Now that we’re partnered with Fujitsu, we will from time to time re-blog some of their announcements. (If “re-tweet” is a word, why not “re-blog”? As the late great sportscaster (and Nova Scotian) Danny Gallivan once said, “it’s a word now!”…
It was my pleasure to spend the last two days in Halifax with David Shearer, President and CEO of Fujitsu Canada. Fujitsu Consulting, the consulting and IT services arm of Fujitsu Canada (which previously operated in Atlantic Canada as DMR Consulting) has selected Nicom IT Solutions Inc. as its business partner in Atlantic Canada.
Being a “Microsoft Partner” is a lot more than registering and paying your dues. You have to keep qualifying for competencies, via training/writing exams and client engagements/references, as well as having personnel on staff that are individually certified. In the past two weeks, Nicom has obtained two new “Silver” certifications.
Some of you will remember Gilligan’s Island. Stranded on a remote island for three years, the Professor figured out how to communicate with an orbiting Apollo spacecraft, how to build a two-way radio out of coconut shells and seawater, and how to establish an irrigation system using bamboo poles. Yet he wasn’t able to patch a hole on the side of the boat that brought them there.
Nothing like a fresh coat of paint to make an office look nice and modern. Our old green was “so 2008, so 2000 and late”, as the song said.