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• AlignIT IT Manager Podcast #37 – Business Productivity Insights Part 3

  Last March, my colleague Damir and I spent 5 weeks traveling across Canada on the Align IT Tour, talking to IT managers about business productivity and why IT needs to be strategic when building this into their infrastructure. We were joined in each city... Posted Aug 16 2010, 07:30 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Podcasts, IT Manager Podcast Series, Ruth Morton, Business Productivity, Office 2010, SharePoint 2010

• AlignIT IT Manager Podcast #36 – Business Productivity Insights Part 2

  Last March, my colleague Damir and I spent 5 weeks traveling across Canada on the Align IT Tour, talking to IT managers about business productivity and why IT needs to be strategic when building this into their infrastructure. We were joined in each city... Posted Aug 13 2010, 07:30 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Podcasts, IT Manager Podcast Series, Ruth Morton, Business Productivity, Office 2010, SharePoint 2010

• Richard LaBerge, Executive VP, CMO, talks about 3-D technology, Avatar and more

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Richard LaBerge, Executive Vice-President, CMO, who talks about 3-D technology. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki Mr. Richard LaBerge... Posted Jul 05 2010, 04:27 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: announcements, CES, Interviews, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, IT Manager Interviews, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, avatar, 3D, Industry Trends, Career Lessons, Industry Standard

• Group Manager Barb Anderson talks about small business needs

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Group Manager Barb Anderson , who talks about small business needs. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki Barb Anderson is Intuit's... Posted Jul 02 2010, 04:56 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, Small Business, IT Manager Podcast Series, IT Manager Interviews, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, Business Productivity, Industry Trends, Career Lessons, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, Millennials, Generation Z

• Kelly Knister, VP Skills Canada BC, Director CEA, Careers Coordinator

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Kelly Knister , VP Skills Canada BC, Director CEA, Careers Coordinator who talks about needed partnerships, apprenticeships... Posted Jun 30 2010, 04:44 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Community, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, IT Manager Interviews, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, Industry Trends, students, Diversity, Career Lessons, Enrollments, Career Education Society, Skills Canada

• Dr. Netiva Caftori: Distinguished Scientist, Educator, Author, Artist, Leader, Activist

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview “Distinguished Scientist, Educator, Author, Artist, Leader, Activist; Dr. Netiva Caftori shares her insights into computing... Posted Jun 28 2010, 03:23 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Management, Community, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, Research, IT Manager Interviews, Communications, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, Women in Technology, interview, Inspiration, Leadership, Industry Trends, students, Diversity, Career Lessons, ACM, Scientist, Computing Science, Volunteer, Industry Standard, Status of Women, Author, Women in IT Computer Society of India Communications, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, Compueter Professionals for Social Responsibility, Bell News Letter, Fullbright Scholar, ACM PD Committee

• Align IT: IT Manager Podcast #34 – The Importance of Project Management

  Think that centralized project management systems are only important for large enterprises? Think again - even small companies can have many projects on the go . The question is, can you manage your projects better and be more efficient while saving money... Posted Jun 22 2010, 07:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Podcasts, IT Manager Podcast Series, Project Management, interview, AlignIT

• Top-ranking Innovator, Executive, Researcher, Thought Leader - Alain Chesnais, newly elected 2010/11 President ACM, founder Visual Transitions, past CTO SceneCaster

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview “Top-ranking Innovator, Executive, Researcher, Thought Leader - Alain Chesnais , newly elected 2010/11 President... Posted Jun 17 2010, 10:47 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: announcements, Interviews, Community, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, Software Development, IT Manager Podcast Series, Research, IT Manager Interviews, Social Media, Industry Perspectives, Tools & Utilities, Career Tips, interview, Software Deployment, Graphics, Leadership, 3D, Industry Trends, students, Team Building, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Awards, ACM, Scientist, IE9, Patents, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, ACM President, Alias Wavefront, HTML 5, Web Sockets, Truespectra, Truespectra Image Server, Maya 3D, WebGL, ACM SIGGRAPH President, Oscar, ACM Awards, ACM SIGGRAPH, IPR

