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...

One of the great advantages to MVP Summit is the information that is made available to us; speak to any MVP and chances are they were in no fewer than a dozen sessions over the course of four days, not to mention all of the break-out sessions, the Open Space sessions on the first day, and a plethora...

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...

‘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...

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...

For someone like myself who has spent so much time focusing on building the IT Pro community it is such a pleasure to walk into a room in downtown Toronto to see more than twenty-five hundred geeks… people who are passionate about IT who have taken time away from their family to come and learn about...

T oday the Energize IT '07 "early-bird" registration page went live. I strongly encourage serious IT professionals and aspiring IT pros to consider heading down to Toronto for this event. Energize IT 2006 was an incredible event last year. Dan Nerenberg and I drove down to help out IT pros...