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MISA/ASIM Canada Negotiates National Deals With Vendors
One-stop Web page has special offers for municipalities
SASKATOON, SK , March 19, 2008 – Canadian municipalities now have a new channel for purchasing goods and services – a one-stop Web page that contains special offers from vendors that are uniform across the country.
The special-offers page appears on the national Web site of MISA/ASIM Canada as well as sites published by its member organizations. MISA/ASIM Canada was launched in June 2006 as the umbrella group for five regional associations promoting greater efficiency in municipal government through the application of information and communications technologies.
Publication of the special-offers page, which initially contains offers from three companies, marks the first time that municipalities across Canada have had equitably priced access to the same products and services.
“Municipal governments need to achieve greater efficiencies by collaborating to apply technologies to improve their processes, including procurement,” said Kevin Peacock, President of MISA/ASIM Canada and Branch Manager, Corporate Information Services for the City of Saskatoon.
“The innovative companies that have joined us to date in this initiative also recognize the fairness of offering standard prices to municipalities in all regions through national licensing and procurement agreements.”
Contracts with the three vendors – TELUS, Adobe Systems Canada and Chalk Media Corp. – were initially negotiated by MISA BC. They have now been extended nationally and are available through the MISA/ASIM Canada Web site to any municipality that is a member of any of the five associations within MISA/ASIM Canada.
TELUS has simultaneously established its own Web site, www.telus.com/misa, linked to the MISA/ASIM Canada site and describing its special offers in detail. In doing so it has become the first company ever to present a Web site devoted to products and services offered uniformly to Canadian municipalities.
“Municipalities, large or small, can benefit from access to a single resource offering solutions, products and packages designed specifically to address the needs of MISA/ASIM Canada members and municipal employees,” said Mike Martin, Vice President Public Sector Marketing for TELUS.
The TELUS site offers a variety of business solutions including bundled offers, term extensions and value-added services. Also available are resources to provide guidance on best practices for technology for the public sector, including white papers, case studies and research, along with advanced notice of new products and events such as conferences and webinars.
Ottawa-based Adobe Systems Canada is offering a standard 12-per-cent discount pricing on Adobe products to municipalities that are members of MISA/ASIM Canada associations. The pricing can be obtained by using MISA BC's CLP membership number, or by using the municipality’s own affiliate CLP membership number if it has one.
Adobe’s CLP programs are described at http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/openoptions/clp.html. Municipalities wishing to order Adobe products through the MISA/ASIM Canada special offer can contact Softchoice Corp. or any other Adobe authorized software reseller to ensure enrolment.
Chalk Media Corp. of Vancouver is participating in the MISA/ASIM Canada special-offers program through an “eUniversity” portal established on MISA BC’s Web site, www.misa.on.ca.
The portal provides access to more than 1,300 MindLeaders off-the-shelf courses targeting IT personnel and end users, available at uniformly discounted prices to authorized municipalities. Course-authoring software is also available for municipalities to produce their own courses. The agreement with Chalk also permits MISA BC to host vendor-supplied courses on the portal.
Any municipality within the membership of MISA/ASIM Canada associations wishing to make use of these Web-based training courses is asked to contact Colin Redwood of the Corporation of Delta, Chair of MISA BC’s Education Committee, at credwood@corp.delta.bc.ca.
Peacock said MISA/ASIM Canada is in talks with other companies and expects to see more offers posted on the national special-offers page in the near future.
About MISA/ASIM Canada
MISA/ASIM Canada
(Municipal Information Systems Association of Canada/Association des Systéms d’Information Municipale du Canada) is a federally registered not-for-profit association composed of provincial, inter-provincial or territorial associations of municipal government representatives and others, engaged in, or interested in, the development and operation of municipal information systems.
Members include the following associations:
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Atlantic Canada (MISA Atlantic)
- Municipal Information Systems Association, British Columbia (MISA BC), including the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunuvut
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Ontario (MISA Ontario)
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Prairies (MISA Prairies)
- Réseau de l’informatique municipale du Québec (RIMQ)
For further information, contact:
Kevin Peacock President, MISA/ASIM Canada Branch Manager, Corporate Information Services City of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 306-975-3047 Kevin.peacock@city.saskatoon.sk.ca
David Hennigan President, MISA BC Information Systems Manager Capital Region District Victoria, BC 250-360-3141 dhennigan@crd.bc.ca
May 2008
A fourth vendor has created national product offerings for inclusion in MISA/ASIM Canada’s one-stop Web page containing special offers from vendors that are uniform across the country.
