AlignIT Manager Tech Talk (MP4) - Channel 9
15 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 11 years ago -The AlignIT Manager Talk is a monthly live streamed video series hosted by Ruth Morton (LinkedIn) and Jonathan Rozenblit (LinkedIn). Each Tech Talk episode airs on the 2nd Thursday of the month from 12:00pm to 12:30pm EST. The show focuses on a range of topics for both infrastructure and development managers and is interactive, taking questions via a live chat and providing answers on air. Add this series to your calendar >>
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AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: The Complete Cloud Picture- Stories from the Trenches
November 11, 2012 17:50 - 31 minutes - 172 MB VideoAs children we are enthralled by the stories that we hear. Stories teach us and fire our imaginations to what is possible in this world. And as adults, we're not much different. It's one thing to hear about a process, product or idea, but hearing the story of the trials and triumphs that accompanied the implementation of that process, product or idea is what sticks with us and gives our imagination flight as to the possibilities within our own situation. Case studies are like stories and th...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: An App for Every Business
October 30, 2012 20:57 - 38 minutes - 205 MB VideoApps enable a new level of customer engagement and are ushering a new wave of business for new and existing organizations. Are you thinking of app opportunities for your organization? The opportunity may or may not be obvious, but it is there. Hosts Ruth Morton and Jonathan Rozenblit explore the motivations behind enabling business through Apps. Resources Visit W00t – a site centered around building apps. The Windows Phone Dev Center will get you started building applications for Windows...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Tech Talk Unplugged
July 01, 2012 02:42 - 42 minutes - 233 MB VideoSome of the best conversations happen when you least expect them – after that important meeting has finished, before the official interview starts, in the cafeteria over lunch or coffee. Jonathan and Ruth noticed it was the same with the AlignIT broadcast. So for the last few months they decided to keep the cameras rolling after the live broadcast was finished and here is the result – some very relaxed, very passionate, very real conversations with their expert guests. Hosts Ruth Morton and...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Confidence in the Cloud
June 01, 2012 22:08 - 33 minutes - 178 MB VideoRecent surveys indicate that while cloud computing is a top priority for Canadian CIOs, assurance in cloud services remains the principle inhibitor for adoption. 2012 is proving to be the year of accelerating adoption as organizations gain a deeper appreciation of cloud services and how they can be adopted in a trusted manner. Host Jonathan Rozenblit, and guest, John Weigelt, National Technology Officer for Microsoft Canada, as they explore the security and privacy considerations of Cloud Co...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Making the Case: Development Platform vNext
April 24, 2012 20:38 - 31 minutes - 168 MB VideoThe recent beta release of Visual Studio 11 and Team Foundation Server, as well as the discounts available for upgrades will have you contemplating whether you will make a case for an upgrade. What will you gain by upgrading and what will it mean to you, to the dev teams, to the infrastructure teams, and to the business stakeholders? What are the pros and cons of making this move and do they make it worthwhile? Make the right decision for your team. Join Ruth Morton, Jonathan Rozenblit, and...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Private Cloud
April 09, 2012 01:41 - 31 minutes - 171 MB VideoThere's no denying that virtualization has transformed our datacentres and redefined how we do IT, giving us more capacity and savings. Now, private cloud capabilities take us one step further providing the agility IT needs to truly provide IT as a service. The beauty of a private cloud is that it takes characteristics of a public cloud (resource pooling, elasticity, self-service, and pay per use) and combines those characteristics with management and security built on dedicated resources ...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Your Enterprise On the Go
February 14, 2012 20:07 VideoWindows Phone goes beyond email and calendaring to deliver productivity to the enterprise. Mobile access to corporate applications like Office and SharePoint come out of the box, but line of business can be extended to the phone using skills and tools your infrastructure and developer teams already have. Ruth Morton, Jonathan Rozenblit, and guest Paul Laberge, Developer Advisor at Microsoft Canada and Windows Phone expert discuss how you can leverage Windows Phone to extend your applications...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: De-risking Your Windows Deployment
