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Although virtualization technology has been mainstream now for a number of years, it’s still a hot topic of discussion among IT professionals. However, the conversation has changed. No longer is it a question of “should we virtualize?” but rather, “how
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Virtualization seems to be on the minds of most IT organizations these days. Either you’re doing it or are thinking of doing it. And if you’re doing it, you’re likely thinking about how you can improve, add to or change as the technology gets better,
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Today is Earth Day and I thought it appropriate to give reflect on how organizations are using IT to help the planet. Judging by conversations that I have had with IT Managers and planners over the last year, many see virtualization and consolidating
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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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Over the last 6 weeks or so, John Bristowe and I , as well as Rick Claus and Christian Beauclair , have visited 10 cities for the AlignIT Tour . For those of you that attended the tour events, we thank you once again for taking the time out of your busy
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I love September! It is the month of so many beginnings and possible adventures. My two boys went back to school and I, like many of you who are parents, saw them off and loved to see the excitement, and slight trepidation, in their faces as they followed
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Rodney Buike had this blog post up on our IT Pro blog and I thought I would ask him to cross post it over here, instead of me just linking over to it. SVVP (Server Virtualization Validation Program) was announced way back in February, but only recently
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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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In light of all the focus on this blog on virtualization with Don's recent posts on the subject as well as my own , I thought the recent eWEEK article "Is VMware a Dead Duck?" sparked some interesting debate in the comments below it. The gist of the piece
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Well, we've all been doing a lot of talking about virtualization lately. It's a hot technology and more than half of people in the audiences I've presented to are using it in some shape or form. Those that aren't, are planning to. Virtualization technology
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The IT Executive Roadmap Tour finished up a couple of weeks ago, and several people have asked me for links to the PowerPoint presentations. They were posted a week or so ago, but I'm only remembering to blog about it now. You can find them here along
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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.
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We're just in the final days of the IT Executive Roadmap Tour , with Rick touring Halifax, myself visiting Quebec City and Damir finishing up in Calgary and then Edmonton this coming Wednesday. We've had fun presenting with Rob Davidson and Ian Watson,
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One of the toughest things about being the IT manager in a small or medium sized company is that you tend to wear many hats and need to be up to speed on so many different technologies to be able to do your job effectively. This fall, myself and my colleagues
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Thinking about virtualizing some of your servers but confused about licensing? You're not alone. My colleague, Rodney, has put up an excellent post with links to a video from the Microsoft Licensing team explaining licensing on the Windows virtualization
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