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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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Today at the Microsoft Management Summit , the beta release of the System Center Operations Manager cross-platform extensions was announced. These extensions allow the native management of both Windows and non-Windows environments from the same console.
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If you're in the Toronto area May 3rd and 4th and work with Small Business Server, you'll want to be sure to attend the SMB Nation Toronto Conference that's happening at that time. The 2 day event includes talks on VoIP, Response Point, virtualization,
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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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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
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There's an extraordinary event happening in a matter of a few weeks. It's the MVP Global Summit 2008 -- a celebration about contribution, and value involving communities worldwide. The upcoming summit, April 14-17, will feature a keynote from Microsoft
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As part of the launch events for Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, there are a number of Community Connection Events happening across the country in 14 cities. My colleague, Rick, does a great job of explaining in detail what
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I often talk about events that I attend or that are going on in southern Ontario, because that's where I live and work. However, my team and I actually work and connect with IT professionals and groups across Canada. I won't be able to personally attend
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Microsoft Technical Fellow and desktop guru Mark Russinovich will be hosting an interactive virtual roundtable—broadcast LIVE over the Internet on Wednesday, March 5 th . The subject? Windows Vista adoption and deployment. On the panel with Mark
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Thanks to everyone who joined Damir or Rodney as they travelled to locations across Canada for the IT Executive Roadmap Tour . They tell me they had a great time meeting with many of you and now they are resting up to get ready for our next tour - the
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As part of the Heros Happen Here Launch activities, Microsoft and Seagate are putting together a comic highlighting the joys and frustrations of being in the IT profession. Check it out at www.ITdevcomics.com and tell them your funny or eye-rolling IT
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Last year we launched Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007. Not to be outdone, this year the big launch is SQL 2008, Windows 2008 and Visual Studio 2008! And this time around, we're doing thing a little differently. Rick put up a great post this morning
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I'm a little late with this as it's already January but you've still go time to register for the following IT Manager Webcasts as the first one isn't until January 10. Most, if not all, are recorded and available on demand after the live webcast date.
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We're on the road again - it's time for the winter edition of the IT Executive Roadmap Tour . Last time we went out, we spoke about how to optimize your infrastructure and focused on virtualization, security and management. This time we'll be speaking
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I once heard a speaker who took issue with the term "Work/Life Balance". Her premise is that it's all life. Your work is part of your life and it probably will never be a perfect balance. It's about making choices that work for you. Sometimes you'll be
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