The World According to 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 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...

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...

After all the fuss I was able to attend our Annual General Meeting last night - through the magic of video conference and a little help from Mathieu in Montreal and Kevin in Washington. I wish I could have been there in person to thank everyone for their kind wishes, and to wish our new president and...

I was confirmed as President of MITPro at our first board meeting on January 5th, 2005. Since then I, with the help from a select few dedicated individuals, have built the Montreal IT Professionals Community into a vibrant and incredible group of professionals that is respected within the international...

In what is becoming a time honoured MITPro tradition I am looking forward, beyond Launch, beyond our holiday party, to the Annual General Meeting, scheduled for the 16th of January. In the middle of January, 2005 the inaugural board of directors met at the Microsoft offices in Montreal and created a...

As I addressed the group of MITPro members last night at our meeting (Monitoring Active Directory Security using MOM) I realized I have unintentionally written a catch-phrase into my vernacular. I am sure that few of you have not heard me say (or write) that it is an exciting time to be an IT Professional...