April, 2007

Adam Cole (Toronto, Manager Applications and Development for McKesson & National Director for CIPS) “All very complex computer programs will, at some time, fail.” I can’t help but gawk as I drive by an accident, similarly I find I have a morbid curiosity when I read of colossal software failures. I am sure this is due to some deep-rooted fear that next time I could be the victim …or the...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this blog series, we talk with Maria Klawe , one the world’s foremost computer scientists and educators. Maria is an Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow and founding CIPS Fellow for her outstanding contributions to computing science, education, and information technology. Thank you and Enjoy...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this blog series, we talk with Adam Chee , a top expert in Healthcare Informatics. Adam is also the first and only international Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Hall of Fame Inductee. Thank you and Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP ______________________________ Stephen : Make five predictions...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this blog series, we talk with Adam Chee , a top expert in Healthcare Informatics. Adam is also the first and only international Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Hall of Fame Inductee. Thank you and Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP ______________________________ Stephen : What are some...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this blog series, we talk with Adam Chee , a top expert in Healthcare Informatics. Adam is also the first and only international Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Hall of Fame Inductee. Thank you and Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP ______________________________ Stephen : Can you describe...

Jennifer Waters, who manages the Learning and Certification Program and the CPLS (Certified Partner for Learning Solutions) channel at Microsoft, has been guest blogging over on the Canadian IT Professional blog and today's post talks about whether IT managers care about certification. Her statistics are quite interesting: • 63% of Hiring Managers feel that certified individuals are somewhat or...

Once a month, Barnaby Jeans has been publishing podcasts on IT trends and technology issues. This month, he talks to Derick Wong from Microsoft Canada and Jeff Kent from Cineplex Entertainment about the evolution of network management. The interview is available in both mp3 and wma formats. For more information on the series, check out http://www.microsoft.com/canada/technet/itmanager/podcast...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this blog series, we talk with Adam Chee , a top expert in Healthcare Informatics. Adam is also the first and only international Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Hall of Fame Inductee. Thank you and Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP ______________________________ Stephen : Adam,...

This is the next interview in the continuing conversation series with Kelly Gotlieb. Computing pioneer and CIPS Fellow ( FCIPS ), Kelly Gotlieb is currently Professor Emeritus in Computer Science and in the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto (UT). He is a computing pioneer, whose innovations and accomplishments helped lay the foundation of an entire worldwide industry, educational...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this blog series, we talk with Martin Slofstra , longtime veteran Editorial Director, Writer and Thought Leader. Thank you and Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP ______________________________ Martin regularly moderates panels and makes presentations at trade shows and conferences and other...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this blog series, we talk with Nuo Yan a leading technology authority and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional. Thank you and Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP ______________________________ Stephen : What are the major challenges facing ICT professionals and what do you propose as solutions...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this blog series, we talk with Nuo Yan a leading technology authority and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional. Thank you and Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP ______________________________ Stephen: What highly desired, though not well known tips can you share from each of these technologies...

Wow - they went fast! We've been spreading the word about the JumpStart kits at the Unify tour and user group events. But when the TechNet Flash Newsletter went out yesterday, the limited number of kits available got snapped up in a hurry. We didn't expect to run out so soon, but based on the excitment that this has generated, we hope to bring out more offers like this one in the future. Thanks everyone...

Security is always a hot topic and many people have been asking about the new security features in Vista and how to make the best use of them in a corporate environment. My colleague Rodney Buike is doing a series of webcasts on the subject that you won't want to miss. Information and links to register are below... With every new OS release security is improved and refined and with Windows Vista...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this blog series, we talk with Nuo Yan a leading technology authority and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional. Thank you and Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP ______________________________ Stephen : Nuo, at the young age of 20, you are making many significant contributions to the industry...

Graham Jones (Vancouver, President of VANTUG) Over the past few months Stephen Ibaraki and I have written several times about the Neil Squire Society (NSS) and the great work that they do in adapting computers for use by the handicapped and their very successful job training programs. I have also written a number of times about JDQ and their excellent 3Spheres of Reciprocity ™ community program...

Don Spencer (Waterloo, ON, IT Manager of Pano Cap Canada ) I guess I deserved it. Last week, I pulled a few pranks on family, friends, and colleagues on April Fools' Day (I even convinced a few colleagues that Microsoft had patched operating systems to change the value of the mathematical constant pi from 3.14159 to the 'biblical value' of 3.0 under pressure from lobby groups). And I took pride...

Very few organizations operate in a one OS vendor world. Sometimes there are good reasons to choose a different OS for a particular application or task. Sometimes it's a technical decision, sometimes it's political. And times though, it's rather like a battle between religion beliefs. Microsoft often gets beat up based on the popular perception that the Windows operating systems are not as secure...

It would be nice if we lived in a world where everyone could be trusted. I am firm in my (perhaps naive) belief that most people can be trusted. However, in IT we're not paid to believe in the trustworthiness of the majority, but protect company assets against the untrustworthiness of the minority. If you come to see Damir , Christian , John B and myself when we stop in your city for the Unify Tour...

Don Spencer (Waterloo, ON, IT Manager of Pano Cap Canada ) I'm just a lonely boy... Sometimes I feel like nobody else knows what it's like to be the only IT person in an SMB (small/medium business). I realize, theoretically, that there are many others out there in similar situations, but existential angst often rears its ugly head when nobody else in the company has a clue about the scope of...