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• Chats with Kelly Gotlieb, Internationally Renowned Pioneer in Computing - Kelly talks about his Lecture at the University of Toronto, his 90th birthday celebrations and reflecting back

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Kelly Gotlieb, Internationally Renowned Pioneer in Computing - Kelly talks about his Lecture at the University of Toronto... Posted Apr 25 2011, 08:13 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: announcements, Interviews, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Interviews, Academia, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, CIPS, Industry Trends, Diversity, Career Lessons, Awards, ACM, Scientist, STEM, Turing Award, Nobel Prize of Computing, Computing Science, Skills and Careers, ACM Fellow, Industry Standard, ACM President's Award, CIPS Fellow, ACM Awards, Computing Education, Computing Profession, IT Man, Career Success, Fellow Canadian Information Processing Society, University of Toronto, Kelly Gotlieb, Fellow ACM

• Brian Cameron: Professor and Executive Director, Center for Enterprise Architecture, Penn State, Founder FEAPO – Part 2 of 2 interview series

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Brian Cameron: Professor and Executive Director, Center for Enterprise Architecture, Penn State, Founder FEAPO –... Posted Apr 25 2011, 07:45 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Business Intelligence, Interviews, Collaboration, Training, Community, Architecture, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Interviews, Academia, IT Alignment, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, Certifications, Enterprise Architecture, IT Governance, interview, ifip, Leadership, Business Productivity, EA, Industry Trends, IP3, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Scientist, Computing Science, Certification Course, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, Computing Education, Computing Profession, IT Man, Career Success, World CIO Forum, IFIP World CIO Forum, FEAPO

• Kevin Dicken: Microsoft Career Factor Idol Winner–The Student

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Kevin Dicken: Microsoft Career Factor Idol Winner – in the category as The Student. Kevin will also be at TechEd... Posted Apr 25 2011, 07:33 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Collaboration, Community, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Interviews, Social Media, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, Certifications, interview, Cloud computing, Industry Trends, Cloud, Gen Y, Career Lessons, Certification Course, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, Computing Education, Computing Profession, IT Man, Career Success, Career Factor

• Louisville, KY Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (4-13-2011)

  Good afternoon and thank you to everyone who attended the event in Louisville ! I hope everyone had a good time. As promised here are some resources and the Q/A from the event..  During the event one the folks in the room mentioned a tool on how... Posted Apr 19 2011, 11:25 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Search, Events, TechNet, Fun Stuff, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, 2007 Office system, IT Pro Resources, Podcasts, Screen Casts, Cloud computing, Cloud, Azure, Event Resources

• Brian Cameron: Professor and Executive Director, Center for Enterprise Architecture, Founder FEAPO – Part 1 of 2 interview series

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Brian Cameron: Professor and Executive Director, Center for Enterprise Architecture Pennsylvania State University, Founder... Posted Apr 18 2011, 04:38 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: announcements, Interviews, Management, Architecture, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Interviews, Academia, IT Alignment, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, Certifications, Enterprise Architecture, Project Management, IT Governance, interview, ifip, Leadership, Business Productivity, EA, Industry Trends, Business Development, IP3, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Business of IT, Computing Science, Certification Course, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, Computing Education, Computing Profession, Management of Technology, IT Man, Career Success, c-level executives, World CIO Forum, IFIP World CIO Forum, FEAPO

• Cincinnati, OH Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (4-6-2011)

  Good afternoon and thank you to everyone who attended the event in Cincinnati ! I hope everyone had a good time.  Again thank you for the patience with the projectors it turned out to be a crossed cable at the projector, but thank you for Thinking... Posted Apr 12 2011, 07:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Exchange, Active Directory, IE, Events, TechNet, Group Policy, SQL 2005, Fun Stuff, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Live Events, 2007 Office system, IT Pro Resources, Management, Podcasts, migration, Podcast, SQL 2008, Screen Casts, Hyper-V, Cloud computing, Azure, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit, Event Resources

• Rick Cooper: Top Ranking Internationally Known Entrepreneur, Innovator, Executive, Investor

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Rick Cooper: Top Ranking Internationally Known Entrepreneur, Innovator, Executive, Investor. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki Rick... Posted Apr 10 2011, 03:44 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Management, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Interviews, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, China, ifip, Leadership, Industry Trends, entrepreneurship, IP3, Career Lessons, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, Computing Profession, IT Man, investment, Career Success, Greentech