MISA/ASIM Canada has approved two special offers from Digital Boundary Group of Toronto:
- An online security-training program called SecurIT Savvy, offered in partnership with Terranova to municipal members of MISA/ASIM Canada associations at a 15-per-cent reduction from list licensing rates and fees;
- A Web application penetration-testing service, offered at discounts of from 15 to 25 per cent from list price.
The special-offers page appears on the Web site of MISA/ASIM Canada, www.misa-asim.ca, as well as sites published by member associations.
Announced in March, the special-offers page also includes equitably priced offerings from Adobe Systems Canada, Chalk Media Canada and TELUS.
MISA/ASIM Canada Has
National Deal With English Company
February 9, 2009 -- MISA/ASIM Canada has signed an agreement with Sophos plc of England to make available to municipalities an endpoint security product, Sophos Endpoint Security and Control, at discounted prices that are standard across the country.
The new agreement expands an existing program of MISA/ASIM Canada that provides one-stop access to special offers from vendors. It means that any municipality that is a member of one of the five associations within MISA/ASIM Canada has equitably priced access to the same products and services, regardless of size or location of the municipality.
“Since we announced this program in March 2008, an increasing number of vendors have approached us for discussions about participating,” said Daya Pillay, President of MISA/ASIM Canada and Manager of e-Commerce and Web Services for the Halifax Regional Municipality. “We are extremely pleased that Sophos has joined the program, demonstrating international interest among vendors in the Canadian municipal IT market.”
Sophos Endpoint Security and Control protects against malware, spyware, intrusions and unwanted applications. It also protects mobile devices and provides network access control.
The contract provides that Endpoint Security and Control will be available through a standing offer to the MISA/ASIM Canada community and purchased through a certified Sophos reseller in Canada. The product will be priced at three-year rates based on large-volume discounts, even if municipalities do not purchase the large volumes.
Sophos, www.sophos.com, based near Oxford, England, has a major presence in North America including a large development and technical support centre in Vancouver.
The special offer is being published on the Web site of MISA/ASIM Canada, www.misa-asim.ca, and distributed to its member organizations. MISA/ASIM Canada was launched in June 2006 as the umbrella group for five regional associations promoting greater efficiency in municipal government through the application of information and communications technologies.
Other companies participating in the national special-offers program include Adobe Systems Canada, Chalk Media Canada, Digital Boundary Group and TELUS.
For further information, please contact:
Daya Pillay
President MISA/ASIM Canada
pillayd@halifax.ca
902-490-6550
Harry Gill
Account Executive, Sophos, Vancouver
harry.gill@sophos.com
604-484-6475
Irish Company Offers Municipalities Text-Reading Software at Standard Discounts
February 12, 2009 – A software product designed to make Web sites more accessible by converting written texts to spoken words is being made available to municipalities through MISA/ASIM Canada at discounted prices that are standard across the country.
MISA/ASIM Canada has signed an agreement with Texthelp Systems Ltd., based in Northern Ireland, to make its BrowseAloud speech-enabling solution available at standard discounts to municipalities that are members of the five regional associations that comprise MISA/ASIM Canada.
The new agreement expands an existing program of MISA/ASIM Canada that provides one-stop access to special offers from vendors. Any municipality within MISA/ASIM Canada has equitably priced access to the same products and services, regardless of size or location of the municipality.
Daya Pillay, President of MISA/ASIM Canada and Manager of e-Commerce and Web Services for the Halifax Regional Municipality, said the timing of the BrowseAloud offer is fortuitous because municipalities are facing increased legal obligations and social responsibilities to make their public communications accessible to people with disabilities such as visual impairment.
“Texthelp Systems and the other companies within our Member Special Offers program deserve appreciation for recognizing the need for municipalities to build cooperative ways to deliver services and conduct business,” Pillay said.
BrowseAloud reads Web content aloud, making it more accessible to those with learning disabilities, dyslexia or visual impairments, or where English or French is a second language.
Municipalities will be able to purchases licences for the product direct from Texthelp Systems at standard prices discounted from regular levels, if they are members of MISA/ASIM Canada associations. Technical support will be available from Boston with a toll-free number.
Texthelp Systems, www.browsealoud.com, is based in Atrim, Northern Ireland, and is entering the Canadian municipal IT market through its agreement with MISA/ASIM Canada.
Other companies participating in the national special-offers program include Adobe Systems Canada, Chalk Media Canada, Digital Boundary Group, Sophos plc and TELUS.
