The World According to 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 hear the 'buzz'... the fact that organizations...

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 It! '  Although the main focus of the...

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 that I wear many hats wherever I go, and this event...

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 the course of my professional life it would...

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 of others in the planning. If you are in one of...

‘Is that a time machine? It looks like a time machine!’ I momentarily thought I was in the movie Pursuit of Happyness, but the man asking me the question was just making a joke. I was standing at the gate waiting to board my plane in Houston, and the man was referring to the cube PC with the translucent...

For the second time this summer I find myself in Houston, Texas... and I couldn’t be happier. In May when I got my tour schedule I didn’t think twice about Houston. I had never been, and aside from the Astros I admit I didn’t know a lot about it. This time would be different. You see, I had a great time...

Here we are. July has past, and as we look out onto August I see something more than just another month. July has been a bit of a whirlwind for me. I moved from Montreal to Toronto, and though I have accomplished much this past month the reality is I have chiefly been on vacation. I am moved in and my...

Who says you can't come home again? Over the past six months I have addressed more than a dozen user groups and ten classes across Canada and the United States. I have spoken on Windows Vista, Office 2007, Small Business Server, Forefront Client Security, and most prominently certifications. I have...

When Rick and Rodney first approached me to participate at Energize IT I wasn't sure what I would present, but when they asked me to lead one of the Hands On Labs I thought it was a great chance for me to interact with a group of my peers. There are three HOL tracks at Energize IT today - Garth Jones...