• Dr. Kishore Swaminathan, Chief Scientist Accenture, provocative insights on effective leadership, developing talent, rethinking business systems, essential global trends, drivers for organizational success

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview distinguished executive, scientist, engineer, Dr. Kishore Swaminathan , Chief Scientist Accenture. Kishore shares his insights... Posted May 17 2010, 09:12 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Mobile, Business Intelligence, Interviews, Collaboration, Community, Architecture, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, Software Development, IT Manager Podcast Series, Research, IT Manager Interviews, Wikipedia, Academia, Social Media, resources, IT Alignment, Industry Perspectives, Social Networking, Career Tips, Certifications, Project Management, interview, Software Deployment, software+services, Inspiration, Leadership, Business Productivity, Cloud computing, Industry Trends, Azure, Business Development, Team Building, IP3, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Scientist, Business of IT, Skills and Careers, Technology Review, Industry Standard, Accenture

• Chats with Kelly Gotlieb, "the" Internationally Renowned Pioneer in Computing - Kelly talks about his work as Co-Chair of the ACM Awards Committee

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Calvin C. (Kelly) Gotlieb , C.M., M.A., PhD.D. (University of Toronto), D. Math. (Hon., University of Waterloo), D. Eng... Posted May 09 2010, 01:09 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, Interviews, Community, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, Research, IT Manager Interviews, Academia, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, Innovation Awards, Inspiration, CIPS, Industry Trends, Ignite Your Career, Youth in Technology, Career Lessons, Awards, ACM, Scientist, STEM, Turing Award, Nobel Prize of Computing, Computing Science, Teaching, Volunteer, Skills and Careers, ACM Fellow, ISEF, CIPS Fellow, International Science and Engineering Fair

• Doug Ingersoll: Leading International Executive with Pearson Certification shares his deep insights into certification, social media, and publishing technology

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Doug Ingersoll : Leading International Executive with Pearson Certification shares his deep insights into certification... Posted May 07 2010, 06:59 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Collaboration, Training, Community, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, IT Manager Interviews, Social Media, Education, Industry Perspectives, Social Networking, Career Tips, Certifications, interview, Industry Trends, Ignite Your Career, publishing, Gen Y, IP3, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Certification Course, Skills and Careers, Corporate Training, Enrollments, Industry Standard, Author, Pearson

• Dr. Jan Cuny: National Science Foundation (NSF) Program Officer, Award-winning Research Scientist shares her insights into increasing participation and attracting diversity into computing and STEM disciplines

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Dr. Jan Cuny : National Science Foundation (NSF) Program Officer, Award-winning Research Scientist shares her insights... Posted May 05 2010, 06:51 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Community, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, Research, IT Manager Interviews, Academia, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, Women in Technology, interview, ifip, Inspiration, Industry Trends, Ignite Your Career, Partnerships, Team Building, Youth in Technology, Gen Y, IP3, Diversity, Career Lessons, Professionalism, ACM, NCWIT, Scientist, National Center for Women and IT, STEM, Computing Science, Teaching, Volunteer, Skills and Careers, Enrollments, Industry Standard, Coalition to Diversity Computing, Anita Borg Institute, A. Nico Habermann Award, Status of Women, Computing Research Association, National Center for Women in Technology, Grace Hopper Conference, ACM President's Award, Women of Vision Award

• Professor Andrew McGettrick, Pre-eminent Educator and Scientist, shares his views on education and the broader computing challenges

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Professor Andrew McGettrick , Pre-eminent Educator and Scientist, who shares his views on education and the broader computing... Posted May 03 2010, 06:38 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, IT Manager Interviews, Academia, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, Women in Technology, interview, ifip, Inspiration, Industry Trends, Ignite Your Career, Youth in Technology, Career Lessons, ACM, Scientist, Computing Science, Online learning, Volunteer, Skills and Careers, Enrollments, Industry Standard

• ACM-Infosys Foundation Award ($150K Prize), Eric Brewer on: entrepreneurship; achievements; future of mobile, smart phones, cloud computing, social networking; top predictions; new software development models; Kurzweil's singularity

