Microsoft Canada Boss Upbeat About IT Opportunities

Microsoft Canada’s boss, Phil Sorgen, remains upbeat about the country’s IT opportunities, despite the current global financial crisis. Speaking in Halifax, Mr Sorgen told a gathering of IT professionals that Canada was likely to fair better than most other countries, thanks to government regulations which were put in place in the 1990s. He also recognised [...]

Canadian Microsoft Actively Seeking Skilled Tech Heads

At the Toronto TechWeek(a multi-day forum for IT professionals) last week, Microsoft Ontario’s human resource vice president Sharif Khan addressed the industry’s skills shortage in his key-note address.  Mr Khan made it very clear that Microsoft is treating the shortage as a serious issue which needed to be pro-actively dealt with.  He told his audience [...]