Canadian IT Manager

A Culture of Respect

Don Spencer (Waterloo, ON, IT Professional) What makes for a productive IT environment? What can a manager do to keep staff fully engaged in their respective projects, collaborating with one another at an optimal level, efficient and effective most of Read More...

It's More Than Just a Phone

One of the neat things about my job is that I'm often given cool technology to play with and review. A couple of weeks ago, I got an HTC 6800 from Bell Mobility to play with and so did my fellow WWITPRO executive member and Canadian IT Manager guest blogger, Read More...

Virtualization: Rationale for IT Managers

Don Spencer (Waterloo, ON, IT Professional) You've heard about it. You've seen a keynote address at EnergizeIT . Your colleagues and staff- and perhaps even your tech-savvy CEO - are talking about it. And they're turning to you for leadership and direction. Read More...

PowerShell and What You Need to Know

It's funny isn't it...you can say the same words to different people and they mean different things. Take "IT Manager" for example. Some IT Managers manage IT projects, others manage IT staff. Some work in large corporations, some in small organizations. Read More...

Gadget Guy, Gadget Guy

Don Spencer (Waterloo, ON, IT Manager of Pano Cap Canada) Cross-post from Bringing Closure . So, I have a bit of a reputation as a geek at work. That's not entirely a bad thing, I guess, for an IT Manager. Some of my colleagues poke good-natured fun at Read More...

Access 2007: An IT Manager Kicks the Tires - Part 3

Don Spencer (Waterloo, ON, IT Manager of Pano Cap Canada) On 26-Jun-2007, I published a quick blog entry noting that the developer extensions and the Access 2007 runtime were finally available for download. But the next day, a recall was issued because Read More...

Access 2007: An IT Manager Kicks the Tires - Part 2

Don Spencer (Waterloo, ON, IT Manager of Pano Cap Canada) It's all about SharePoint. Access 2007 and SharePoint are now joined at the hip. While it would be wrong to suggest that the future of both products depends upon the collaborative features they Read More...

[Guest Blogger] Access 2007: An IT Manager Kicks the Tires - Part 1

Don Spencer (Waterloo, ON, IT Manager of Pano Cap Canada) OK. I have a confession to make. Before crossing the floor to becoming an IT Manager, I was a developer. Some would say, not a real developer, only someone who made his living designing and deploying Read More...

[Guest Blogger] ITIL Silliness - a little levity for an oh-so-serious season

Don Spencer (Waterloo, ON, IT Manager of Pano Cap Canada ) I guess I deserved it. Last week, I pulled a few pranks on family, friends, and colleagues on April Fools' Day (I even convinced a few colleagues that Microsoft had patched operating systems to Read More...

[Guest Blogger] Getting IT done...All By Myself

Don Spencer (Waterloo, ON, IT Manager of Pano Cap Canada ) I'm just a lonely boy... Sometimes I feel like nobody else knows what it's like to be the only IT person in an SMB (small/medium business). I realize, theoretically, that there are many others Read More...

Guest Blogger - Don Spencer

Don Spencer is an IT professional based in Kitchener, Ontario. He is co-founder of the Waterloo-Wellington IT Professional User Group ( http://www.wwitpro.com ) and is the owner of Artifax Applications, a custom software development business that has Read More...