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I thought you might be interested in some quick facts about the MVP Summit, the program and the impact the MVP community has on diverse communities worldwide. With the summit quickly approaching, here are data points on the significant role MVPs play.
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Stuart Crawford (Calgary, Alberta) IT Professionals are a strange and unusual bunch. I know - I have been one for a number of years, almost 12 years working as an IT Professional in many different lines of work across many different industries. I started
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Stuart Crawford (Calgary, Alberta) Are you excited about what the future has in store for us? Or are you one of those types that chose to run and hide when the hiccups occur? There is a tremendous amount f change occurring in today’s flat,
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Will Craddock is the president of the Regina IT Professionals group and is part of the IT team at SaskEnergy . SaskEnergy is Saskatchewan's natural gas distribution company, a provincial Crown corporation with roots of more than half a century in
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Sean Kearney, our resident funny guy, poet, songwriter emailed me his latest; a definition of a hero. Enjoy! ------------------------- Those unspoken masses who work through the night Doing the deed to end the fight Plodding along until the light
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On New Year’s Day at 8 AM Pacific time, Eric Ligman (Microsoft US Senior Manager Small Business Community Engagement) announced on his blog that Microsoft will be launching the Microsoft Open Licensing Subscription Program across Canada and the
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I was talking with Dana Epp when Rodney and I were out in Vancouver for the MySecurity tour a couple of months back. He was telling me about when he was trying to get a straight answer on how he license System Centre Virtual Machine Manger in his office
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The other day Nelson Ruest sent me an email from a session he and his wife Danielle attended by Sean O'Driscoll on Web 2.0, social network sites and community. I asked him if I could post it here as it was an interesting discussion and they agreed. Afterall
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From the Beatles tune - "All you need is love" comes (with apologies to the Beatles) "All you need is RUS" Mail, Mail, Mail, Mail, Mail, Mail, Mail, Mail, Mail You need to see what is or isn't done Nothing should be seen if you're number one Exchange
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There is a lot of hype about web 2.0 for the last few years. Facebook, MySpace, MS Live Space and others have changed the way people interact and communicate. I am an active participant, as are many of you….it is not a geek thing anymore….it is a people
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Let's face it! We've all had those days when we've absolutely had it dealing with a tech support person. For WHATEVER reason. I was thinking about all the little evil thoughts my ID was bursting to come out and pull off when things were going my particular
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Many have had to deal with this problem. And it shouldn't REALLY be an issue. But phone conferences can be a nightmare. Some things should really be addressed before you get involved in one. A telephone. Get one. Now I know this seems one of those "DUH"
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Sam Serajian (Toronto, Ontario, IT Pro) A while ago, via the email link on this page, we recieved an email from a fellow named Sam Serajian. Sam is relatively new to Canada, moving here from the Middle East, and he told me about his journey into IT, how
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Graham Jones (Surrey, British Columbia, IT Pro) Last week we were very fortunate to have Kai Axford (CISSP, MCSE-Security) do a Western Canada sweep hitting Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria UG’s. Kai Axford (CISSP, MCSE-Security) is a Senior
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I usually don't post here on the Canadian IT Pro blog (my home is over on the Canadian IT Managers blog ), but when Don send me this guest posting, I thought it would be of particular interest to those of you who are the hands on, in the trenches, IT
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