February, 2008

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Bernard Courtois , President & CEO of the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) . Bernard has a long history of innovation and business/technology leadership and his insights are of particular value to IT professionals and managers. Enjoy! Stephen...

Earlier this month, both Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 were released to manufacturing (RTM), which is great news for IT shops that have been working with beta versions and are eager to get the released code. However, there has been a bit of extra noise in the blogosphere particularly about the delay between RTM and availability of Windows Vista SP1. Mike Nash has great information on...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Ken Lamoureux , Executive Director, Strategic Services & Innovation ICT Services Manitoba. Ken provides valuable insights into government initiatives, technology trends, community involvement, management, and more. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP ...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview John Clarkson , Deputy Minister of the Department of Science, Technology, Energy and Mines in the Province of Manitoba . John has a long history as a leading executive and innovator. He shares considerable insights that are of high value to business and technology professionals...

  Stuart R. Crawford (Calgary, AB - Business Development Manager of IT Matters) The small business communities in any city across the world are normally very small, tight and communicate with each other frequently. So when I hear of competition bad mouthing other small business IT professionals or consulting firms it is not a big surprise and not uncommon. Does this sort of behaviour benefit your...

One of the first major IT projects that I took a lead role in was to roll out a new email client application to approximately 300 workstations. It was a tremendously daunting task as there were no automated tools at the time (this was in the mid 90's) and a large part of the project was organizing all the IT staff who had to go out and manually do the installations. Myself and another colleague had...

The nominations are in and the top 5 innovative IT teams and top 5 innovative IT individuals have been chosen. Congratulations to: Yong Hu, Wenguo Wu, Stanley Jiang, Carlos Rochetti and David Barnes Vicki Main, Vaden Stoodley, Garrison Qu, Jonathan Gan and Richard Cabauatan Sharon Miller and Don Boone Lizet Pena de Sola, Cristian Vasilache, Dan Truong, Alexander Pavlenko, Rita Andrighetti, Vladimir...

Thanks to everyone who joined Damir or Rodney as they travelled to locations across Canada for the IT Executive Roadmap Tour . They tell me they had a great time meeting with many of you and now they are resting up to get ready for our next tour - the Heros Happen Here launch . There's really so much to talk about it, that it just never ends! If Rodney or Damir didn't make it to your town or if you...