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Picture yourself walking into an elevator and having a senior executive standing in there. After the pleasant head nod, you press your floor button and stand to the side. After the doors close - the executive finally recognizes you and remembers you’re
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It’s never seems to be easy to find the time or justify the cost of career development training whether it’s for yourself or your team. It’s so easy to get absorbed in the day-to-day tasks that need your attention! However, without thinking about where
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Rick just broke the news over on the Canadian IT Pro blog that the bits for Windows 7 RTM (released-to-manufacturing code) are available for download for TechNet subscribers. I’ve included the post below or you can access the original post . Early access
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In this episode of the IT Manager Podcast - I talk with Ryan Storgaard, Chief Software + Services Officer at Microsoft Canada. When Ryan worked on my team, he was very passionate about ISVs and Internet based services. Because of his background and current
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Last year, we announced the Ignite IT Awards . Its purpose is to recognize and reward the efforts of Canadian IT professionals and software developers. Today, we are happy to announce that we have selected the winners of this year’s awards: 2009 Winner
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In this episode of the IT Manager Podcast - I talk with Anthony Bartolo, Applications Specialist with Rogers Business Solutions and Greg Milligan, Canadian Mobility Solutions Manager. Anthony and Greg share their view of the mobile marketplace and how
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In this episode of the IT Manager Podcast - I pack up the portable recorder and take it with me to the local Coffee Shop. I indulge in some caffeine and meet up with Microsoft Canada's Chief Security Advisor (Bruce Cowper) and the Vice President of Identity
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In this episode of the IT Manager Podcast - I talk with the General Manager of a BC based Hosting Company called RackForce. Randal Robinson talks about their switch from dedicated hardware servers in 2003 to a more efficient resource distribution solution
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In this episode of the IT Manager Podcast - I talk with the VP of Business Information Systems at the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada. Gabriel Vitus has taken his department through a strategic review and has transformed it into an
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One of the things that I have no regrets about doing over my career was taking the time to invest in my personal skills. Everyone focuses on developing their technical skills through research, study, experience or training – but also investing in personal
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In this episode of the IT Manager Podcast - I've stitched together 4 interviews I recorded while at the Montreal International Gaming Summit in late November. Microsoft Canada used MIGS as a launch vehicle for High Performance Computing in Canada. In
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Back in the fall – Damir and the team went our across Canada with the “IT Manager” focused series of events under the “Align IT” banner. It’s format was simple, having basically three parts. Provide background on the Infrastructure Optimization model
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I wanted to get a quick note out to say that I will be heading out to Vancouver as part the last city of TechDays 2008 Canada . It’s the end of our pilot of events in Canada which were designed based on YOUR FEEDBACK - to give you and your colleagues
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In this episode I talk with Greg Patchev (IT Manager from Gerrie Electric ) and Andy Papadopoulos (president of Legendcorp ) on how they came about deploying a Microsoft based Unified Communications solution to replace an end of life PBX system for 17
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I hope you have been following the Ignite your Career series we've put on this year for IT Managers. We're wrapping up this edition on December the 9th with a special session called " Project Management for the IT Manager - when to bring in help ". I
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