Learn How Microsoft is Balancing Information Communication Technology at the 2008 Government Technologies Conference and Expo

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Learn How Microsoft is Balancing Information Communication Technology at the 2008 Government Technologies Conference and Expo

Learn How Microsoft Is Balancing Information Communication Technology at the 2008 Government Technologies Conference and Expo

March 25, 2008 – Toronto, Canada – John Weigelt, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Canada, will be keynoting at the 2008 Government and Health Technologies Conference and Expo, taking place April 15 -16, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto Ontario.

John Weigelt will discuss the fundamental issues facing government and healthcare today – achieving the right balance between ICT and the growing demands of the technically savvy citizen and business and the critical needs of patients and healthcare workers.

Microsoft believes that the time has come for a serious re-examination of the ICT options facing government and healthcare organizations, with a tide of increasing expectation and massively more technical capability, the trick is to ensure that our governments and hospitals are waving and not drowning in the turbulent mix.

So, register now to learn more about the Microsoft Solutions and Strategies for government and healthcare to embrace technology to meet the needs of patients and citizens alike while improving internal efficiencies and the jobs of your employees. This strategies and solutions are built with research driven data, market-proven Microsoft infrastructure components, uses open standards, and includes a set of common transactions that enable critical functions to be rapidly provided to citizens, patients, businesses and your employees.

This session is designed specifically for Microsoft Canada to gain insight from our strategic Municipal Government Chief Information Officers and Senior IT decision makers around its CGF and its key building blocks impacting Municipalities: Solution Oriented Architecture and Enterprise Application Integration, Communication and Collaboration, Security, Compliance and Privacy, as well as overall management.

The Microsoft Connected Government Framework is designed to assist municipalities to develop corporate infrastructure environments that will support the transformational technology projects across the breadth of their organization. The CGF helps ensure that value invested in current legacy applications continues to be realized while municipalities improve and update their solutions to deliver superior value to the constituents.

To register for Early-Bird Passes please visit gov.wowgao.com/registration OR call (416) 292-0038 Ext. 812.

About Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing.

Microsoft Canada Co. was founded in 1985. As the Canadian subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington, the company provides sales, marketing, consulting and local support services in French and English. Microsoft Canada has grown from five people in 1985 to more than 900 employees. It also has strong relationships with more than 24,000 partners across Canada. More than 1,100 of these are Microsoft Certified Partners, and over 200 are Gold Certified Partners. Headquartered in Mississauga, Microsoft Canada has regional offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec and Halifax.

About the 2008 Government and Health Technologies Conference & Expo:

The 2008 Government and Health Technologies Conference and Expo will focus on the latest IT products and solutions being developed and sought after in the healthcare and public service sector, including Web 2.0, Patient Monitoring Systems, Document Management, Business Intelligence, Mobile Data Systems, RFID Solutions, Biometrics and much more.

As one of Canada’s leading annual IT conference and