November, 2011

Minimize Management & Improve IT Services This free online conference is next week — Virtualization and Microsoft Exchange together can offer major benefits to your organization’s infrastructure; they can save you time, hassle, and money. Join experts next Tuesday on December 6th to learn about how you can implement a best practice infrastructure strategy for your organization. Experts Aaron Levey...

A little while ago I posted about the new series that we’ve started – the Manager Tech Talk Video series . We broadcast each episode live on the 2nd Thursday of the month and record it for on-demand access later. We then take the audio and use it to create an episode for our long standing IT Manager Podcast series . This month we did an extended hour long broadcast and split it into 2 recordings...

December is a great time in the year for many reasons, but as a manager, this is the time when you work with your team to come up with their personal development plans, and in particular, training plans for the upcoming year. The question is, how do you, as a manager, proactively work with your team members to execute on the plan? I’ve worked with managers over the years. Many of them had taken the...

For those of you who joined us for the AlignIT Manager Tech Talk series on Thursday , this ALM webcast series is the perfect continuation of the conversation that we had with Sam Guckenheimer. As we discussed on the show, application Lifecycle Management is about managing the lifespan of your applications with a set of processes and tools that integrate team members and activities. Visual Studio 2010...

Gain unique insights into the work of a globally leading researcher who is impacting in multiple domains. Moreover, his students are making their imprint on the world and history as well including very fine work for the Imagine Cup . I enjoyed my time with Gabriel and I know you will learn much from exploring his research and its myriad applications through this interview and the supplied links. ...

These two bulletins came out earlier this year and I know the university community would find them of value so I’m sharing… The Bulletins provide a good background for an interview appearing today with Professor Gabriel Wainer where his students are vying for the 2012 Imagine Cup. Here is a link to Gabriel’s profile, research links and interview: http://tinyurl.com/bv96yu8 Today's Topic: ACM CEO John...

Jonathan and I had the distinct pleasure last week of sitting down with Sam Guckenheimer for a chat and while the focus of our talk was applying the Agile methodology to delivering great software, it got me thinking about using the Agile method in other areas of life and work. In fact, the night before sitting down with Sam, I delivered a deck to students at the University of Guelph titled Got for...

 

I received an invitation in October to a special ceremony at the University of Victoria, where Dr. Calvin Gotlieb, is receiving his Honorary Degree on November 10 2011. I expressed my regrets to the university and to Kelly that I am unable to attend since I am chairing long-planned sessions in New York during that week. I am sorry that I am unable to be there, so I am writing this tribute to...

My 3 year old boys are like little sponges. They’re amassing information about the world around them at an astounding rate and recently they’ve started to apply that knowledge in situations. For example, they’ve known for a while that when they eat, they use a dish. They’ve even figured out where the dishes are kept (at least the unbreakable ones that I store within their reach). Now they’ve figured...

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Dr. Roger Johnson. Roger has a remarkable career of extensive accomplishment and you can learn a lot from Roger’s insights and experiences. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki Roger Johnson FBCS CITP, CEng Following 4 years spent as a software developer in a major UK software...

Karna Gupta recently took over as CEO and President of ITAC , the IT Association of Canada. His work and that of ITAC impacts you, the country, and the industry. Enjoy the interview! Karna Gupta is one of the most respected and well-seasoned executives in high technology with an exceptional track record. With more than 30 years of outstanding industry experience, his expertise and accomplishments...

You can attend all the conferences, seminars, and training courses that you want, but just watching and listening will only allow you to retain about 10% of the information given to you. A measly 10%. That’s a pretty low return on your investment. Luckily, we’ve designed TechDays to help participants remember and recall a whole lot more than that. For those attending the conference in person (there...