• Yogan Rasanayakam, General Manager Westpac Banking Corporation, past co-chairman of Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) Asia Pacific, Globally Recognized Banking Senior Executive

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Yogan Rasanayakam, General Manager Westpac Banking Corporation, past co-chairman of Bankers Association for Finance and... Posted Apr 10 2011, 03:33 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Management, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Interviews, Social Media, IT Alignment, Industry Perspectives, Social Networking, Career Tips, IT Governance, interview, Leadership, Business Productivity, Industry Trends, Career Lessons, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, Management of Technology, Career Success

• Dr. Maria Klawe: President HMC, Board Director Microsoft Corp, Speaker World CIO Forum, World-Renowned Computer Scientist

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Dr. Maria Klawe: Distinguished, Celebrated, World-Renowned Computer Scientist, President of HMC, Board Director Microsoft... Posted Apr 04 2011, 10:52 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Client, WCF, Mobile, Microsoft, Bill Gates, Interviews, Management, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, Research, IT Manager Interviews, Microsoft Research, Academia, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, ifip, Inspiration, Leadership, princeton, Cloud computing, Industry Trends, Cloud, CIO, entrepreneurship, windows phone 7, Career Lessons, ACM, Scientist, STEM, Turing Award, Computing Science, Teaching, Skills and Careers, ACM Fellow, Industry Standard, Computing Research Association, Grace Hopper Conference, CIPS Fellow, ACM President, ACM Awards, Computing Education, Computing Profession, Software Engineering, Management of Technology, American Academy Arts and Sciences, IT Man, Microsoft Board, Career Success, World Computer Congress, World CIO Forum, IFIP World CIO Forum, UBC, Fellow Canadian Information Processing Society, Harvey Mudd, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, YWCA Women of Distinction, Canadian Mathematical Society, University of Toronto, Kelly Gotlieb, Math for America, American Mathematical Society, Board Director Microsoft Corp, Anit Borg Institute, Windows Community, Fellow ACM, Wired Women Pioneer, University of Alberta

• Graham Jones Chair, Ashwin Kini Chair-elect, GITCA – on "24 Hours in the Cloud" and the IFIP World CIO Forum 2011

  Come and get your Cloud geek on! On April 19 th GITCA and Microsoft are running an event called “ 24 Hours in the Cloud ”. There will be 24 one hour sessions around the world covering a wide range of Cloud Computing topics. The presenters... Posted Mar 23 2011, 02:38 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: announcements, WCF, Microsoft, Interviews, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Interviews, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, Live Services, interview, ifip, Leadership, Cloud computing, Industry Trends, Cloud, Ignite Your Career, IgniteIT, Career Lessons, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, IT Man, Career Success, Word CIO Forum, 24 Hours in the Cloud, GITCA, World CIO Forum, IFIP World CIO Forum

• Professor K.K. Aggarwal, Founder Vice-Chancellor (1998-2008) G.G.S. Indraprastha University, SEARCC President (2008-2010), CSI President (2007-2009), President IETE (2002-2004)

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Professor K.K. Aggarwal, Founder Vice-Chancellor (1998-2008) G.G.S. Indraprastha University, SEARCC President (2008-2010... Posted Mar 21 2011, 05:36 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Training, Community, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, Research, IT Manager Interviews, Academia, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, ifip, Leadership, Industry Trends, Accreditation, CSI, students, UNESCO, IP3, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Awards, Scientist, Computing Science, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, Computing Education, Computing Profession, IT Man, Career Success, IETE, SEARCC

• Latest Digital Events from Microsoft

  There is always good stuff to be found on the Microsoft world wide digital events site. Below, are the most recent or highly rated webcasts, videos and podcasts specifically for IT managers. Series Highlights: Learn the Benefits of the Microsoft In the... Posted Mar 15 2011, 11:22 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Webcasts, Podcasts, Ruth Morton, Videos

• IT Manager Community Chats are back!

