and input technologies
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 10/04/2010
MS10-070 - Now available via Windows Update.
On September 28th, Microsoft is released an out-of-band security update. This bulletin,...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 10/01/2010
Security Bulletins for the Regular IT Guy–September 28th - Out Of Band
Over pints Pierre Roman, Bruce Cowper and Rick Claus decided they would put together a concise and...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 09/28/2010
Out Of Band Security Update for ASP.NET
Today, as part of Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to protect its customers with security updates and...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 09/28/2010
Michael Wrinn: Intel Manager - challenges in parallel computing, insights on disruptive innovation
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 09/13/2010
Microsoft Redmond and Canada, John Oxley, Graham Watson, fighting for your career, works with IP3 to deliver new super-heroes to ensure your future
IP3 cares about IT Professionals, supporting: growing skills, managing change, making needed...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 09/08/2010
Chats with Kelly Gotlieb, "The" Internationally Renowned Pioneer in Computing - Kelly talks about his remarkable family
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Date: 09/07/2010
Graham Watson, Microsoft Redmond Senior Manager UGSS, importance of influencers, making IT communities work, key lessons, Windows Live and MS technologies
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 08/30/2010
AlignIT IT Manager Podcast #38 – Business Productivity Insights Part 4
Last March, my colleague Damir and I spent 5 weeks traveling across Canada on the Align IT Tour,...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 08/18/2010
TechDays 2010 & TechNet Subscriptions - Helping You to Continue Your Learning
TechDays 2010 is getting closer with the Vancouver conference just a few weeks away. As such the...
Author: DamirB Date: 08/17/2010
AlignIT IT Manager Podcast #37 – Business Productivity Insights Part 3
Last March, my colleague Damir and I spent 5 weeks traveling across Canada on the Align IT Tour,...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 08/16/2010
AlignIT IT Manager Podcast #36 – Business Productivity Insights Part 2
Last March, my colleague Damir and I spent 5 weeks traveling across Canada on the Align IT Tour,...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 08/13/2010
Dr. Art Pyster Professor Stevens Institute; Deputy Executive Director SERC, Department of Defense; Fellow INCOSE
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 08/09/2010
Expiry Dates, Yogurt and TechDays Vancouver Early Bird
(Photo credit Thomas Quine from Wikipedia Commons) Did you notice that the Early Bird pricing deal...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 08/04/2010
Local Flavours Track at Microsoft TechDays Canada 2010
I love the technical community in Canada. In particular, I find that it's our collective willingness...
Author: DamirB Date: 08/03/2010
Adam Cole update: Vice President of Information Technology at CCTN (Canadian Clinical Trial Network)
Earlier this week, I published an interview with Adam Cole. He shared many great useful insights....
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 07/22/2010
TechDays 2010 Session Abstracts & Local Flavours Submission Guidelines Now Available
Over the last few weeks I have been getting more and more emails from individuals wondering when the...
Author: DamirB Date: 07/19/2010
Adam Cole: Internationally Awarded Technology Executive and Serial Innovator Shares His Success Factors
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 07/19/2010
AlignIT IT Manager Podcast #35 – Business Productivity Insights
Last March, my colleague Damir and I spent 5 weeks traveling across Canada on the Align IT Tour,...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 07/12/2010
Things I Learned at ITIL Training – Communicate, Communicate, Communicate
A large part of any effective IT organization is communication – especially communication...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 07/09/2010
Thinking of moving to the cloud? Get free compute time with Windows Azure
Are you a developer looking to launch your new web application? Or perhaps you are an IT Pro or IT...
Author: DamirB Date: 07/07/2010
Richard LaBerge, Executive VP, CMO, talks about 3-D technology, Avatar and more
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 07/05/2010
Internet Explorer 8’s Browse with Confidence–Protect Your PC
With 80 percent of Canadians using the Internet (2009 Stats Can) and 96 percent of those using it...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 07/03/2010