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Last week the East Coast team kicked off EnergizeIT in Montreal. This week we have events in Kitchener/Waterloo, London, Ontario and also in Victoria, BC, where I and my colleage from Calgary - John Bristowe - will be. I'm flying in on Monday afternoon
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Over the last few weeks I have been spending a lot of time reading about, and discussing with a number of folks, the notion of Cloud Computing and what it means. One of the things that keeps coming up in the conversation is what is Windows Azure and how
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In a few weeks the team will head out across the country on EnergizeIT to connect with folks from student to CIO. One of the key things we will be showcasing is Microsoft’s Software+Services vision and what’s possible by combining on-premise with
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On May 24, 2008, a number of IT professionals came together to explore environmentally conscious and economically sound technology solutions at the Energize IT event in Toronto. Our podcast series host, Ruth Morton, was on hand to discuss subjects ranging
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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
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Yikes! Where did the last 2 weeks disappear to? The IT Managers Connection blog has been a bit quiet lately but it's not because we've gone away. Stephen has been on the road at various events and I've been preparing for a number of activities related
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Our 3rd annual EnergizeIT event is less than a month away. For those of you who have joined us on this day in years past, I hope we'll see you again this year as this promises to be the best ever. For those of you not quite sure what it's all about, it's
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I'm quite excited about EnergizeIT 2007 since CIPS, Canada's Association of IT Professionals, was there in force. A multitude came by our booth to talk about connecting with a trusted community, being supported, and enhancing their careers through the
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[update: fixed issue with pictures not appearing] Whew - what a weekend! EnergizeIT was a smashing success. It's definitely a different event than our usual TechNet tours. There were a wide variety of speakers and several different tracks. For those that
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If you missed my last post about this, let me just give you another reminder: This Saturday we'll be holding what is becoming an annual one day only event for all the geeks and geeks at heart out there. It's our EnergizeIT event and it's going to be a
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I tend to read a lot of books. I love losing myself in a good story. However, the best is when I can read a book with a good story that also teaches me something useful. Like fictional stories set in historically accurate settings - I learn a bit about
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