Agile is everywhere, whether you are already working with agile methodologies or you are still trying to figure out if agile is a fit for your projects, register for the Agile Software Delivery Simulcast with Sam Guckenheimer , November 10th in Mississauga...

Jeff Kempiners is the Vice President and acting Group Executive responsible for Avanade's business in the Southeastern USA. Jeff has held a variety of leadership roles within Avanade, including Group Executive for Central Canada, Canadian Chief Technology...

Dr. Markus Jakobsson’s background places him amongst the top experts in the world in security. In this interview, Markus provides security tips and lessons only he can provide and the latest trends from his extensive ongoing research as top scientist...

This post is part of a discussion around transitioning applications, as well as development and operations teams, to the Cloud. Read When It Comes to Cloud, First Things First – Strategy and Training >> Previously, we discussed needing...

I don’t think any development manager would argue with the fact that testing is important. yet, with the constant pressure to get code out the door sooner we often find ourselves doing the risk analysis to determine the potential impact of skipping certain...

I recently asked folks on Linkedin what desktop operating systems their companies were using and was surprised to find out that many organizations were still standardizing on Windows XP SP3. But then again, I shouldn’t have been so surprised – I’ve been...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Atul Varde: Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Affinity Credit Union. Due to his recognized standing,...

Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) : http:// www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com / I would really encourage you and the teams that you manage or anyone else that you know to register for MVA.  It only takes 1 minute to register but it will give you and...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I have an interview with Dharmesh Mehta interview: Director, Windows and Windows Live Division Microsoft Corp. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki...

By now, you’ve heard the term “Cloud”, but what does it actually mean to your developers and architects, your IT staff, and your organization. For developers and architects, the Cloud is a flexible and familiar environment to easily create and host applications...