Stephen Ibaraki

Interview by Stephen Ibaraki, I.S.P., DF/NPA, CNP, MVP

As senior security product manager with Microsoft Canada, Derick Wong is responsible for developing strategic marketing initiatives for security products that are part of the Windows Server System. A crucial part of his role is to educate customers and partners on industry trends and issues, and key security product developments at Microsoft.

Derick has worked for over eleven years in the Canadian IT security sector. He brings extensive knowledge of enterprise security solutions and best-practice security consulting services to his current position. Prior to joining Microsoft, he co-founded IPSS InfoPeople Security Solutions. In his role as CEO and managing partner at IPSS, he was responsible for developing the security consulting practice and coordinating the security engineering team. He has also held security-related positions at Intellitactics Inc. and Ernst & Young LLP.

Derick holds a Masters of Accounting (MAcc) from the University of Waterloo and several professional designations, including CISSP and CA.

Look for Derick’s presentation on “The Top Ten IT Security Threats and How to Avoid Them” at the INFORMATICS 2006 Conference held in Victoria May 28th to 30th. We encourage all to attend this premier education and professional development event for IT Managers and IT Pros — with 20 workshops and five keynotes.  

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There’s a new editorial feature, Blogged Down (BD), in Computing Canada (CC) where editor Patricia MacInnis features an upcoming interview that appears here in the Canadian IT Managers forum (CIM). Computing Canada (CC) is the oldest, largest, most influential bi-weekly business/technology print publication with an audience that includes more than 42,000 IT decision makers in medium-to-large enterprises.

This is the fifth interview in the series Blogged Down. The interview is with Ben Grebinski, Superintendent of School Operations, Administrative Services and Technology, Regina Catholic Schools. In 2005, Ben was the recipient of the 2005 Computing Canada IT Leadership: IT Executive of the Year Award. The Computing Canada IT Leadership Awards represent the highest of honours for the industry with an estimated size of 500,000 to 800,000 professionals:To listen to the interview directly, click on this MP3 file link.

I feel there is an online revolution in social collaborations through services such as blogs, RSS, and Wikis.

In this interview with Ross Mayfield, well known in the social web arena, we talk about what this can mean. Ross shares his views about blogs and Wikis and the area of Web 2.0 since he was at the conference last year. As a serial entrepreneur, Ross also shares his tips on evolving a startup. [Note: Ross's references to next year are for 2006.]

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I’m interested in your views on what Ross says… comment here or send me an e-mail at sibaraki@cips.ca . Do you agree, disagree, … ?

Thank you,
Stephen Ibaraki