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Ruth
Ruth
How do you keep up to date on the latest technology?
Mary Jo Foley shares her tips for keeping up to date - what do you do to make sure you have the information you need to make strategic ...
What IT Managers Need to Know - and How They Can Know It blogs.technet.com
I recently had the distinct pleasure of meeting up with Mary Jo Foley in Vancouver during TechDays as she was our guest on a special edition of the AlignIT Manager Tech Talk series. She’s put together this guest post for the...
Gladis
We were sitting on an aging set of servers and limited resources for hosting our own software. We were growing faster than our capacity to service new hardware.
Ruth
Android openness - a pro or con in the future?
I had an interesting discussion with the husband of a friend last night at a holiday gathering.
He firmly believes that Android's ...
Tim
Sean
Who owns your internal Apps: Business Leads or IT?
While I was leading an AppDev team in one company, the President made it clear to the Business VPs that they owned their respective ...
Gladis
Cloud for U, Cloud for Me: The Advent of Cloud in the Consumer and Enterprise space Webinar
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EST
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Cloud for U, Cloud for Me: The Advent of Cloud in the Consumer and... www1.gotomeeting.com
Smartest IT is hosting our first Community Roundtable! This month’s topic of discussion is Cloud Computing which has exploded in a big way in the consumer space... but how is it faring in the enterprise space? Join us Wednesday...
Ruth
Can Agile methods be used for IT infrastructure projects like desktop deployments?
I've been thinking about Agile quite a lot lately. Jonathan and I had the opportunity to talk with Sam Guckenheimer last week who wrote ...
Chris
Learning on the job or Classroom training for your team?
I've recently heard from some managers on this and there seems to be two schools of thought. Which one do you belong to?
Are you a ...
Jonathan
CloudCamps
I'll be presenting at CloudCamp in Waterloo this week. There are also CloudCamps coming up in Toronto (October 24), Banff (October 6), ...
CloudCamp Waterloo Oct 5, 2011 cloudcamp-waterloo-2011-esli.eventbrite.com
About CloudCamp: CloudCamp is an unconference where attendees can exchange ideas, knowledge and information in a creative and supporting environment, advancing the current state of cloud computing and related technologies. As...
Ruth
Benefits of IT User Groups
Question - how many of you encourage your teams to be a part of local user groups? Do you see value or is there a feeling that your ...
Get plugged in with an IT user group theglobeandmail.com
Tech professionals reap the benefits of chatting and problem-solving with their...
Claude
Ruth
What are your top IT security concerns?
I'm preparing for an upcoming discussion & would love to get some feedback from you. What do you see as the biggest IT concerns right ...
Jonathan
Think Windows is insecure? You're wrong, says security firm Kaspersky. blogs.computerworld.com
Conventional wisdom has it that Windows and products from Microsoft are extremely unsafe, easy targets for hackers. That conventional wisdom is wrong, according to security firm Kapersky Lab's recent quarterly malware report,...
Ruth
Book off the 2nd Thursday of every month at noon in your calendar....
...and join me and my co-host, Jonathan Rozenblit, for a half hour of discussion with different guests on various topics, live and ...
Introducing the Monthly AlignIT Manager Tech Talk Series blogs.technet.com
The Align IT program is dedicated to keeping IT leaders informed about what really matters in business and technology through in-person events, web casts, podcasts and the Canadian IT Manager's Blog. You can find more...
Ruth
Is it possible to be a master businesspersona and a master IT geek at the same time?
I don't think there's any doubt that IT is changing and that the most sought after IT folk also have good technical skills and business ...
The new IT guys networkworld.com
So when did we go from pimply computer guys to polished businessmen?
Ruth
In honour of System Administrator Appreciation Day...
The latest post on the IT Manager Connection blog in honour of Sys Admin day and stemming from a discussion here on the group around ...
Motivation and the System Administrator blogs.technet.com
Today is the 12th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day and I hope you’ve all taken a few minutes to give your IT girl or guy a hug, a thank you , a free lunch or a case of their favourite wine/beer.
Ruth
