June, 2008

I have blogged about the Global MVP Summit. However the Global MVP Summit has also put the spotlight on the IT Manager Connection blog -- one of 6 highlighted out of the hundreds of millions worldwide. However, have a look at all the top recommended blogs profiled with Steve Balmer, Ray Ozzie, and MVPs. They represent useful resources for IT practitioners. Blogs (from the MVP Virtual Pressroom): DevFish...

Today a letter from Bill Veghte, Senior VP of Windows at Microsoft, has gone out to all Windows customers about the “end of sales” date (June 30) for Windows XP and what that means as well as an update about Vista and Windows 7. You can read the full letter here . I’ve outlined some of the key points below: About Windows XP: Support will continue until April 2014. Windows XP will still...

There weren’t any IT Manager webcasts to tell you about in June but there is one coming up in July which I’ve listed below. You can also check out past webcasts and view them on-demand. IT Manager Webcast: Deep Dive into Windows Server 2008 File Services (Level 300) Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time Drew McDaniel, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation http://msevents...

Here's something different. Two video links from the MVP Newsletter courtesy of Canadian MVP Lead Sasha Krsmanovic! There's a new MSDN & TechNet infrastructure that allow for social media tagging and more. Two Canadian MVPs, Donald Belcham and Dave Woods lead a project that provides empowerment for those with visual impairment with tactile difficulties allowing the ability to read and write. The...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Stéphane Boisvert , Internationally Renowned Leader and Executive; President - Bell Canada Enterprise Group. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki , FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP View Interview Time Index and Topics Listen to the Interview (MP3) About Stéphane Boisvert Stéphane...

I'm back having completed more than 10 keynotes/presentations the last few weeks. I'm providing a blog series from these keynotes--lessons to be shared. This blog will focus on the SAF (Strategic Architecture Forum). Ruth posted a blog on the Strategic Architecture Forum where I keynoted on the opening day. Sasha Krsmanovic, Canadian MVP Lead, noted in his newsletter that the event received a 97.5...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Merrill Brown , founder and principal of MMB Media LLC, which provides clients with management and strategy consulting, corporate, editorial and program development, business analysis and marketing services.. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki , FCIPS , I.S.P. , MVP View Interview...

Stuart R. Crawford (Calgary, AB - Business Development Manager of IT Matters) In business, we are often taught in school and from peers to focus on profits and revenues as the key indicators to success in Small Business consulting (or at least that is how we are measured against others in our industry). I am going to respectfully argue this point simply because if you are completely focused on having...