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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:40 PM

IT Skills In Canada – Part 4 (Final)

(This is part 4 of a 4 part series, you can read the first post here ) Here is the final part of my discussion with Shane Schick on the Myths & Realities of the IT Skills & Talent landscape in Canada.  This part is titled “Myth 4 – Certifications
Posted by Mark Relph | 2 Comments
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:27 AM

IT Skills Shortage – Myths and Realities – Part 3

(This is part 3 of a 4 part series, you can read the first post here ) Here is the second part of my discussion with Shane Schick on the Myths & Realities of the IT Skills & Talent landscape in Canada.  This part is titled “Myth 3 – I have
Posted by Mark Relph | 2 Comments
Monday, March 30, 2009 12:36 PM

IT Skills & Talent In Canada – Myths and Realities – Part 2

(This is part 2 of a 4 part series, you can read the first post here ) Here is the second part of my discussion with Shane Schick on the Myths & Realities of the IT Skills & Talent landscape in Canada.  This part is titled “Myth 2 - There
Posted by Mark Relph | 1 Comments
Saturday, March 28, 2009 12:13 PM

IT Skills & Talent In Canada – Myths and Realities - Part 1

Working in today’s IT industry comes with a variety of challenges, especially in these tough economic times.  Jobs are becoming more complex, employers expectations are high and employees need more than just technical skills to grow their careers. 
Posted by Mark Relph | 11 Comments
Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:17 PM

DreamSpark: Preparing the next-gen workforce

I have been thinking a lot lately about the IT skills shortage. According to the Information and Communications Technology Council , from 2008 to 2015, Canadian employers will need to recruit as many as 178,800 technology workers. But based on their projections
Posted by Mark Relph | 1 Comments
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 6:57 PM

National Forum for Women in Technology Builds Momentum with Microsoft Canada

National Forum for Women in Technology Builds Momentum with Microsoft Canada and Launch of BC Chapter CATA WIT Expands its Support to Women in Technology in Challenging Economic Times Vancouver, March 17 2009 - The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance
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Thursday, March 05, 2009 2:50 PM

Canada <Heart> IT. Vote Now – IgniteIT Awards

This year we brought together the MSDN and Technet Canada awards to create the IgniteIT Awards .  This is a special award in Canada as it recognizes the hard work and innovation of the members of our IT community across Canada. The submission periods
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Friday, February 20, 2009 9:12 AM

Announcing EnergizeIT: From Client To Cloud – Anything Is Possible

Hello Canadian IT Pros and Developers, Current economic realities are putting pressure on all of us to utilize technology in new ways. From increasing productivity, reducing costs, and providing clear benefit to the business, each of you play a key role
Posted by Mark Relph | 1 Comments
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 5:24 PM

It’s time to get creative

If you haven’t already, check out the Ontario in the Creative Age report released last week by Richard Florida and Roger Martin of the Rotman School of Management. It’s focused on Ontario, but it applies to every major city in Canada. It’s fascinating
Posted by Mark Relph | 1 Comments
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:28 PM

Techdays – A Revolution In Supporting Your Career & Developing Your Skills.

Techdays 2008 - our premier event for Canada’s Developers & IT Professionals – will soon be here.  Today I wrote this to be included in a newsletter we are sending out to the IT Professional audience.  I thought I would share it here on
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Sunday, October 05, 2008 11:13 PM

PDC08 – The Canadian View - Choice and Flexibility. Canada Needs Both.

This is the first in a series of posts leading up to the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference at the end of October as well as TechDays across Canada.  Our team will be heading to the show, but our priority is to help you understand the announcements,
Posted by Mark Relph | 2 Comments
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 11:28 PM

Ignite Your Career

If you haven’t noticed, we have a bit of a theme behind our events and programs this year – developing your skills and career .  A major hit last year was our “ Ignite Your Career ” series.  These webcasts, featuring a great line-up of experts
Posted by Mark Relph | 1 Comments
Monday, September 22, 2008 1:09 PM

TechDays – Some Q&A

John Oxley has received a lot of email on Techdays and he responds to some of it here . “Hello Everyone!  Your feedback on TechDays has been great and I really want to thank you so much for taking the time to share your comments with me.  I
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:11 PM

EnergizeIT 2008 – Are you going?

www.energizeit.ca This is our “capstone” event for the year (remember, when I say year, I am talking fiscal year – July – June). EnergizeIT is the premier event for Canada’s IT Technology Professionals.  This year's
Posted by Mark Relph | 1 Comments
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 4:53 PM

mesh (no, not the Live Service, the conference)

  It is ironic that we announced a new (amazing) product/service called Live Mesh at the same time, but the MESH conference in Toronto is just around the corner.  The agenda looks really solid.  I like MARS as a venue, but I hope they have
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