IN THIS ISSUE:
MiCTA Exhibits at the 25th Annual ACUTA National Conference
Request to Update Member Information
Thinking About New VoIP Technology? Here’s a database to check for common security vulnerabilities.
Welcome to New Members
Wireless Telecom Expenses: taming "wild west" runway enterprise costs
Update on the Proposed Net Neutrality Amendment
Can you Measure your eLearning Success? A webinar from Desire2Learn
Telecom Bills Jeopardize Educational Programming from ESchoolNews.com
Make Sure to Check Out this month’s Vendor Corner
Just for fun
MiCTA exhibits at the 25th Annual ACUTA National Conference
Just a reminder that MiCTA will be exhibiting at the ACUTA 2006 annual conference. The conference is being held in San Diego, CA at the Manchester Grand Hyatt from July 23rd - 27th. More information will be posted on the MiCTA Homepage soon or you can call the office at (888) 870-8677. While you’re out there make sure to stop by take a spin on the MiCTA Prize Wheel and say hello to Kim Ellertson and Jay VanDuzen. Kim, Jay, and 5 MiCTA vendors will be presenting at the MiCTA Pavilion located at booth 521. Feel free to click any of the following links for a description of the MiCTA vendors attending the conference.
Request to update member information
To ensure useful and timely distribution of MiCTA communications, the staff is now updating member contact information. We are asking that each member email Gabby Castillo, gcastillo@mictaservice.com. Gabby will return the datasheet to you for your organization. We ask that you review the data sheet, update appropriately and return to Gabby. If you have questions, please give Gabby a call. Your help with this important effort will be greatly appreciated.
Gabby Castillo
888-870-8677
Thinking about new VoIP technology?
Here’s a database to check for common security vulnerabilities http://nvd.nist.gov/
Welcome to New Members
Billings Clinic
Casey Family Programs
City of Owatonna, MN
Henderson Municipal Power & Light
Koinonia Homes, Inc.
Mancos School District RE-6
Mars Hill Church
National Forensic Science Technology Center
New York Society of Professional Engineers
Owatonna Public Library
Vail Valley Medical Center
Windsor School District
Wireless Telecom Expenses: Taming "Wild West" runway enterprise costs-a report from the Aberdeen Group
The first cell phone call was made April 3, 1973, when a vice president at Motorola dialed one of his competitors from a New York City sidewalk to inform him that he was calling him from a wireless phone. More than 30 years later, consumption of wireless services and what enterprises are paying for them have reached a critical stage at which they must be controlled. For instance, a procurement officer at a Fortune 100 company recently received a directive from his CEO to reign in these costs.
Aberdeen Group’s Wireless Costs and Performance Benchmark Report can help you gain control of your wireless costs before they spiral out of control. This Enterprise Adviser report provides insights into the two major challenges in controlling these costs:
· Employee resistance, and
· Lack of visibility into wireless inventory
And enterprises are slow in reacting to this. 47% of enterprises report they have no formal limits in place on what employees can spend . Readers of this report will learn about specific strategies to gain control of this rapidly growing expense.
Download this complimentary report today http://www.aberdeen.com/summary/report/enterprise_strategies/ES_Wireless_JoeB_3115.asp
Update on the proposed net neutrality amendment
The net today has become a jungle of ads and banners that seems to go on forever. Companies advertise their products and services in every corner of the World Wide Web. For the most part companies could charge whatever price they wished for advertising space on their site and it wasn’t regulated. A report of the new proposed amendment is available by clicking on this link. The article is property of CNetnews.com and Declan McCullagh.
Can you measure your eLearning success?
Our clients can!
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Our Learning Environment, Learning Repository, and LiveRoom, a synchronous Chat & Presentation Tool can assist your organization to:
- Engage Learners
- Measure Organizational Effectiveness
- Increase eLearning Adoption / Success
- Promote Collaboration
- Improve Learner Achievement
Please join Desire2Learn for an exclusive webinar, Measure Your eLearning Success: Desire2Learn’s New Teaching and Learning Tools on July 11th or July 13th, 2006. This exciting webinar will highlight market leading functionality including assessment tools, course management, competency engine, rubrics, data warehouse, reporting, and more in Desire2Learn’s new product releases.
