The Montreal Tech League

Guy Laliberté, the Canadian founder and CEO of Cirque du Soleil has been elected Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 among the best Entrepreneurs from 39 countries by Ernst & Young.

Guy has changed the face of entertainment and had a huge global impact. The shows that Cirque du Soleil creates and performs have brought joy to millions. All of this year’s entrepreneurs were exceptional, but Guy’s commitment to his artistic vision and the passion he has for his work were what swayed the judges in his favor.

- Chairman of the judging panel, Joseph Schoendorf, Executive Partner of venture capital firm Accel Partners

Entrepreneurs sometimes talk about the luck they’ve had in their careers, but what we’ve seen over 21 years of the Entrepreneur Of The Year program is that luck contributes little to these leaders’ successes. Passion, vision, innovation — and a lot of hard work — are what make these entrepreneurs and their companies exceptional. Guy demonstrates these traits in abundance.

- James S. Turley, Ernst & Young Chairman and CEO

The Quebec Federation of Information Technology (FIQ - Fédération de l’informatique du Québec), presented awards to the winners of the Octas 2007 Awards this 2nd of June 2007.

Sologlobe won the excellence award for their automated tracking system for Alimentation Viau, and CGI with Garant for their superb ERP implementation, and National Bank of Canada won for their Client Opportunity Management project. These three awards were all in the business solution category.

The full list of finalists for all categories is on the FiQ website and the complete list of award winners is available at Les Affaires.

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners.

From Hugh McGuire who is on the advisory board for the Atwater Library Digital Literacy project:

Start Date: Monday, July 9th, 2007
Position Type: Full-Time (1 yr-contract)

Have some tech skills and don’t want to work in a call centre? Apply to work in a challenging mixed-technology library/community centre.

Organization

The Atwater Library and Computer Centre (ALCC) is not-for-profit, independent community organization that has been promoting life-long learning and innovation since 1828.

ALCC operates a 12-station public access computer centre, a computer lab for private and group computer instruction, a free wireless network on the premise and in the adjacent park, and a budding web-hosting project for other community organizations. The Atwater Digital Literacy Project, launched in 2006, engages youth and community groups in using creative web technologies such as blogging, audio, video, digital photos.

Job Description

The Computer Centre Manager’s primary job is

* to maintain a small network of 30 workstations, two servers (one Windows 2k, one Linux), and wireless access
* to ensure the smooth day-to-day operation of the Computer Centre staffed by a team of 12+ volunteers of varying computer skill levels and
* to oversee a small computer classroom with 6 computers.

Remuneration: $15 per hour, 8-hour day, one hour for lunch

Deadline for applications: June 15, 2007

Skill Testing Question:

If the ip address of your linux server at work is 192.168.0.2, how would you use ssh from your home computer to connect to the server? (Please submit answer with your application)

Apply to:

Tanya Mayhew
Atwater Library and Computer Centre
1200 Atwater Avenue
Westmount QC H3Z 1X4
Fax: 514-935-1960
Email: tmayhew@atwaterlibrary.ca

For more information, please see the full job posting.