Canadian IT Manager's Blog
Broadly connecting Canadian Infrastructure and Development Managers through career, industry and technology insight.
Align IT: IT Manager Podcast #33 – The Business Case for Team Diversity
It’s no secret that less women than ever are choosing information technology as a career. But few IT...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 01/13/2010
Diving Deep into Windows 7 Deployment
On the last AlignIT IT Manager cross-Canada tour, we talked about desktop and server infrastructure,...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 01/05/2010
A New Year with New Possibilities
I’m finding it a little hard to get my head back into my work today…perhaps you can relate. That’s...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 01/04/2010
Elisabeth Vanderveldt & Genevieve L'Esperance: share their vision for collaboration, driving passion in IT for all ages, enabling young women into IT
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 12/22/2009
Wishing all a Happy Holiday and Rewarding New Year!
Starting in January, after 60 blogs in total including 52 interviews by year-end, I'm writing my...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 12/15/2009
Eileen Brown: Leading International Technology Authority and Executive; shares her expertise on social media, online branding, Web 2.0, top trends, valuable resources, best practices to engage with customers
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 12/08/2009
Episode #32: Agile Application Lifecycle Management
Effective application lifecycle management is a struggle in most professional development shops....
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 11/30/2009
Building a Better Team
“You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note.” ~Doug Floyd It’s no secret to anyone...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 11/25/2009
Chats with Kelly Gotlieb, Internationally Renowned Pioneer in Computing - Kelly talks about the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Date: 11/17/2009
Barry Sellers: Distinguished Fellow, International Technology and Professionalism Top-Authority, Chair CNP Council, Chief Judge International Awards for Professionalism, Executive Board Director and Vice-Chairman NPA
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Date: 11/10/2009
Managing the Lifecycle of your Applications
Do you or your team develop applications? If so, you have no doubt struggled with managing the...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 11/03/2009
Episode #31: Talking About Virtualization
Although virtualization technology has been mainstream now for a number of years, it’s still a hot...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 10/23/2009
Learn about Top IT Resources -- Lynn Langit: Renowned Developer, Visionary Executive, Best-selling Author, Top International Solutions Architect, Microsoft Redmond
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Date: 10/20/2009
Joanne Wong: Networking Academy Manager for Canada
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Date: 10/13/2009
Richard Longworth: Leading Award-winning International Technology Authority, Thought Leader, Educator and Celebrated Author
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 09/29/2009
Episode #30: Straight Talk about Windows 7
It’s now been just over 2 months since I’ve been back from maternity leave and I’m happy to be able...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 09/23/2009
“What have you been up to lately? How’s the IT department?” Ignite your Career – Episode 3
Picture yourself walking into an elevator and having a senior executive standing in there. After the...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 09/23/2009
What’s in a Name?
You may have noticed that I’ve mentioned the AlignIT program a couple of times while blogging and...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 09/22/2009
Matt Valentine: Industry-Leading Technology and Solutions Architect, Microsoft Redmond - Practical Architecture in Impractical Times
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 09/22/2009
Connecting the Personal Dots…
Graham Jones (Chair 2009-2010 Culminis Global Board) Back in April 2008 I wrote a blog here entitled...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 09/03/2009
Igniting Careers
It’s never seems to be easy to find the time or justify the cost of career development training...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 08/31/2009
Jon Kleinberg: ACM-Infosys Foundation Award Recipient, 2008 Discover Magazine's "20 Best Brains Under 40", Internationally Noted Cornell Professor and Researcher
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 08/25/2009
The Changing Role of IT Leaders
Before joining Microsoft, I used to manage a small IT department for a fast growing technology...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 08/23/2009
Talking About Virtualization
Virtualization seems to be on the minds of most IT organizations these days. Either you’re doing it...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 08/20/2009
Resources for IT Managers
There seems to be many free online resources for the hands-on, in-the-trenches IT professional and...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 08/19/2009
Getting Customer Service Right on the Cheap
Adam Cole (B. Math, I.S.P., ITCP, PMP) My wife and two young daughters recently...
Author: cdnitmgr Date: 08/14/2009
Windows 7 RTM Makes it to TechNet Subscriber Downloads
Rick just broke the news over on the Canadian IT Pro blog that the bits for Windows 7 RTM...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 08/06/2009
Yaroslav Pentsarskyy, Top Expert in SharePoint and Custom .NET Solution Architecture and Implementation, Microsoft Certified Application Developer, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Date: 08/04/2009
Barbara Liskov, MIT Institute Professor, ACM Turing Award Recipient (June 2009), Distinguished, Celebrated, World-Renowned Researcher
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Date: 07/28/2009
Windows 7 & Server 2008 Has Been Released to Manufacturing
(Cross-post from the Canadian IT Pro Blog) Hot off the presses! Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 have...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 07/23/2009
Get Your Questions Answered
Do you have questions about Windows7? I’m preparing for an upcoming podcast interview with Rob...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 07/21/2009
David Elfassy, International Authority in Windows Technologies, Unified Communications and Messaging, MS Learning Contributor, Microsoft Exchange Server Most Valuable Professional, MCT
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Date: 07/21/2009
Doing the Windows 7 Happy Dance
Hello again! It’s now been a week since I returned from maternity leave and I felt it was high time...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 07/20/2009