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview ACM-Infosys Foundation Award Recipient, Eric Brewer : World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Leader for Tomorrow, Industry... Posted Apr 26 2010, 09:36 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: announcements, Mobile, Interviews, Collaboration, Architecture, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, Software Development, IT Manager Podcast Series, Research, IT Manager Interviews, Academia, Social Media, Education, Industry Perspectives, Social Networking, Career Tips, Wireless Technology, interview, Software Deployment, Singularity, Innovation Awards, Inspiration, Semantic Web, World Economic Forum, Machine Learning, Leadership, web2.0, Cloud computing, Industry Trends, Ignite Your Career, Smartphones, Business Development, IP3, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Awards, ACM, Scientist, Computing Science, Skills and Careers, Kurzweil, ACM Mark Weiser Award, ACM Infosys Foundation Award, Wireless Hypothesis, Technology Review, Inktomi, Forbes, NASDAQ 100, InfoWorld, National Academy of Engineering, Collaborative Filtering, Industry Standard, USA.gov

• Dr. Joseph Turner-shares insights on the Seoul Accord, IFIP, ABET, Partnerships, Accreditation, Education and Credentials for IT professionals, Top Resources

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Dr. Joseph Turner , Internationally Awarded Authority in Computer Science and Education, Fellow ACM/ABET/CSAB, Chair of... Posted Apr 20 2010, 05:18 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Collaboration, Community, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, IT Manager Interviews, Education, Industry Perspectives, Partners, Career Tips, Certifications, interview, Inspiration, CIPS, Leadership, Industry Trends, Accreditation, Ignite Your Career, IEEE, UNESCO, Partnerships, Team Building, IP3, Diversity, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Digital Library, ACM, Scientist, STEM, Computing Science, Teaching, Volunteer, Skills and Careers, ACM Fellow, Enrollments, Seoul Accord, ABET, CSAB

• Dr. Doug Terry, Top Scientist, Principal Researcher MS Research--shares his deep insights into distributed systems, mobile computing, the Cloud, managing data plus research and career lessons

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Top Scientist Dr. Doug Terry , Principal Researcher Microsoft Research Silicon Valley, past Chief Scientist CSL Xerox PARC... Posted Apr 14 2010, 05:12 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Mobile, Interviews, Architecture, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, Software Development, IT Manager Podcast Series, Research, IT Manager Interviews, Microsoft Research, Academia, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, Wireless Technology, Live Services, interview, Software Deployment, software+services, Inspiration, Semantic Web, Cloud computing, Industry Trends, Ignite Your Career, Parallel Computing, Azure, Berkeley, Career Lessons, ACM, Scientist, Computing Science, ACM Fellow

• Legendary Pioneer, Chuck Thacker: Recent Turing Award Recipient ($250K prize, considered Nobel Prize of Computing) from Microsoft Research--shares his iconic legacy, current and future innovative research

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview this Year's ACM Turing Award Recipient, from Microsoft Research, Charles Thacker . The award was announced this month... Posted Mar 25 2010, 09:26 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, announcements, Interviews, Collaboration, Podcasts, IT Manager Podcast Series, Research, IT Manager Interviews, Microsoft Research, Academia, IT Alignment, Education, Industry Perspectives, Tools & Utilities, Career Tips, HPC, interview, Innovation Awards, Inspiration, Product Review, Leadership, Cloud computing, PARC, Industry Trends, MS News, Parallel Computing, IEEE, Team Building, Career Lessons, Awards, ACM, Scientist, Charles Stark Draper, MAXC, SRC, BEE, Business of IT, Alto, Turing Award, Dragon, BeeHive, SIL CAD, Nobel Prize of Computing, BarrelFish, AN2, Nobel Prize, AN1, Patents, John Von Neumann, Computing Science, ETH

• Dr. Maggie Johnson: Distinguished Researcher, Educator, Executive, and Top Thought Leader shares her insights into trends, IT benchmarking, computing education, teaching, and corporate training

