As part of Microsoft Canada’s ALM Webcast Series Gord Schmidt and Kevin Walker presented a session titled “Delivering Solutions Using Microsoft Project Server and ALM”. You can view the recording of the session by visiting the presentation page and click Register or View Online.  You can also ... [More]

Our office location in Toronto is directly on the route from St. James Park to the financial center of Toronto – so we’re fortunate enough to see and hear the Occupy Toronto protestors marching past our building every day.  I will admit that I’ve been intrigued by the Occupy Wall Street movem... [More]

Here in Canada we have been swept up in the emotions surrounding Jack Layton’s death as the wider business and technology world tries to grasp the significance of Steve Jobs stepping down from his role at Apple yet again.   There have been many similarities noted between the two men. ... [More]

In the technology business, it’s often difficult to quantify for our customers what the overall benefit of a technology installation might be.  As an accountant by training, this can be particularly frustrating, especially when a customer is looking at spending a great deal of money on a projec... [More]

At Agora, we have two main lines of business.  The core of the company comes from being custom software developers.  We can build you great software or provide you with tools and processes to do it better yourself. From years of doing software development projects, we got very good at “pr... [More]

In March 2011 Microsoft announced the Team Foundation Server – Project Server Integration Pack.  This feature will allow Team Foundation Server and Project Server to exchange information bi-directionally. Overview In this article I will highlight a few scenarios that our clients find themselv... [More]

I have made several comments about Twitter and iPads in my past blog posts.  Now, I must admit, the two technologies I have been most reluctant to embrace are now potentially even better together – sort of like Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups.  Let me explain. In honour of Twitter’s 5th birthd... [More]

OK, maybe not never, but a lot less often.  Here’s why.  On March 8, 2011 Microsoft released the Team Foundation Server Project Server Integration Pack (TFSPSIP) for general download (Brian Harry’s blog). In my opinion TFSPSIP is the most significant non-developer feature release for TF... [More]