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AlignIT Manager Tech Talk #7–Empowering Your Team with Knowledge
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over 3 years ago
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Ruth Morton
It is that time of the year. You are most likely sitting down with each of your team members and are helping them with their personal development plans. On this episode of AlignIT Manager Tech Talk, Ruth and I talk with Stuart Ngai about the importance...
Wishing You Good Will and Joy
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over 3 years ago
by
Ruth Morton
Wilfred A. Peterson, author of The Art of Living, once said: Christmas is not the tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It’s lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It’s higher thought and a greater...
Pekka A. Viljakainen NO FEAR Lessons
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over 3 years ago
by
Ruth Morton
I did an interview with Pekka and recently got an update from him that I wanted to share with you: --- “We have got hundreds of feedback from CEOs, Chairmans, middle management, politicians, researchers as well as digital cowboys. Based on all that we...
10 questions to help you plan your Windows deployment
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over 3 years ago
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Ruth Morton
The final support date for Windows XP is just 840 days away and while that might seem like a long time, you and I both know that April 8, 2014 will come all too soon for some companies who are still reluctant to make the move. If you’re still...
Care for a coffee with your System Center 2012 download?
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over 3 years ago
by
Ruth Morton
The upcoming System Center 2012 product line is arguably one of the most anticipated releases of the coming year for many IT professionals and a slow month like December is the perfect time for you and your team to download the free pre-release products...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk #6 (Special Edition) – Mary Jo Foley on the Future of IT
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over 3 years ago
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Ruth Morton
Jonathan and I had a great time doing this episode with Mary Jo Foley. We did the broadcast live from TechDays Vancouver in front of a live audience as well as our usual online audience. Mary Jo was a great guest and even wrote a follow up blog post based...
What IT Managers Need to Know - and How They Can Know It
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over 3 years ago
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Ruth Morton
I recently had the distinct pleasure of meeting up with Mary Jo Foley in Vancouver during TechDays as she was our guest on a special edition of the AlignIT Manager Tech Talk series. She’s put together this guest post for the blog on what you need to know...
Future of Computing
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over 3 years ago
by
Ruth Morton
This came to my attention today from Yan Timanovsky, Education Manager at the ACM. Here’s a very interesting piece from the New York Times that worth looking at. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/the-future-of-computing/
Going Virtual and Getting Certified
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over 3 years ago
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Ruth Morton
I was talking earlier this week at the WatITis conference (a University of Waterloo IT conference for the 300 or so campus IT network and technology support staff) and one of the presentations I gave was on cloud computing – To Cloud or Not to Cloud...
The Cloud in Your Hands – Marriage of Cloud Computing with Smart Devices – ACM Free Webinar
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over 3 years ago
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Ruth Morton
Register NOW for ACM's first-ever, free learning webinar, presented on January 26, 2012 at 2 PM EST ! Space is limited. Innovations in wireless networking technology are driving our increasingly connected world, with mobile devices gaining acceptance...
Global CIO Declaration
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over 3 years ago
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Ruth Morton
I recently got back from the very successful first World CIO Forum (WCF) where I was invited to Vice-Chair the International Advisory Board. The international forum was hosted in Shenzhen China , a city of 20 million, the first innovation center of the...