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Dr. Maggie Johnson : Distinguished Researcher, Educator, Executive, and Top Thought Leader shares her insights into trends... Posted Mar 23 2010, 04:45 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Business Intelligence, Interviews, Collaboration, Training, Management, Community, Architecture, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, Research, IT Manager Interviews, Academia, IT Alignment, Education, Industry Perspectives, Tools & Utilities, Career Tips, Benchmarks, Women in Technology, Project Management, interview, ifip, Inspiration, CIPS, Leadership, stanford, Cloud computing, Industry Trends, Ignite Your Career, AlignIT, Youth in Technology, IP3, Diversity, Career Lessons, Professionalism, ACM, Scientist, STEM

• Dr. Lecia Barker: Senior Research Scientist for the National Center for Women & IT shares her insights into unconscious bias, attracting diversity into computing, maximizing educational environments and technologies

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Dr. Lecia Barker : Senior Research Scientist for the National Center for Women & IT, Leading Educator, and Top Thought... Posted Mar 16 2010, 04:20 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Collaboration, Training, Community, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, Research, IT Manager Interviews, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, Women in Technology, interview, Inspiration, CIPS, Leadership, Industry Trends, Youth in Technology, Gen Y, Diversity, Career Lessons, ACM, NCWIT, Scientist, National Center for Women and IT

• Leon Strous, Senior IT Auditor DNB (Netherlands Central Bank); President 2010-2013 International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Leon Strous , Senior IT Auditor DNB (Netherlands Central Bank); President 2010-2013 International Federation for Information... Posted Mar 09 2010, 05:59 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, announcements, Events, Interviews, Collaboration, Training, Management, Community, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, IT Manager Interviews, Academia, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, ifip, Inspiration, CIPS, Leadership, Industry Trends, UNESCO, Team Building, Youth in Technology, IP3, Diversity, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Digital Library, WITFOR, ACM

• CIPS scholarship recipient's pathway to success--Lynette Wallach: IT Leader, Senior Analyst Shares her best practices in Health Care IT

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with working IT professionals who are making their mark on industry. In this blog, I interview Lynette Wallach : IT Leader, Senior Analyst who shares her best practices in Health Care IT. Enjoy... Posted Mar 01 2010, 04:14 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Training, Management, Community, Architecture, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, IT Manager Interviews, IT Alignment, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, ITIL, Women in Technology, Project Management, interview, Inspiration, CIPS, Leadership, Industry Trends, AlignIT, Team Building, Youth in Technology, Diversity, PMI

• Microsoft Director John Oxley: Leading Multi-Award Winning International Technology Authority and Executive--John talks about the drivers for strong leadership plus shares his top career tips and lessons

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Microsoft Director John Oxley: Leading Multi-Award Winning International Technology Authority and Executive; John talks... Posted Feb 23 2010, 08:40 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Collaboration, Training, Management, Community, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, IT Manager Interviews, Social Media, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, Inspiration, CIPS, Leadership, AlignIT, Business Development, Team Building

• Rohit Talwar: Award-winning Global Top 10 Futurist, Strategic Thinker, Entrepreneur - shares his extensive insights into future trends and how to leverage them

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Rohit Talwar : Award-winning Global Top 10 Futurist, Strategic Thinker, Entrepreneur -- Rohit shares his extensive insights... Posted Feb 16 2010, 03:46 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Collaboration, Management, Community, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, IT Manager Interviews, Social Media, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, ifip, Leadership, Industry Trends, Business Development, Youth in Technology, Gen Y, IP3, Diversity

• Nick Corcodilos--Shares his insights into the work landscape, job trends, working with headhunters

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Nick Corcodilos--Top Management Authority, Author, Writer, Speaker, and Headhunter. Nick Corcodilos is the host of Ask... Posted Feb 02 2010, 09:11 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Webcasts, Interviews, Collaboration, Training, Community, Podcasts, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Podcast Series, IT Manager Interviews, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, Inspiration, CIPS, Leadership, Industry Trends, Ignite Your Career, IgniteIT

• Episode #32: Agile Application Lifecycle Management

  Effective application lifecycle management is a struggle in most professional development shops. Done well , it integrates the software development process with business initiatives, promotes team productivity, improves code quality and increases flexibility... Posted Nov 30 2009, 04:00 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Podcasts, Software Development, IT Manager Podcast Series, Ruth Morton, ALM, AlignIT