February 01, 2012 01:59 - 27 minutes - 155 MB VideoWith any big change to your IT infrastructure comes risk, but of course you're hoping that the rewards will out weigh those risks. In fact, you're doing more than just hoping – you're planning, strategizing, and putting your organization in a good position to mitigate those risks. Deploying a new operating system throughout a company can be disruptive and complex because so much is dependant on that OS – the applications running on top of the OS, the drivers that allow peripherals like prin...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Empowering Your Team Through Knowledge
January 10, 2012 06:22 - 32 minutes - 189 MB VideoIt is that time of the year. You are most likely sitting down with each of your team members and are helping them with their personal development plans. On this episode of AlignIT Manager Tech Talk, Ruth Morton and Jonathan Rozenblit talk with Stuart Ngai about the importance of training as part of personal development, as well as when and how training can and should be weaved into employees' busy schedules. Resources Free online training at the Microsoft Virtual Academy Get Microsoft vi...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Mary Jo Foley on the Future of IT
December 13, 2011 20:25 - 35 minutes - 205 MB VideoDon’t you wish sometimes that you had a crystal ball showing you what technology is coming down the pipe and if it’s going to disrupt your status quo? It would just make life so much easier. No more guessing what the CIO is going to insist be deployed ASAP just because he read about it in PC magazine. You’d be ready for it already. No more jumping through hoops because a competing company is harnessing IT innovations allowing them to steal your customers and undercut your business. You’d be ...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Agile Software Delivery (Part 2 of 2)
November 28, 2011 02:38 - 31 minutes - 134 MB VideoWhile you're working hard with today's technologies, you need to stay abreast of tomorrow's innovations. In this episode of the AlignIT Manager Tech Talk, Ruth Morton and Jonathan Rozenblit chat with Sam Guckenheimer, the man who wrote the book on Agile and Visual Studio, about how development teams can optimize Application Lifecycle Management, utilize advanced methods to deliver higher-value software faster, and systematically eliminate waste and inefficiency throughout the entire developm...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Agile Software Delivery (Part 1 of 2)
November 27, 2011 16:42 - 32 minutes - 144 MB VideoWhile you're working hard with today's technologies, you need to stay abreast of tomorrow's innovations. On this episode of the AlignIT Manager Tech Talk, Ruth Morton and Jonathan Rozenblit chat with Sam Guckenheimer, the man who wrote the book on Agile and Visual Studio, about how development teams can optimize Application Lifecycle Management, utilize advanced methods to deliver higher-value software faster, and systematically eliminate waste and inefficiency throughout the entire developm...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Planning Your Windows Roadmap
October 20, 2011 20:52 - 31 minutes - 181 MB VideoIt's a bit of a Catch-22 – deploying a new operating system can be an expensive proposition, but not using up to date technology can cost a business worker productivity, recruitment of top talent, and integration with customers and partners. For development shops, making sure your application runs on the latest platform contributes to the longevity of a useful product. It's exhausting trying to keep up but not to do so can mean obsolesce. The question is, are there things you can do today t...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Straight Talk About Windows Azure
October 03, 2011 17:15 - 29 minutes - 171 MB VideoBy now, you've heard the term "Cloud", but what does it actually mean to your developers and architects, your IT staff, and your organization. For developers and architects, the Cloud is a flexible and familiar environment to easily create and host applications that can have nearly infinite scale. For IT staff, the Cloud means on-demand computing with the right infrastructure to host, scale, and manage all your services with ease and speed. For your organization, it means being always availa...
AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Security in the Age of Social Media
August 26, 2011 21:02 - 29 minutes - 173 MB VideoTechnology is constantly changing. A few years ago, social media was used by a small select few and cloud computing was on the distant horizon. IT departments had enough to worry when it came to security with firewall breaches, phishing schemes and ensuring their in-house applications and company data were locked down. Today, new ways of doing business and providing IT services introduce new wrinkles into the game. But does the proliferation of social media applications really change anythin...