For further information, please contact:
Daya Pillay President, MISA/ASIM Canada Manager, E-Commerce & Web Services, Halifax Regional Municipality PO Box 1749, Halifax, NS B3J 3A5 902-490-6550 pillayd@halifax.ca
Ian Stuart Business Development Manager, BrowseAloud Texthelp Systems Ltd. 25 Randalstown Road, Antrim, Northern Ireland BT414LJ Toll free 1-877-778-6977 ian@BrowseAloud.com
MISA/ASIM Canada Has Special Offer on Database Monitoring
Uniform offer for DesTech solution now available to Canadian municipalities
HALIFAX, August 10, 2009 – MISA/ASIM Canada has made available another special vendor offer to municipalities. The national association has concluded an agreement with DesTech Consulting & Education under which municipalities in the association’s member community can obtain contracts for DesTech’s Remote Database Monitoring solution at the best prices offered by the company in Canada.
Effective today, any municipality that is a member of one of the five regional associations within MISA/ASIM Canada can purchase the solution under the special pricing structure, available through www.misa-asim.ca or Web sites of the regional associations.
Toronto-based DesTech has confirmed that the prices for its database monitoring solution, under one-year or multi-year contracts, are substantially below current market prices. Furthermore, should any municipal customer at any time receive a price lower than the advertised price under the offer, that lower price will then apply to all participating customers.
The latter provision is being offered for the first time under MISA/ASIM Canada’s special-offers program, said Daya Pillay, President of MISA/ASIM Canada and Manager of e-Commerce and Web Services for the Halifax Regional Municipality.
“We have now established two levels of vendor offers under our program – platinum and gold,” Pillay said. “DesTech is the first to receive a platinum designation, meaning that municipal customers are guaranteed by the company that the price they receive will not be beaten.”
MISA/ASIM Canada announced in March 2008 its program of providing one-stop access to special offers from vendors. Any member municipality within MISA/ASIM Canada has equitably priced access to the same products and services, regardless of size or location of the municipality.
DesTech is the eighth company to join the special-offers program. The others are Adobe Systems Canada, Chalk Media Canada, Digital Boundary Group, Sophos PLC, TELUS and Texthelp Systems Ltd.
DesTech’s Remote Database Monitoring solution is designed to enable organizations to obtain maximum performance and uptime through proper database configuration and management, including emergency support and service. The solution is described at www.destech.com/remote_database_monitoring.asp.
Based in Toronto, DesTech was established in 1991 and specializes in providing technical solutions through system development consulting and education services.
About MISA/ASIM Canada
MISA/ASIM Canada was launched in June 2006 as the umbrella group for five regional associations promoting greater efficiency in municipal government through the application of information and communications technologies.
MISA/ASIM Canada is a federally registered not-for-profit association composed of provincial, inter-provincial or territorial associations of municipal government representatives and others, engaged in, or interested in, the development and operation of municipal information systems.
Members include the following associations:
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Atlantic Canada (MISA Atlantic)
- Municipal Information Systems Association, British Columbia (MISA BC), including the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunuvut
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Ontario (MISA Ontario)
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Prairies (MISA Prairies)
- Réseau de l’informatique municipale du Québec (RIMQ)
www.misa-asim.ca
For further information, please contact:
Daya Pillay President, MISA/ASIM Canada Manager, E-Commerce & Web Services Halifax Regional Municipality PO Box 1749 Halifax, NS B3J 3A5 902-490-6550 pillayd@halifax.ca
Neil Stevens DesTech Consulting & Education 69 Yonge St, Suite 1200 Toronto, Ontario M5E 1K3 416-368-8455 ext.228 or toll free 866-368-8455 nstevens@destech.com
Kaspersky Joins MISA/ASIM Canada Special-Offers Program
Uniform discounts on malware products available to Canadian municipalities
FREDERICTON, August 18, 2009 – IT security software products from Kaspersky Lab are being made available to municipalities at special prices through MISA/ASIM Canada.
As part of its special-offers program, described at www.misa.on.ca, MISA/ASIM Canada has concluded an agreement with Kaspersky Lab under which municipalities in the association’s member community can obtain malware products at uniform discounted prices.
Specifically, Kaspersky Lab is offering to sell to qualified municipalities three-year licensing contracts for its security solutions for the price of two-year licences. The offer covers products called Kaspersky Business Space, Enterprise Space and Total Space.