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To learn more register today at www.Desire2Learn.com/Webinars or email webinars06@Desire2Learn.com.
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Telecom bills jeopardize educational programming
Video franchising changes could curtail funding for PEG programming in some cities
From eSchool News staff and wire service reports advertisement
The most sweeping telecommunications overhaul in a decade is underway in Congress, and the results could have significant implications for schools. Legislation passed by the House and under consideration in the Senate would replace the local video franchising system currently in place with a national system. Supporters of these bills say they'll pave the way for telephone companies to start offering video services, adding competition to cable providers and leading to lower prices for consumers. But critics say one upshot of the bills would be a reduction in funding for local educational and government programming for many communities. The article in its entirety is available by clicking this link to the ESchoolNews.com homepage.
Make sure to check out this month’s vendor corner
MiCTA Members - Save Big On Your Wireless Plans!
MiCTA Members can now receive Discounted Wireless Employee Benefits. Sprint, together with Nextel, will be launching an exciting MiCTA Member Employee Wireless savings program in September. All employees of MiCTA Member organizations will receive between 9% and 14% off their monthly wireless rate plan(s).
Employee Discount Program Overview:
All MiCTA Member Employees qualify for saving on both the Sprint and Nextel networks between 9% and 14%
Promotional pricing on all phones and devices
Multiple phones, PDA's, Blackberry's, connection cards and monthly service plans to choose from
Available to both New and Existing wireless accounts
NO Corporate Liable participation needed
NO liability back to the MiCTA Member organization
In the day and age of declining employee benefits, Sprint and Nextel have stepped up to support MiCTA Members nationally.
Later this week, you will receive an email explaining more about the promotion, who qualifies, when the promotion will officially launch, marketing materials available to the MiCTA member organizations, and a date for an exciting on-line presentation for members. This presentation is geared to the decision makers at the member organization, and will include program overviews, a look at available marketing materials, products, rate plan offerings, and more. We have tentatively scheduled August 8th for the presentation.
If you have any immediate questions, please feel free to contact either MiCTA at 1-888-870-8677 or Jeff Muglia from Sprint at 248-204-0930.
Online Procurement Solution through Gateway and MiCTA
Simplify your purchasing with Gateway Select, our smart, customized procurement solution. This convenient online procurement tool for Gateway products and services provides personalized, 24/7 access to the entire acquisition process—from product information and quotes to purchasing, tracking and reporting.
Visit: http://select.gateway.com/micta
Your MiCTA discount is automatically built into the site!
Quality Montel Aetnastak Steel Shelving – 20% Off!
Unique Design Allows Quick and Easy Assembly and Installation!
Store and display your books, magazines and all types of media on 16-gauge welded steel Montel Aetnastak Steel Shelving units. Montel’s versatile starter-adder system allows you to add more shelving as your needs change. Montel also makes periodical units, backstop shelving and media shelving.
Or, design your own Montel Aetnastak shelving! Simply choose the welded frame height and color, select a base shelf, choose specialty shelves to create your own flexible arrangement, and add the finishing touch with canopies and end panels.
You can also add Brodart slatwall, magnetic or wood end panels to complete the look of your Montel Steel shelving. Superior strength that lasts, great flexibility and good looks – that’s Montel Aetnastak Steel Shelving.
See the complete selection of Montel Aetnastak Steel Shelving on pages 598 to 607 in our 2006 catalog, or go online at www.shopbrodart.com.
For more information on products and services for MiCTA members from Brodart:
Call: 1-800-233-8467 ext. 4338
Click: www.shopbrodart.com/pricing/micta/
Fax: 1-800-578-1064
E-Mail: supplies.quotes@brodart.com
Just For Fun
Tarantulas are able to live in all but one of the following climates:
- Arid
- Subtropical
- Tropical
- Arctic
What is a baby llama called?
- Llamalet
- Fawn
- Kid
- Cria
What do chickens store in their gizzard to help them chew?
- Small teeth
- Grit
- Husks and Shells
- Acid
What is the 200-year-old slang term for London's Middlesex Street?
- Petticoat Lane
- Charing Cross Road
- Penny Lane
- Portobello Road
For answers to "Just for Fun", please visit the Members' homepage.
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