May, 2007

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this series of blogs, I have an exclusive interview with Teresa Hennig. Teresa is an international authority on MS Access, a top user group leader, a best selling author and a recognized and profiled MVP. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP The MVP Program Stephen : Teresa, you were recently profiled...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals.In this series of blogs, I have an exclusive interview with Teresa Hennig. Teresa is an international authority on MS Access, a top user group leader, a best selling author and a recognized and profiled MVP. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP The Life of an MVP I wanted to capture Teresa's work and life...

There is constant pressure for IT managers to deliver reliable IT services and this pressure has only increased over the years as 24x7 access to critical business applications has become excepted as the "norm". This month in the IT Managers Podcast series on IT trends and technology issues, Barnaby Jeans talks to Warren Shiau, an analyst with the Strategic Counsel, on the evolution of IT reliability...

Graham Jones (Vancouver, President of VANTUG) I have written here a number of times about JDQ and their 3Spheres community program. One of my blogs was an interview with Jon Morris , JDQ President. In that interview I asked Jon about his reasoning behind starting the 3Spheres program. Part of his answer was, “Community works are a potential way to do some ‘Relationship Marketing’ in the hope that it...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this series of blogs, I have an exclusive interview with Teresa Hennig. Teresa is an international authority on MS Access, a top user group leader, a best selling author and a recognized and profiled MVP. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP Top Ten Leadership Lessons Stephen : As a user group leader...

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 shares his thoughts on the online revolution and why people and organizations need to get involved...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this series of blogs, I have an exclusive interview with Teresa Hennig. Teresa is an international authority on MS Access, a top user group leader, a best selling author and a recognized and profiled MVP. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP Top Recommended Resources Stephen : With all the changes and...

I wanted to bring direct your attention to INFORMATICS Halifax. Microsoft’s John Oxley, who many of you know, will be providing the Keynote on May 27 th , “Finding Your Way: Community as a Platform for Career Success”. In addition there will be other valuable sessions by Microsoft on “Making Identity and Access Management Real”; “Managing the Environment from One Console”; “Taking control of your environment...

Just yesterday, I was speaking to some fellow IT professionals at a Communitech function on the value of conferences. Two of them had just come back from a conference and were telling the rest of us about it. We got to talking about the value of conferences and why they went and what they really got out of it. It's apparent to me, both from attending conferences and talking to others, that on top of...

When you're providing critical care information for doctors and medical staff at a large urban area hospital, there's not a lot of wiggle room for error or latency. In 2005, The Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario, opened The Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre to provide oncology services and treatment for patients diagnosed with cancer. At the time of the opening, they decided to...

I received this notice and I thought I would share it with you since it allows you to start planning. Thank you and Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP Executive Chat Microsoft is offering an Executive Chat called What’s New in Windows Server “Longhorn” where you can talk to the people involved in the product. Here are the details: Join Bill Laing-General Manager for Windows Server, Iain...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this series of blogs, I have an exclusive interview with Teresa Hennig. Teresa is an international authority on MS Access, a top user group leader, a best selling author and a recognized and profiled MVP. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP 5 Best Practices for Success with Clients Stephen...

Damir and I just finished up our sessions in Halifax at the CIPS Informatics 2007 conference. The conference continues until Wednesday and I look forward now sitting back and listening to some of the other great speakers they have here. One of the topics of discussion has been how to get a handle on the increasing pressures that are placed on IT infrastructures. Often the day to day "fire-fighting...

I tend to read a lot of books. I love losing myself in a good story. However, the best is when I can read a book with a good story that also teaches me something useful. Like fictional stories set in historically accurate settings - I learn a bit about history without even realizing it. EnergizeIT is a bit like that. It's a fun event that you can really lose yourself in while learning at the same...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this series of blogs, I have an exclusive interview with Teresa Hennig. Teresa is an international authority on MS Access, a top user group leader, a best selling author and a recognized and profiled MVP. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP Top Ten Tips for Forming a New User Group Stephen : Tell us...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this series of blogs, I have an exclusive interview with Teresa Hennig. Teresa is an international authority on MS Access, a top user group leader, a best selling author and a recognized and profiled MVP. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP Top 10 Microsoft Access Tips Stephen : You are...

I saw this announcement and wanted to get it out to you…it caught my interest due to the limitless possibilities! Cheers, Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP The first beta version of Silverlight 1.0 and a roadmap for the product and other related technologies is now available. Microsoft also has an alpha version of Silverlight 1.1, a NET Framework version of Silverlight plus Expression Studio for...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this series of blogs, I have an exclusive interview with Teresa Hennig. Teresa is an international authority on MS Access, a top user group leader, a best selling author and a recognized and profiled MVP. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP How User Group Challenges Parallel Challenges in Business Stephen...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this series of blogs, I have an exclusive interview with Teresa Hennig. Teresa is an international authority on MS Access, a top user group leader, a best selling author and a recognized and profiled MVP. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP Critical Issues for Organizations and ICT Professionals Stephen...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this series of blogs, I have an exclusive interview with Teresa Hennig. Teresa is an international authority on MS Access, a top user group leader, a best selling author and a recognized and profiled MVP. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP 5 Biggest Issues Facing User Groups Stephen : What are the...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this series of blogs, I have an exclusive interview with Teresa Hennig. Teresa is an international authority on MS Access, a top user group leader, a best selling author and a recognized and profiled MVP. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP The Evolution of Access Stephen: How will Access evolve in...

I recently came back from an MVP Global Summit in Seattle, and touring cities speaking about IT. You definitely gain deep insights, solutions, practical experiences, when you network and share ideas with your colleagues—in fact, this is the one constant I always get from attending events. Moreover in interviewing nearly 300 technology experts since 2001, this idea of networking and solution sharing...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this series of blogs, I have an exclusive interview with Teresa Hennig. Teresa is an international authority on MS Access, a top user group leader, a best selling author and a recognized and profiled MVP. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP Top 6 Future IT Trends Stephen: Provide your predictions of...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this series of blogs, I have an exclusive interview with Teresa Hennig. Teresa is an international authority on MS Access, a top user group leader, a best selling author and a recognized and profiled MVP. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP Motivation Stephen : You spend a lot of time and energy supporting...