Municipal purchasers can call 1-866-295-8503, ext. 4584, or a local Kaspersky reseller, to obtain the discount. Details of the special offer are published at www.misa-asim.ca or Web sites of the five regional associations comprising MISA/ASIM Canada.
The offer from Kaspersky is the ninth available from MISA/ASIM Canada, which announced in March 2008 its program of providing one-stop access to special offers from vendors. Any municipality within MISA/ASIM Canada’s member associations has equitably priced access to the same products and services, regardless of size or location of the municipality.
The Kaspersky announcement was made by Maurice Gallant, CIO of the City of Fredericton, NB, vice-president of MISA/ASIM Canada and the head of the special-offers program.
“Our program is rapidly expanding and we expect more announcements soon,” Gallant said. “Both municipalities and vendors are seeing value in the idea that the municipal IT market should not be piecemeal and unevenly priced, but collaborative and equitable.”
Kaspersky Lab, based in Massachusetts, is the world’s largest privately held anti-malware company. Its Canadian headquarters is in Markham, Ontario. www.kaspersky.com.
About MISA/ASIM Canada
MISA/ASIM Canada was launched in June 2006 as the umbrella group for five regional associations promoting greater efficiency in municipal government through the application of information and communications technologies.
MISA/ASIM Canada is a federally registered not-for-profit association composed of provincial, inter-provincial or territorial associations of municipal government representatives and others, engaged in, or interested in, the development and operation of municipal information systems.
Members include the following associations:
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Atlantic Canada (MISA Atlantic)
- Municipal Information Systems Association, British Columbia (MISA BC), including the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunuvut
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Ontario (MISA Ontario)
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Prairies (MISA Prairies)
- Réseau de l’informatique municipale du Québec (RIMQ)
www.misa-asim.ca
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For further information, please contact:
Maurice Gallant Vice-President, MISA/ASIM Canada Chief Information Officer, City of Fredericton Box 130 Fredericton, NB E3B 4Y7 506-460-2830 maurice.gallant@fredericton.ca
Daya Pillay President, MISA/ASIM Canada Manager, E-Commerce & Web Services Halifax Regional Municipality PO Box 1749 Halifax, NS B3J 3A5 902-490-6550 pillayd@halifax.ca
Kevin Krempulec Vice President of Sales, Canada, Kaspersky Lab 15 Allstate Parkway, 6th Floor
Markham, ON L3R 5B4 905-415-4593 1-866-295-8503, ext 4584 Kevin.Krempulec@kaspersky.com
MISA/ASIM Canada Negotiates Special Pricing with Trend Micro
Security products available to Canadian municipalities at uniform prices
HALIFAX, September 2, 2009 – Trend Micro Incorporated, the third-largest security vendor in the world, has joined MISA/ASIM Canada’s member special-offers program to offer savings to municipal purchasers.
The national not-for-profit association devoted to the advancement of municipal government through technology has concluded an agreement with Trend Micro to offer a series of products at uniquely discounted prices.
Municipalities within the membership of the five regional associations comprising MISA/ASIM Canada have equitably priced access to the same products and services, regardless of size or location of the municipality. Trend Micro is the ninth company to join this special-offers program since its inception in March 2008.
The program enables municipalities to pool their purchasing potential and obtain the best offers from participating companies. The companies, in turn, obtain the advantage of reaching the far-flung municipal market through a one-stop purchasing channel.
Substantial discounts on one- or three-year licences are available for a variety of Trend Micro products designed to protect computers, networks, servers, collaboration systems and data centres. Details are published at www.misa-asim.ca or the Web sites of the regional associations.
Daya Pillay, President of MISA/ASIM Canada and Manager of e-Commerce and Web Services for the Halifax Regional Municipality, said, “Security issues are a major concern to all municipalities, and the cost of security can be especially burdensome to smaller ones.
“We are gratified that our program is attracting companies such as Trend Micro to offer a simplified pricing structure with potential benefit to municipalities across the national market.”
The offer from Trend Micro covers the following products:
- Worry Free Business Std
- OfficeScan 10 Client Server Suite STD
- OfficeScan 10 Client Server Suite ADV
- ScanMail Suite for Exchange
- ClientServer Messaging Suite
- NeatSuite ADV
- PortalProtect for Microsoft Sharepoint
- MessageArchiver – Email Storage
- Email Encryption Client
- Intrusion Defense Firewall
- Deep Security
The products are described at http://us.trendmicro.com/us/home/enterprise. They are available through Canadian resellers including Accuetrust, Acrodex, CDW , Compugen , DELL , LongView, Metafore , NCI and SoftChoice.