  This Wednesday (March 16) at I’ll be hosting the first of what I hope will be many (several already scheduled… more to follow) of what we call “ IT Manager Community Chats with Kevin Remde ”.  Our first one is going to be with Microsoft’s Tharun... Posted Mar 15 2011, 08:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Webcasts, System Center, TechNet, SQL Server, IT Pro Resources, TechNet Webcasts, Podcasts, IT Manager, Windows Azure, SQL Azure

• Eliezer Manor: International Top-ranking Venture Capitalist, Business and Technology Leader, Industry-Leading Visionary Innovator, Global Executive

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Eliezer Manor: International Top-ranking Venture Capitalist, Business and Technology Leader, Industry-Leading Visionary... Posted Feb 28 2011, 12:56 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Management, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, Research, IT Manager Interviews, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, venture capital, China, Inspiration, Leadership, Industry Trends, entrepreneurship, Career Lessons, Scientist, Patents, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, Management of Technology, investment, Career Success

• Heartland IT Pro User Groups

  One of the great aspects of my job is I get to work with a lot of different user groups and meet lots of people from the IT Pro community.  Well I did my best to get a list of all the IT professional  user groups I work with in the Heartland... Posted Feb 25 2011, 10:03 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Exchange, Active Directory, Search, Hardware, Virtual PC, IE, Windows Vista, Events, Office 2007, System Center, TechNet, Windows Server, ISA Server, Group Policy, SQL 2005, WebCast Question Logs, Fun Stuff, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Exchange 2007, Live Events, Interviews, 2007 Office system, IT Pro Resources, Management, Fun and Family, XBOX 360, Book of the Month, System Center Data Protection Manager, Podcasts, migration, Virtual Server, Podcast, Small Business Server, ForeFront, Small Business Server 2003, PHP, Data Protection Manager, Windows 2003, Social Media, Windows 2003R2, SXSW, Windows Desktop Search, free training, TechEd, Windows Server 2008, Football, Tech Ed, IT Pro Momentum, A More Secure and Well Managed Infrastructure (SWMI), SQL 2008, Screen Casts, Apache, Windows 7, Hyper-V, MySQL, Health and Fitness, MAP, Cloud computing, IT Manager, IE 8, Featured, Cloud, expert, Azure, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit, Social Marketing, Office 2010, Writing, running, Matt Hester, Pages, IT Investigators, goofy, Event Resources, techent radio

• Niko Schlamberger, International ICT Executive and Top-Ranking ICT Authority for Business, Industry, Governments, Academia, Journals, Regional and Global Organizations

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Niko Schlamberger, International ICT Executive and Top-Ranking ICT Authority for Business, Industry, Governments, Academia... Posted Feb 21 2011, 08:35 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Collaboration, Management, Community, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Interviews, Academia, Social Media, IT Alignment, Education, Industry Perspectives, privacy, Career Tips, Certifications, IT Governance, interview, ifip, Inspiration, Leadership, Cloud computing, Industry Trends, Cloud, Accreditation, IP3, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, IT Man, WCC, World Computing Congress, Social Capital, Career Success, World Computer Congress, CEPIS, Global Industry Council, Slovenian National Computer Society

• Husin Ahmad Vice-President ACS (a Xerox Company): Profound Insights from an Internationally Renowned Innovator and Senior Executive

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Husin Ahmad Vice-President ACS (a Xerox Company): Profound Insights from an Internationally Renowned Innovator and Senior... Posted Feb 14 2011, 09:06 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Management, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Interviews, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, Project Management, interview, China, ifip, Leadership, customer satisfaction, Industry Trends, Ignite Your Career, Business Development, IP3, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, Computing Profession, IT Man, Career Success, Human Resources Management, HR

• Neil Leslie MS GM on Ballmer, World CIO Forum, the Cloud, MVPs, Best Resources WCF Channel 9 MIX MSDN TechNet, Leadership

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Neil Leslie, General Manager Microsoft Developer & Platform Evangelism Group (DPE), past Vice President of MSIT, Microsoft... Posted Feb 07 2011, 09:14 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: announcements, WCF, Microsoft, TechNet, Bill Gates, Interviews, Collaboration, Management, Community, Podcasts, Podcast, Windows Live, Stephen Ibaraki, MSDN, Software Development, Steve Ballmer, IT Manager Interviews, MVP, IT Alignment, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, MIX, Channel 9, Live Services, IT Governance, interview, Software Deployment, software+services, China, ifip, Inspiration, Leadership, Business Productivity, customer satisfaction, Cloud computing, Industry Trends, Cloud, Ignite Your Career, CIO, ballmer, IgniteIT, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Business of IT, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, kinect, Computing Profession, Software Engineering, MS IT, IT Man, Career Success, c-level executives, cie, Chief Innovation Officer, Word CIO Forum, 24 Hours in the Cloud, Career Factor, GITCA, DPE

