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Rory McCaw, Leading Authority in Microsoft Technologies, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Consultant ...250 days ago
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Rory McCaw, Leading Authority in Microsoft Technologies, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Consultant and Advisor to Corporations, Microsoft Systems Center Operation Manager Most Valuable Professional Award Recipient. Go to www.microsoft.com/youshapeit/technet March edition, for a deeper look at this interview and much more on Systems Management. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, I.S.P., ITCP/IFIP IP3, MVP , DFNPA, CNP, Advanced Technology,YouShapeIT Rory McCaw is a Principal Consultant and OpsMgr MVP at Infront Consulting Group, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner based in Toronto, and the author of a number of technical books, including How to Cheat at Managing Microsoft Operations Manager 2005. Rory actively consults to large organizations helping them architect, implement, configure and customize System ...350 days ago
This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Pat McGee, Top Development and Gaming Authority, top-selling Author, and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). Pat has an infectious enthusiasm that appears in this interview. When you consider that gaming is a $18B industry in NA versus $9B for movies, you can see its continuing rise is readily apparent. In fact, it’s predicted that e-sport federations will supplant traditional sports as the most popular spectator pastime. This is happening now in parts of the world where stadiums are filled to capacity to watch on gigantic screens while e-teams compete. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, I.S.P., MVP , DFNPA, CNP, Advanced Technology Pat McGee, Top Development Authority, Author, and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional This week, Stephen Ibaraki has an exclusive interview with Pat McGee. Pat is a Microsoft ...351 days ago
This one caught my eye since it’s about students, education, innovation, and addressing the skills gap. Each ICT worker contributes about $120,000 to the Canadian Economy and with the world economic challenges, the skill value of IT professionals is more pronounced then ever. Well David O’leary is at the forefront of making a substantive difference to all of the areas noted above. My last extended chat with Dave O’leary happened at the March 2008 National Council of IT Deans Summit hosted by Microsoft Canada, where academic leaders from across the country shared solutions to increase technology enrollments, address the skills shortage, foster passion and industry-leading competencies in students, and innovate. I was invited to keynote and advise, and will do this again in Feb 5/6 of 2009 at the National Council of IT Deans Summit. Dave, led the summit as both incoming Chair of the National Council of IT Deans and also as a Dean at Northwest College. Dave also now holds the ...
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How many of you have wanted to start a company? My guess is the majority of you have considered this at some point in your career. With online services increasingly prevalent, it can be done with limited capital, piloting and testing new innovations. My history advising/creating startups, goes back to the 1970s’--more than 30 years. In fact, I have several new startups I am working with now with one holding No.1 position internationally in the social media space. So, I found this news item on “startups” reported in www.itbusiness.ca of great interest. Here are extracts from the MS web site… Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, I.S.P., MVP , DFNPA, CNP More about the MS BizSpark program: http://www.microsoftstartupzone.com/BizSpark/Pages/At_a_Glance.aspx -- Microsoft® BizSpark™ is a global program designed to help accelerate the success of early stage startups by providing key resources when they need it the most: Software. Receive fast and easy ...