Trend Micro, based in Cupertino, CA, has its Canadian headquarters in Toronto. With operations globally, Trend Micro has more than two decades of experience in endpoint, messaging and Web security.
Other companies participating in MISA/ASIM Canada’s member special-offers program are Adobe Systems Canada, Chalk Media Canada, DesTech, Digital Boundary Group, Kaspersky Lab, Sophos PLC, TELUS and Texthelp Systems Ltd.
About MISA/ASIM Canada
MISA/ASIM Canada was launched in June 2006 as the umbrella group for five regional associations promoting greater efficiency in municipal government through the application of information and communications technologies.
MISA/ASIM Canada is a federally registered not-for-profit association composed of provincial, inter-provincial or territorial associations of municipal government representatives and others, engaged in, or interested in, the development and operation of municipal information systems.
Members include the following associations:
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Atlantic Canada (MISA Atlantic)
- Municipal Information Systems Association, British Columbia (MISA BC), including the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunuvut
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Ontario (MISA Ontario)
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Prairies (MISA Prairies)
- Réseau de l’informatique municipale du Québec (RIMQ)
www.misa-asim.ca
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For further information, please contact:
Daya Pillay President, MISA/ASIM Canada Manager, E-Commerce & Web Services Halifax Regional Municipality PO Box 1749 Halifax, NS B3J 3A5 902-490-6550 pillayd@halifax.ca
Maurice Gallant Vice-President, MISA/ASIM Canada Chief Information Officer City of Fredericton Box 130 Fredericton, NB E3B 4Y7 506-460-2830 maurice.gallant@fredericton.ca
Bob Browne Regional Account Representative 91 Silverstone Road NW Calgary, Alberta T3B 4Y6 403-608-0804 bob_browne@trendmicro.com
MISA/ASIM Canada Negotiates Best Pricing with Websense
Content-security company is 10th to join national special-offers program
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick, September 29, 2009 – Websense Canada Inc. has joined MISA/ASIM Canada’s member special-offers program, with savings to municipal purchasers of between 45 and 66 per cent from regular prices for its suite of Web, data and e-mail security products.
Websense has set up a tailored microsite on the Web specifically for municipal customers interested in this special offer. Prices and discounts for a range of solutions are listed at http://sites.syndicationlane.com/websense/misa/home.
Websense describes its special offer as “best customer pricing,” with terms that municipalities could not normally negotiate on their own. The company has committed that its special offer through MISA/ASIM Canada will continue to contain the best pricing available to municipalities, so MISA/ASIM Canada has designated the offer as “platinum.”
“With a platinum offer, municipal customers are guaranteed by the company that the price they receive will not be beaten,” said Maurice Gallant, vice-president of MISA/ASIM Canada and CIO and assistant director, corporate services, for the City of Fredericton.
“We appreciate this level of commitment from Websense and believe that our program is producing ever-increasing value for the MISA/ASIM Canada community.”
The new agreement expands an existing program of MISA/ASIM Canada that provides one-stop access to special offers from vendors. Websense is the 10th company to join this program since its inception in March 2008.
Under the program, municipalities within the membership of the five regional associations comprising MISA/ASIM Canada have equitably priced access to the same products and services, regardless of size or location of the municipality. Participating companies obtain the advantage of reaching the far-flung municipal market through a one-stop purchasing channel.
Other companies whose special offers are available through www.misa-asim.ca are Adobe Systems Canada, Chalk Media Canada, DesTech, Digital Boundary Group, Kaspersky Lab, Sophos PLC, TELUS, Texthelp Systems Ltd. and Trend Micro.
DesTech’s offer for its Remote Database Monitoring solution was the first in the group to guarantee best-available pricing and achieve platinum status. The other offers are classified as gold.
Ottawa-based Websense Canada is wholly owned by Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) of San Diego, California, whose products are designed to enable organizations to use the Web, including Web 2.0 applications, safely to meet business goals without having to worry about security, productivity and liability threats such as malware, inappropriate content and data loss.
“Websense is proud to offer our solutions to MISA/ASIM members through this forward-looking approach, which levels the playing field for Canadian municipalities,” said Fiaaz Walji, Canadian country manager, Websense Inc. “We look forward to helping Canada’s municipalities secure their data and ensure that their Web 2.0 strategies include security even when spending is constricted.”
About MISA/ASIM Canada
MISA/ASIM Canada was launched in June 2006 as the umbrella group for five regional associations promoting greater efficiency in municipal government through the application of information and communications technologies.
