Ron McLaren has long-term practical IT industry experience, having worked extensively with the development, introduction and marketing of new technologies, products and techniques since 1966. This has involved the management of technical people in customer-facing, product development and service delivery...

As Executive Vice President, skills certification for CompTIA, Terry Erdle is responsible for the association's global certifications programs, including product development and delivery, partnership relationships, and cooperation with the education and training communities. Before joining CompTIA...

Teaching courses is a lot of work, the constant pressure to keep courses relevant, pressure to build industry partnerships, publish papers, bring in funding, serve on committees, how can you find time to keep up? We want to help, so we’ve put together a series of sessions for teachers and faculty, to...

These days around the Microsoft Canada office and particularly in my little corner of the world, everyone is laser focused on getting IT folks downloading, learning and certified on Microsoft technologies…specifically private cloud technologies. And just to give you a bit of incentive, we’ve come up...

I remember getting my first MCSE certification in the mid-1990s and feeling really proud of the accomplishment.  Many of my peers at that time also pursuing an MCSE felt that it was a certification that would increase their likelihood to get hired over a candidate that did not hold the certification...

Different people learn in different ways and in my last post about the great incentives there are to take exam 70-659 Windows Server Virtualization before May 31st, I also listed a number of resources you could use to study up. Depending on your learning style, different resources will appeal to you...

In this interview Rob discusses the value and themes in the ISACA World Congress, INSIGHTS 2012; COBIT value; COBIT and Enterprise Architecture / IVI-IF CMF; what’s new in COBIT 5; current disruptive technologies; new innovations in the next five years; opportunities for IT professionals and businesses;...

There has never been a better time to study for and pass the 70-659 exam because we here at Microsoft Canada are determined to get as many Canadian system admins, network admins, IT managers, IT job seekers, and whatever-else-you-want-to-call-yourself certified on Window Server virtualization as possible...

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 . One of the things I always talk about is how...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Dr. Roger Johnson. Roger has a remarkable career of extensive accomplishment and you can learn a lot from Roger’s insights and experiences. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki...

Network Professional Association invites you to join us for a webinar. Working in the Cloud with Office 365 Presenter : Jim Belasco, DF/NPA, CNP, MCP Date: 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM Pacific time , November 5th 2011 Description: Microsoft launched Office 365 some time ago to make it easier for businesses to...

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 Stephen Forte, Chief Strategy Officer for Telerik. Stephen’s extensive success history includes: CTO, Scrum Master, Author, Serial Company Founder, Microsoft...

Hear deep insights from the top-awarding-winning Stacey Cerniuk, Founder and CEO of Annex Consulting Group, Entrepreneur, Innovating Executive, Business & Technology Authority. Ask yourself these questions and how do your experiences stack up against Stacey’s? Stacey shares top success attributes...

SecTor is North America’s premier IT Security Education Conference. An annual event where IT professionals from throughout North America and the world can learn from and network with the world's most innovative, intellectual, exciting and entertaining security professionals. SecTor is IT Security...

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 Barry Sellers: CNP Torch Bearer Award Recipient. CNP Torch Bearer Award honors senior members of the computing profession who have made an outstanding contribution...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Brian Cameron, Awards for Professionalism: Career Achievement Award Recipient, Professor and Executive Director, Center for Enterprise Architecture, Founder FEOPO. Brian...

Please note that the GITCA “24 Hours in the Cloud” round-the-world virtual event focusing on Cloud Computing is scheduled for June 1 st . The speakers will be available via twitter to answer your questions [tweet using #24hitC to submit a question]. Please visit http://sp.GITCA.org/sites/24Hours to find...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Bojan Nenadic, Microsoft Career Factor Idol Winner – The Aspiring Microsoft Certified Master. I was at TechEd in May in Atlanta Georgia and met with the Career Factor winners...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Caroline Weilinger, Microsoft Career Factor Idol Winner – The Office Competition Contender. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki Caroline is a student at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary,...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Steve Molkentin, Microsoft Career Factor Idol Winner – The Job Seeker. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki Steve is a passionate IT professional who firmly believes that Information...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Simon Davis, Microsoft Career Factor Idol Winner – The IT Manager. All Career Factor Idols will be at TechEd . Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki Simon Davis lives in the historic city...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Leon Strous: President International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), Chair International Advisory Board World CIO Forum (WCF), Chair International Steering...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Eddie Boles, Microsoft Career Factor Idol Winner – The DIY IT Professional. Career Factor winners will be at TechEd. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki Born and raised in Harlem, NY...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Brian Cameron: Professor and Executive Director, Center for Enterprise Architecture, Penn State, Founder FEAPO – Part 2 of 2 interview series. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Kevin Dicken: Microsoft Career Factor Idol Winner – in the category as The Student. Kevin will also be at TechEd as a Career Factor Idol. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki...