Dr Hamadoun Touré , Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) since January 2007, was re-elected for a second four-year term in October 2010. As Secretary-General, Dr Touré is committed to ITU's mission of connecting the world, and helping achieve the Millennium...

Nick Malik is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, blogger and innovator in Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture. Co-author of three books and a popular speaker at conferences, Nick brings his 32 years of high-tech experience to bear as he creates Enterprise Architectural models...

You are invited to join remotely in the provided “adobeconnect” rooms on Wednesday May 16 between 7:15am-9am PDT / 10:15am-12:00 EDT (1615 and 1800 local time (Geneva Switzerland)). For registration please visit the WSIS Forum website at http://groups.itu.int/wsis-forum2012/Information/WSISForum2012...

Michael Jenkin is a recently announced 2012 SMB 150 Awards recipient, recognizing the top 150 Small & Medium Business professionals. In addition, Michael received media attention for founding a rapidly growing company and  for his innovative business leadership. Sharing his insights for success...

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 Officer, and Director of Consulting for the Canadian...

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, Atul is an invited speaker to the World CIO Forum...

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 As director of product management and product...

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...

How important is innovation to the world, your country, your company, your division, your department, your project, …? Is innovation an art or science? How can you support innovation in your organization? What factors create success in Silicon Valley startups and can this replicated in your organization...

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 Benoit Bertrand: Vice-President, Chief Technology Officer, Avanade. Benoit share his top leadership and technology lessons plus key insights on cloud computing...

I did an IT Manager Connection interview with Pekka Viljakainen, Author No Fear: Business Leadership In the Age of Digital Cowboys -- the book is available in several languages in more than 100 countries. During the summer, Pekka is leading a video series with 45 top executives, politicians, and researchers...

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...

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 Eugene Fiume. I first met Eugene at the special celebration for global computing pioneer, Kelly Gotlieb where I was invited to speak ( http://tinyurl.com/3oeybdf...

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 Pekka Viljakainen, globally renowned executive, thought-leader, strategist, and entrepreneur. Pekka played an important role in the recent world economic forum...

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...

Doug Terry, a researcher at Microsoft Research Silicon Valley, who chairs the ACM Cloud Computing Tech Pack , told attendees at the “24 Hours in the Clouds” virtual conference that cloud computing promises to radically change the way that computer applications and services are constructed, delivered...

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 have an interview with Dirk Schrader, MBA, PMP, CRM Certified Professional. Dirk Schrader has worked on over 50 large scale IT projects over the past 17 years including in Finance...

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 Derek Corneil: Renowned and Esteemed Computer Science Professor Emeritus University of Toronto. In the fall of 1964, Derek Corneil was one of the 7 initial...

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 Mark Mueller-Eberstein. Mark’s most recent book has the endorsement of top leaders worldwide and his no-fear community engages 100,000 executives 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 Dr. Balaji Venkataraman: Top Global Educational and ICT Authority and Visionary, Director Technology & Knowledge Management Commonwealth of Learning, World...

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 Jo Surich, President PresiNET Systems, past CIO Province of BC and Partner Sierra Systems: Leading Entrepreneur, Innovator, Executive, Investor. Jo Surich...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I have a ChinaValue interview with Nova Spivack that I conducted with Alex Lin (CEO of ChinaValue ). I highly recommend that you read over the full-text of the interview which is provided...

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...