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Press Release - PCI Canada Conference 2012	Apr. 23, 2012

Payment Card Industry (PCI) Conference- May 7th in Toronto This exceptionally strong program will be bringing together US and Canadian leading experts in organization strategy, security posture and best practices. VISA will also be speaking about the new PCI 2.0 standards. A candid conversation with Kris Herrin, CTO, Heartland Payment Systems, an organization that paid over $160 million in fines for the loss of credit card information, is the featured speaker. View the press release, which includes a link to the detailed program agenda and conference registration.

City of Edmonton moves to Google	Apr. 10, 2012

Today we announced that we have signed our enterprise contract with Google and will be moving to convert to Google for Email/Calendar and Google Docs/Apps across our organization. View the Google Blog and the City of Edmonton website news. We are making this move because the way we have been creating, sharing and publishing information for the past 20 years is no longer sustainable, both from a financial and a functional perspective. We need a new solution that will allow us to increase access to over 3,000 more city employees without increasing our budget and we need a new solution that adds new collaboration functionality while at the same time lowering our cost per user for the system. The Google suite meets both our financial and functional needs. We will continue to also have Microsoft as an enterprise partner leveraging their tools such as Share Point, Visio and Project.

Applied GeoLogics Inc. Offers Multiple Events, Changes Plan for INNOVATE Conference

Mar. 30, 2012

MISA Ontario associate member Applied GeoLogics Inc. will be participating in multiple industry events this spring but has revised plans for the AGL INNOVATE Conference in Niagara Falls.

Municipal Interface mistakenly carried an ad in the March issue inviting clients to join AGL at the INNOVATE 2012 Conference, April 24-25 in Niagara Falls. We apologize for the error.

The advertisement should have contained the following information:

Come and visit AGL at the following events:
Cartegraph Ontario User Group, Niagara Falls, ON, April 26, 2012*
OSUM Conference, Huntsville, ON, May 2 – 4, 2012
CNAM Conference, Montreal, QC, May 6 – 9, 2012
MISA Ontario Conference, Hamilton, May 28 – 29, 2012

*Please note: In lieu of the AGL INNOVATE Conference, AGL will be supporting Cartegraph at the Cartegraph Ontario Annual User Group Meeting at Niagara Falls:
Thursday, April 26 at the Embassy Suites,
6700 Fallsview Boulevard
Niagara Falls, Ontario

This will be a one-day format following Cartegraph’s NEW User Group agenda, with free training on best practices, discussion groups, and a keynote presentation by the District of Muskoka.

AGL will be providing support to Cartegraph during this event and all the familiar AGL team members will be available, as always, for client support and discussion.

We look forward to seeing you there!
View the Cartegraph website to register.

Wireless Antenna Siting Forum	Mar. 21, 2012

May 1, 2012 The Westin Ottawa 10am – 4pm Connecting Canadians in the 21st Century: How the wireless industry and all levels of government can work together on efficient and effective protocols for wireless infrastructure installations. View the CWTA website website for more information and registration

Security Conference Presentations	Nov. 28, 2011

All of the presentations from the MISA Ontario 2011 Security Conference are available on the members-only section of the website. Simply log on to Share Point and you'll find the presentations in the 'Security Conference' folder. The presentations contain great information from municipalities and vendors alike, on critical issues like mobile security and membership information about the International Security Forum. Thanks to all speakers for providing their presentations.

Computerworld Canada 2011 IT Leadership Awards Recipients Announced	Oct. 26, 2011

Congratulations to Larry Franks from Peterborough who received the IT Leader award in the small - medium enterprise category. Also, kudos to Garry Bezruki from the City of Waterloo who was a finalist in this category. Other finalists included Chad Szymanski from the City of Toronto, (IT Rising Star category) and Roy Wiseman from Peel Region (IT Mentor category). It's great to see the work of our municipal colleagues recognized at this level!

City of Guelph Upgrades Network for "Bring Your Own Device" Policy	Sep. 15, 2011

The City of Guelph's 'Bring Your Own Device' policy for employees gave rise to a need for deeper visibility of all possible devices that employees and contractors might connect to the corporate network, as well as a need to meet regulatory requirements such as PCI-DSS. Read the full article

MISA Members Step in to Assist Goderich in Aftermath of Storm	Sep. 02, 2011

Kim Reid is the Manager of the Information Technology Division at the County of Huron. On Sunday, August 21, she was left with an unimaginable challenge as she and her team tried to coordinate the restoration of IT services in the tornado ravished town of Goderich. She sent a plea out to IT colleagues across the province for assistance. What resulted was an outpouring of support as MISA members near and far sent IT professionals to assist Kim’s team with the re-building efforts. Within the week, the County IT Division was able to recover to the point that they could handle the technical requests and requirements going forward. In Kim’s words, “An immense thank you to Geoff Hogan for his coordination of resources, and to each of you for your offers of assistance. Brad Banks from the City of London, and Tim Scott from Grey County both attended on site and were amazing at pitching in and working alongside to assist us. Again, thank you to everyone who has offered and provided assistance in this regard - it is appreciated beyond words...”. What a great example of the spirit of cooperation and volunteerism that drives MISA Ontario!