Microsoft AlignIT IT Manager Podcast
Summary: The Align IT: IT Manager Podcast is an in-depth look at issues relevant to IT executives and managers across a range of Canadian industries. Topics are examined in detail by business and technology specialists from Microsoft Canada, leading research firms, and other experts from the business and IT community. Series host: Ruth Morton, IT Pro Advisor, Microsoft canada
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Podcasts:
Ruth Morton (Senior Technology Advisor, Microsoft Canada) discusses commercial uses of High Performance Computing technology with Glenn Bontje (Business Development Manager for High Performance Computing, HP Canada) and Nik Garkusha (Platform Strategy Manager, Microsoft Canada).
A panel of experts including Bruce Cowper (Microsoft Canada), Rob Labbe (Microsoft Canada) and Brian Bourne (CMS Consulting) discuss the top reasons security policies fail, and how Defense in Depth security planning can help avoid IT security pitfalls.
Warren Shiau, analyst with the Strategic Counsel, along with Jeffrey Neven (Homestead Christian Care) and John Krikke (Krikke Computer Services) discuss the evolution of IT reliability and the comparative reliability of various IT platforms, with highlights from a Homestead Christian Care case study.
Derick Wong (Microsoft Canada) and Jeff Kent (Cineplex Entertainment) will discuss the evolution of network management and the potential of centralized network management, with highlights from a Cineplex Entertainment case study.
Stephen Ibaraki (CIPS) and Bruce Cowper (Microsoft Canada) discuss the top security trends/threats that IT professionals need to anticipate in 2007 and offer tips on how to develop strategies to meet them.
Bill Buxton (Microsoft Research), Bryan Rusche (Microsoft Canada) and Evan Zaleschuk (MTS Allstream) will discuss how the convergence of communications contributes to the evolution of Canadians' work styles.
Rodney Buike (Microsoft Canada) and Greg Mathieu (Business Information Group) discuss the role virtualization can play in making IT systems more dynamic, with highlights from a Business Information Group case study.
