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Stop supporting old systems
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over 9 years ago
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Barnaby_Jeans
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In my opinion, it’s not worth the risk inherent from business inflexibility in supporting older systems. To be able to compete effectively, businesses need to be agile and this requires newer technology or at least a strategy of replacing legacy systems...
Live from SecTor
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over 7 years ago
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Ruth Morton
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Having worked in IT for many years and having had to clean up mail servers at organizations that had been used to relay spam and file servers that had been conscripted to be used as repositories for contraband movie files, I know what can happen when...
Podcast Interview with Sean O'Driscoll from Microsoft
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over 7 years ago
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Canadian IT Managers
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This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this blog, I interview Sean O'Driscoll , General Manager for Community Support Services (CSS) and MVP Worldwide, Microsoft Corporation. Sean is a world leading...
New resident blogger - Ruth Morton
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over 8 years ago
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Barnaby_Jeans
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Earlier this month , I mentioned that I would be introducing a new contributor to the blog. Today I want to introduce Ruth Morton, the newest member of the Community Evangelism team. Here's a few words from Ruth Hello from the newest member of...
Mind Mapping in the IT World
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over 7 years ago
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Ruth Morton
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You're in a meeting and it's going well. The team is brain storming for a solution to a critical problem and the ideas are flying. You get back to your desk, meaning to review your notes and start on some action items but the phone rings. You get off...
Martin Slofstra: Editorial Director - IT Business Group - Speaks on the "Changing Role of the CIO"
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over 8 years ago
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Canadian IT Managers
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This forum is also about engaging the widest spectrum of discussion on IT. This time we talk with powerhouse Editorial Director, Martin Slofstra, of the IT Business Group, about the "Changing Role of the CIO". Martin brings a unique perspective on...
Chats with "the" Internationally Renowned Pioneer in Computing
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over 8 years ago
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Canadian IT Managers
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We Canadians have exceedingly rare national treasures that are the foundation of an entire worldwide industry, educational stream, and profession. Their contributions are so profound and their impact so diverse and in so many areas that the lasting value...
The Lone Server
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over 7 years ago
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Ruth Morton
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A little levity for your Friday morning... What might it be like to be the lone Windows 2003 server left in the Microsoft web server farm now that all the other servers have been upgraded to Windows 2008? The Windows Server team has put up a humourous...
Architect Session Recordings Online
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over 6 years ago
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Ruth Morton
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The Canadian Strategic Architect Forum is happening right now in Vancouver and if you're reading this blog post, you're probably not attending. However, you can still benefit from the sessions and speakers as all of yesterday's presentations (with the...
The Changing Role of User Groups
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over 6 years ago
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Canadian IT Managers
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Graham Jones (Surrey, BC - IT Professional and President of VANTUG ) The Traditional Role The traditional role for most UG's has been to hold technical events to inform and educate their members, promote networking between members and perhaps to run certification...
CIM’s Graham Jones – Recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award
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over 8 years ago
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Canadian IT Managers
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Companies and organizations recognize individuals as Fellows for their significant contributions. So Apple has their Fellows; Guy Kawasaki is an Apple Fellow. The ACM and CIPS also have their Fellows; Maria Klawe is one of them. Both have been interviewed...
EnergizeIT: The Unconference -- You Install, Learn: Vista, Virtual Server, Office 2007
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over 8 years ago
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Canadian IT Managers
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I am a "geek". I admit it even though I started in 1965. So I couldn't pass up EnergizeIT on June 24th. I consider it a kind of Unconference since it's centered of what we want-having fun, interaction, hands-on labs with our own laptops, free software...
Interview: S. “Soma” Somasegar--Corporate Vice President, Developer Division, Microsoft – Part 1
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over 8 years ago
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Canadian IT Managers
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I believe there is a lot of value in getting information direct from the source and especially an acknowledged authority in software development. Here is Part 1 in the Q&A series with Soma. I encourage you to make comments here or send me an e...
Podcast Interview with Venture Capitalist, Guy Kawasaki, Chairman and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures
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over 8 years ago
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Canadian IT Managers
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I caught Guy’s keynote presentation at a forum for entrepreneurs seeking " Angel " funding (early stage seed capital). He kept me laughing throughout since he cuts through the hype and gives it to you straight—all the right things you should...
Running a Computer User Group
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over 8 years ago
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Canadian IT Managers
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As an IT Manager how much do you know about your local User Groups? Do you know what takes place at meetings? Do you know the value that they provide? Do you know how UG’s are run? Do you know any of the UG officers? Do you know if any of your employees...
Journal: ISACA World Congress INSIGHTS 2012 June 25-27 San Francisco
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over 2 years ago
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Stephen.Ibaraki
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Journal: ISACA World Congress INSIGHTS 2012 June 25-27 San Francisco ISACA is the world’s premier and largest organization in IT governance, IT alignment, audit, risk management, security and professional certifications with over 100,000 members (and...
Need help studying for your 70-659 exam? Join one of our study groups!
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over 2 years ago
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Ruth Morton
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Different people learn in different ways and in my last post about the great incentives there are to take exam 70-659 Windows Server Virtualization before May 31st, I also listed a number of resources you could use to study up. Depending on your learning...
More IT Camps - Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8
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over 1 year ago
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Chris Di Lullo
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We've had a great response to the IT Camps we've been delivering over the last few months. These deeply technical, hands on, scenario based training sessions have focused more on the real day to day of someone in IT , so it's no surprise that we've sold...
How to Integrate the Cloud with Smart Phones
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over 3 years ago
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Stephen.Ibaraki
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This webinar will provide an introduction to the exciting new world of cloud-enabled mobile computing. A few complex user scenarios possible with this new paradigm will be discussed, along with a hands-on tutorial for developing such mobile applications...
Imagine Cup Stories from 2011
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over 3 years ago
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Stephen.Ibaraki
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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...
Thinking about hiring your own internal IT staff – think again!
Posted
over 6 years ago
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Rickster-CDN [MSFT]
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I got this in the mail as a submission for the IT Manager blog from a contact of mine in Calgary - Stuart Crawford. He raises some interesting points about staffing and using internal vs. external resources. I am a little on the fence on this one as I...
The Future of IT: BAIT?
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over 6 years ago
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Canadian IT Managers
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October 2008 articles I wrote an article, “ The Future of IT: BAITing the right skill sets ,” for the October issue of Canadian Government Executive Magazine about a consensus happening in the market…so I’m sharing it with you. Enjoy! Stephen...
Barbara Liskov, MIT Institute Professor, ACM Turing Award Recipient (June 2009), Distinguished, Celebrated, World-Renowned Researcher
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over 5 years ago
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Stephen.Ibaraki
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This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Barbara Liskov: MIT Institute Professor, 2008 ACM Turing Award Recipient, 2004 IEEE John von Neumann Medal Recipient, Fellow...
IT Professionals Go Home Energized
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over 6 years ago
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Ruth Morton
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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...
Adieu for Now
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over 6 years ago
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Ruth Morton
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Sigh…I meant to get this blog post out earlier today, but as luck would have it, Murphy’s Law came into effect and I’ve spent the afternoon troubleshooting network issues on my home network. Even now, I’m connected directly into my Internet modem just...
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