December 2008 - Posts
Hello folks, In December I had written a little piece regarding Todd Lamothe, the system administrator for the County of Lennox and Addington , and his deployment of Windows 2008. Well, he’s been driving hard to bring more value and order in his environment.
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I thought I would share our electronic team Christmas Card with you (powered by Silverlight – click to view animation). We hope you enjoy a safe and happy holiday season – whichever holiday you choose to celebrate: Christmas, Hanukkah, Solstice, Festivus....
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Hello folks, Todd Lamothe, the system administrator for the County of Lennox and Addington was in town a few weeks ago to present at TechDays and we started to talk about fun, and cool stuff he’s been doing. Well let me tell you, he’s been busy.
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It’s a pleasure connecting and supporting each and every one of you through the year, both personally and from a team perspective … I am lucky to have a role and great team that is focused on supporting and helping you make a positive difference in Canada.
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Hi, I am an IT Professional from Montreal and I’ve been working in IT for 7 years now, specializing in Microsoft solutions and virtualization. I currently work as IT infrastructure consultant at AlphaMosaik, a company that specializes in Microsoft solutions
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Typically hotfixes are released on the second Tuesday of each month as you are all well aware. Occasionally, I can personally only remember four including this one and the one this past October, there are out of band hotfixes released. While
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Update: Contest closes on December 31st! Get your answers in and get entered to win! Now that I got your attention I wanted to talk to you about the sad state of, just kidding :) Yes the headline is true, we got an Xbox Elite to giveaway along with a
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Typically the things we chat about on this blog are aimed at the more experienced PC user and most IT Pros know a thing or two about computers. I came across this blog recently and have added it to my RSS feed as it is a great mix of hardware, software,
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Everytime anyone, me included, talks about virtualization one of the things that comes up is saving money. Virtualization saves you money. Or does it? And if it does, how? The current economic situation is taxing a lot of organizations
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I was catching up on my RSS feeds while recovering from the first day of TechDays Calgary and came across this post on the MS Blogs blog. MS Blogs is a blog that aggregates the product team blogs and is a nice one to add to your feeds to keep you
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Louis-Philippe Gauthier (Sherbrooke, Quebec) We’ve all been there, boss calls you in at the last minute for your input on a project that has been brewing for months but all of a sudden needs to be implemented ASAP. Louis-Philippe from Centre
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Our team just went through a hardware refresh and the large majority of us all chose the new Dell e4300. We are just starting to get our feet wet with them but Montreal MVP Dan Nerenberg has have his e6400 for a few months now and wanted to share his
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Hello Folks, 2 weeks ago I participated in the first MITPro LiveMeeting enabled monthly meeting. I know I’m late reporting back to you, but I’ve been touring the country side with TechDays 2008 ( four cities down, 2 to go…) At that meeting we had a panel
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It is an interesting time right now. Some of you have finished deploying Vista, others are part way through a deployment and others are waiting to see what Windows 7 has to offer before making a decision. All valid options but while the decision making
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I was walking my 3 kids to school this morning - it was blowing snow and cold. Somehow the conversation turned to my work and I was explaining to them (6.75 son and twin 4.5 year olds) what it is that I do (connect with ICT Professionals, share stories
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Ok so that isn't exactly math but it does remind me of the calculus I took in high school but let me explain :) I know there is a lot of interest in Windows 7 with nearly everyone asking me when there will be a public beta. I know there are a few
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