May, 2008

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Sean W. Smith and John Marchesini , World Renowned International Authorities/Authors in Security. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP Interview: Background Key lessons and tips from their book Thoughts on industry trends Key lessons from their own experiences...

Way back in February, Microsoft put on a huge event to announce the launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. Seems so long ago now! I was there, along with thousands of others, taking in the keynotes and hanging out by the "Ask the Expert" area. While there, I also had the opportunity to talk to a couple of IT professionals who were involved in some interesting projects...

Thanks to all of you that took the time to nominate candidates as well as you who participated by voting for your favourites. The votes are in and tallied and the winners have been announced. Congratulations to this year's winners of the Microsoft TechNet Innovation Awards! Team Winner: Navantis Team Team Lead: Yoni Hu from Toronto Team Members: Wenguo Wu, Stanley Jiang, Carlos Rochetti, David Barnes...

This episode, we tried something totally new, and as with all new things there are usually lessons learned along the way! The Heros Happen Here event , launching Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 happened last February but instead of bringing our guests into the studio to talk about it, we went on the road! I spent the day at the launch event talking to various people. And...

Vista's User Account Control (UAC) feature has been much maligned by users and IT professionals alike who say the prompts are too frequent and annoying and that most users will simply click through without reading, much less understanding, what each prompt is trying to warn them about. The motivation behind UAC is to correct what has been an ongoing issue with end user desktops. In the past, many programs...

What a weekend! EnergizeIT is the most upbeat, motivational, energetic event Microsoft Canada puts on all year long and it marks the end of my team's "season" of events and tours across Canada. However, EnergizeIT is different from other events we put on, in that there are several different tracks on several different topics, the majority of speakers are not employed by Microsoft, it's a...

Yikes! Where did the last 2 weeks disappear to? The IT Managers Connection blog has been a bit quiet lately but it's not because we've gone away. Stephen has been on the road at various events and I've been preparing for a number of activities related to EnergizeIT and planning for our next fiscal year which starts July 1st. EnergizeIT is tomorrow and I hope you're planning to attend. I'll be there...

Stuart R. Crawford (Calgary, AB - Business Development Manager of IT Matters) In baseball, the number of strikes that the pitcher can throw in the strike zone is very critical the overall success of the baseball team on the field. The pitcher has the ultimate responsibility to ensure that strikes outnumber the balls thrown. In business, the pitcher is us, the business owner, the entrepreneur, the Business...