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Windows Vista: Clunky on old hardware? by Mitch

For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . I am not going to lie to you.  Windows Vista has some serious hardware requirements, and like most versions of Windows ever released the minimums...

A Myth of (Virtual) Fingerprints by Mitch

I was sitting in a cafe minding my own business the other day when I overheard a couple of network administrators discussing the benefits of virtualizing their server room.  As this is a topic about which I am quite passionate I was delighted to...

Essential Business Server: Coming soon to a mid-sized company near you! by Mitch

For years I have been saying that Small Business Server was the best solution for small businesses that did not have huge IT budgets; it allowed them to take advantage of the same enterprise-level tools such as Microsoft Exchange Server, SQL Server, and...

IT Pro Toronto - Event #1 by Mitch

Tuesday evening was the inaugural meeting of the IT Professionals Community of Greater Toronto ( www.itprotoronto.ca ).  The event was hosted at Nexient in Mississauga. The evening's presentation was entitled ' Virtualization Fever... Catch...

Heroes Happen {Here} by Mitch

On Wednesday I got together with five thousand of my closest friends at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto for the launch of, among other products, Windows Server 2008.  It was one of those events that you had to be at to believe! Most of you know...

Spam Spam... by Mitch

I cannot be sure when I first started receiving spam in my Inbox, but in all likelihood it was around the time I got my first Internet e-mail account, circa April, 1995.  It was a minor nuisance then, and before long it became a major pain. ...

Heading home to South Florida by Mitch

Because of my grandparents and then my parents I have more time in the region stretching from Fort Lauderdale to Miami than I have in any place that I have not actually lived, so it was almost fitting that the last stop on my Business Desktop Deployment...

RunAs Radio – Mitch Discusses BDD by Mitch

I have known Richard Campbell for some time now and every time we meet up we have the same discussion that I should do a segment for RunAs Radio (Once upon a time it was for .NET Rocks Radio) but we just never seemed to follow up. This week-end we caught...

SMB Nation 2007: Small Business is BIG Business! by Mitch

The SMB Nation 2007 Fall Conference is coming up this week-end (September 29-October 1, 2007) and I am really excited to be a part of it. It is looking to be an incredible array of conferences focused around four separate tracks – the 'Pocket MBA'...

SecTor: Illuminating the Black Art of Security by Mitch

From time to time an event pops onto my radar that I really believe will be exciting to all IT Professionals. The SecTor Security Education Conference is one of those events, bringing some of the world's best IT security professionals to Toronto for...
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Cleveland Rocks! by Mitch

Some time ago I was asked to submit an on-line profile for a web site. I did, and adding a small touch of humour at the end, after listing some of my accomplishments and whatnot, I added the line ‘Mitch is not married, has no kids, and has never been...

An IT Hero by Mitch

One of the great supporters of the IT Pro community in Canada is Rick Claus of Microsoft Canada. Rick has been a great inspiration to me and to my career over the past few years. If I had to point to a single moment in time that has most positively altered...

Upcoming User Group Presentations - Canada by Mitch

I have spent so much time concentrating on events like SMB Nation that I almost (I said almost!) forgot to remind my Canadian friends to come out and see me at a user group presentation in their area! I have three upcoming dates confirmed, with a number...

Presentation Notice by Mitch

So this past week it was confirmed that I will be presenting at the SMB Nation 2007 Conference in Redmond, Washington at the end of this month. My presentation will be on Sunday September 30 from 3:30 to 5:00, the entire three day session is definitely...

What is i’m? - Get in on it now! by Mitch

What is i’m i’m is a new initiative from Windows Live Messenger™. Every time you start a conversation using i’m, Microsoft shares a portion of the program's advertising revenue with some of the world's most effective organizations dedicated to...
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