Shane Schick

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Articles by Shane Schick

How I came up with the 11 most baffling IT vendor catchphrases

Sometimes you really wonder how vendors can utter certain things with a straight face.Over the years I’ve sat through hours of presentations from highly...

YouTube Fridays: IT department challengers to Justin Bieber

Okay, so they're not exactly the Backstreet Boys. And Timbaland may not be calling anytime soon. Still, can your technology staff pull off these...

The eerie afterlife of Windows XP Service Pack 2

To many in the IT industry, it might have been better described as XP Service “Packed” 2. The glowing tributes I read online this...

The IT business case backfire effect

Maybe IT managers would be better off lying through their teeth after all.When you’re trying to make the business case for an IT project...

YouTube Fridays: The pre-tween IT director

A suit and tie. Eyeglasses. A white lab coat. Is this really what kids think an IT director looks like?  I have to admit...

Rotman, Microsoft team up on social CRM education

One of Canadas best-known business schools is working with the software giant to develop research and executive courses around customer relationship management and social media

Email-me Elmo

I’m ashamed to admit it, but I must: we used the TV as a babysitter this past weekend.During a particularly busy morning packing up...

Intel CISO: The biggest security threat today is . . .

Malcolm Harkins talks about how he made threat detection and information protection a priority at the world's largest chipmaker, why he allows some freedom to compute and the implications of social media

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