Ajit Jaokar is the founder of the London based research company FutureText which specializes in identifying and researching cross-domain technology trends. In 2009, Ajit was nominated to the World Economic Forum's 'Future of the Internet' council. In 2011, he was nominated to the World Smart Capital...

Frans van der Reep (1954, LinkedIn, http://twitter.com/fvdr ) is a thought-leader renowned worldwide for his accurate and early forecasts of business and technological trends, valued highly for his ability to unveil hidden assumptions and relate directly to genuine underlying issues. Having witnessed...

Alain Chesnais is Past President of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He served for the two-year term beginning July 1, 2010. Chesnais studied at l'Ecole Normale Supérieure de l'Enseignement Technique and l'Université de Paris VII and XI, where he earned a Maîtrise de...

A recognized industry leader, Rob has over twenty-five years' experience as an enterprise software executive with demonstrated leadership success at startup companies to large companies, including Symantec and Axent Technologies. An internet security pioneer and innovator, he is credited with the creation...

Interview: Terry Coatta: Internationally Acclaimed Technology Executive and Platform Software Architect and Developer Terry is currently the President of AssociCom, a Vancouver-based start-up that builds online communities for professional and trade associations. Prior to AssociCom, he worked in a...

Register NOW for ACM's second-ever, free learning webinar, presented on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 2 PM EST ! Space is limited. Security is inherently different from other aspects of computing due to the presence of an adversary. As a result, identifying and addressing security vulnerabilities requires...

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...

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 in the field. Dr. Markus Jakobsson is a founder...

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...

Ryan has a considerable history of success and incredible background to bring to the broad IT community and to his leadership roles. He rare accomplishments include the Microsoft Chairman’s Award and the Microsoft Circle of Excellence Award plus leading key initiatives. Have a good look at his...

I had anticipated that the past few weeks would be pretty low-key given that most of my colleagues are on vacation, but I’ve found the opposite true as we ramp up for our newest project under the AlignIT banner: a monthly live streamed video series, hosted by myself and my colleague Jonathan Rozenblit...

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 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...

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 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...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Neil Simon, Microsoft Career Factor Idol Winner in Cloud Computing – The Azure Developer, Chief Scientist and Senior Engineer, Keynote Session Speaker "24 Hours in...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Rabeb Othmani, Microsoft Career Factor Idol Winner in the category of “Windows Phone 7 Developer”. Rabeb is also an Imagine Cup Winner. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki Rabeb is a...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Yogan Rasanayakam, General Manager Westpac Banking Corporation, past co-chairman of Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) Asia Pacific, Globally Recognized Banking...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Niko Schlamberger, International ICT Executive and Top-Ranking ICT Authority for Business, Industry, Governments, Academia, Journals, Regional and Global Organizations....

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview, Jeff Kempiners , VP of Avanade in the US, and a top-ranking IT and business executive. Jeff is a founding director to the Global Industry Council ( IP3-GIC). Avanade...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview “Top-ranking Innovator, Executive, Researcher, Thought Leader - Alain Chesnais , newly elected 2010/11 President ACM, founder Visual Transitions, past CTO SceneCaster...

Earlier I blogged about this program: Internet Explorer 8 and Kinsa Help Canadians Browse with Confidence . Here’s more on this  10-week campaign including videos giving you tips on how to protect yourself from online dangers. They have just launched their second video on identity theft: http:/...