• The Latest Digital Events from Microsoft

  I haven’t posted one of these since November – there wasn’t much to write about in December – so when this came into my inbox this week I figured it was time to share. Here is a list of the latest webcasts, podcasts and videos from the Microsoft world... Posted Jan 28 2011, 07:33 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Webcasts, Podcasts, Ruth Morton, Videos

• Sir John Daniel, President and CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, Globally Recognized Leader and Scholar in Education

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Sir John Daniel, President and CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, Globally Recognized Leader and Scholar in Education. Enjoy... Posted Jan 24 2011, 07:24 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Management, Community, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, Research, IT Manager Interviews, Academia, Education, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, ifip, Leadership, Industry Trends, students, UNESCO, Youth in Technology, IP3, Diversity, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Awards, WITFOR, Teaching, Skills and Careers, Enrollments, Industry Standard, Author, Computing Education, Computing Profession, WCC, World Computing Congress, Career Success, World Computer Congress, CommonWealth of Learning, World Bank, World, UK Open University, Queen Elizabeth, Open Learn, CADE, ICDE

• Kumar R. Parakala, Invitations by President Clinton, Jet Li Foundation; KPMG Head of IT Advisory EMA & India and COO Advisory India: Unique Insights from Internationally Renowned Innovator, Senior Executive

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Kumar R. Parakala, KPMG Head of IT Advisory Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMA) and India; Chief Operating Officer (COO)... Posted Jan 17 2011, 07:32 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Management, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Interviews, IT Alignment, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, Project Management, IT Governance, interview, ACS, ifip, Inspiration, Leadership, Business Productivity, Cloud computing, Industry Trends, Cloud, CIO, Business Development, IP3, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, Computing Profession, Management of Technology, Career Success, World Computer Congress, KPMG, Chief Innovation Officer, Butler Lampson, President Clinton, Australian Computer Society

• Anthony Wong, 2010 Elected ACS President and SEARCC President, CEO AGW Consulting, Past CIO, Leading Top-Ranking International Lawyer, Executive and Authority in Business and IT

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Anthony Wong, ACS President, SEARCC President, CEO AGW Consulting, Past CIO, Leading Top-Ranking International Lawyer,... Posted Jan 09 2011, 07:32 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Management, Community, Podcasts, Legal Issues, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Interviews, IT Alignment, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, Certifications, IT Governance, interview, ACS, ifip, Leadership, Industry Trends, Accreditation, IP3, Career Lessons, Business of IT, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, Computing Profession, WCC, Career Success, World Computer Congress

• Dr. Catherine Boivie, CEO Inventure Solutions, Senior VP Vancity, Founding Chair CIO Association of Canada: Deep Insights from Renowned Innovator, “Most Powerful” Senior Executive

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Dr. Catherine Boivie, CEO Inventure Solutions, Senior Vice President Vancity, Founding Chair CIO Association of Canada... Posted Jan 04 2011, 08:18 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Management, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Interviews, IT Alignment, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, Women in Technology, IT Governance, interview, Gartner, Leadership, Business Productivity, customer satisfaction, Industry Trends, CIO, Business Development, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Business of IT, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, Computing Profession, Management of Technology, ICTC, Career Success, CGA, CIOCAN, CATA

• Fabio Banducci, President and CEO, Peer 1 Hosting shares his deep expertise

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Fabio Banducci, President and CEO, Peer 1 Hosting who shares his deep expertise. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki Fabio Banducci... Posted Dec 22 2010, 08:57 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Architecture, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Interviews, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, interview, ifip, Leadership, Business Productivity, Cloud computing, Industry Trends, Cloud, IP3, Career Lessons, Professionalism, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, Career Success, Big Data

• Roger Hart: CEO and past Vice-Chair/CFO IFIP IP3; Leading International Thought Leader

  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Roger Hart: CEO and past Vice-Chair/CFO IFIP IP3; Leading International Thought Leader. Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki Roger Hart... Posted Dec 22 2010, 08:42 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Interviews, Podcasts, Podcast, Stephen Ibaraki, IT Manager Interviews, Industry Perspectives, Career Tips, Certifications, interview, China, ifip, CIPS, Industry Trends, UNESCO, IP3, Career Lessons, Skills and Careers, Industry Standard, Computing Profession, Career Success