Canadian IT Manager

Training and Budgets: Make the Most of Your Limited Training Dollars

I mentioned in my previous post that for the most part, the first area cut in any budget is money allotted to the training and skills maintenance of your staff. Even in industries that require education in order to retain professional standing, the training Read More...

Bill Gates, Future of the Desktop, new Guest Bloggers, EnergizeIT - there's a lot happening at Microsoft

The title says it all!! The past couple of weeks, and the week ahead of us, have seen some great things happening at Microsoft. Obviously the big news was the Bill Gates announcement ( http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jun06/06-15CorpNewsPR.mspx Read More...

Training and IT Management - The Next Big Investment Should be Training

When you receive your budget and it's less than last year, what is the first thing you do? You cut 'something' out. You measure and weigh, spend hours agonizing over your decision, and if you are like most IT Managers, you finally decide that your staff Read More...

Guest Blogger - Jacqueline Hutchinson

Jacqueline Hutchinson is founder and lead instructor of SmartTech Training & Consulting, a Waterloo, Ontario based computer and soft skills training firm. http://www.smarttechconsulting.com She has provided presentation and public speaking workshops Read More...