MISA/ASIM Canada is a federally registered not-for-profit association composed of provincial, inter-provincial or territorial associations of municipal government representatives and others, engaged in, or interested in, the development and operation of municipal information systems.
Members include the following associations:
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Atlantic Canada (MISA Atlantic)
- Municipal Information Systems Association, British Columbia (MISA BC), including the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunuvut
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Ontario (MISA Ontario)
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Prairies (MISA Prairies)
- Réseau de l’informatique municipale du Québec (RIMQ)
www.misa-asim.ca
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For further information, please contact:
Daya Pillay President, MISA/ASIM Canada Manager, E-Commerce & Web Services Halifax Regional Municipality 902-490-6550 pillayd@halifax.ca
Maurice Gallant Vice-President, MISA/ASIM Canada Chief Information Officer and Assistant Director, Corporate Services City of Fredericton 506-460-2830 maurice.gallant@fredericton.ca
Fiaaz Walji Canadian Country Manager, Websense Canada 613-299-3543 fwalji@websense.com
Strategy Institute Cuts Conference Fees In Special Offer with MISA/ASIM Canada
Offer Applies to Members Within MISA/ASIM Canada Associations
HALIFAX, October 5, 2009 – The cost of attending a variety of business conferences will be reduced in the coming year for qualified municipal employees as a result of an agreement between MISA/ASIM Canada and the Strategy Institute.
The Strategy Institute, a Toronto-based company that produces conferences for business and public-sector leaders in targeted topic areas, has joined MISA/ASIM Canada’s member special-offers program to offer savings to municipal purchasers.
Employees of municipalities that are members of any of the five regional associations within MISA/ASIM Canada will receive 15 per cent off the cost of attending any Strategy Institute conferences through October 2010.
In the event that Strategy Institute offers more savings to any particular municipality, the company will extend that as a special offer to all municipalities in the MISA/ASIM membership. The offer has therefore been designated as “platinum” within the MISA/ASIM Canada Member Special Offers program.
The program enables municipalities to pool their purchasing potential and obtain the best offers from participating companies. All qualifying municipalities have equitably priced access to the same products and services, regardless of size or location of the municipality. Participating companies, in turn, obtain the advantage of reaching the entire Canadian municipal Information-technology market through a one-stop purchasing channel.
Strategy Institute is the 11th company to join this special-offers program since its inception in March 2008. Information about the special offers is available through www.misa-asim.ca and the Web sites of its five member associations.
Information about Strategy Institute conferences is available at www.strategyinstitute.com. The first conference for which the special offer will apply will be the “Canadian Smart Grid Summit” in Toronto on October 14-15.
Strategy Institute has produced several IT-related conferences during 2009 in Toronto, New York and Chicago. Among them was the “Optimum Broadband Strategies for Cities Summit” on June 23-24 in Toronto. That city will also be host for the “Green IT” conference scheduled for October 21-22 and the “Lean & Green Supply Chain Strategies Summit” on November 17-18.
Daya Pillay, President of MISA/ASIM Canada and Manager of e-Commerce and Web Services for the Halifax Regional Municipality, said, “We are very pleased to see that our Member Special Offers program is attracting service companies such as Strategy Institute as well as providers of hardware, software and infrastructure products.
“It is encouraging to see the success of a program that facilitates a common national purchasing environment for municipalities, helps them save money and spreads the benefits of working together.”
About MISA/ASIM Canada
MISA/ASIM Canada was launched in June 2006 as the umbrella group for five regional associations promoting greater efficiency in municipal government through the application of information and communications technologies.
MISA/ASIM Canada is a federally registered not-for-profit association composed of provincial, inter-provincial or territorial associations of municipal government representatives and others, engaged in, or interested in, the development and operation of municipal information systems.
Members include the following associations:
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Atlantic Canada (MISA Atlantic)
- Municipal Information Systems Association, British Columbia (MISA BC), including the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunuvut
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Ontario (MISA Ontario)
- Municipal Information Systems Association, Prairies (MISA Prairies)
- Réseau de l’informatique municipale du Québec (RIMQ)
www.misa-asim.ca
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For further information, please contact:
Daya Pillay President, MISA/ASIM Canada Manager, E-Commerce & Web Services Halifax Regional Municipality 902-490-6550 pillayd@halifax.ca
Maurice Gallant Vice-President, MISA/ASIM Canada Chief Information Officer and Assistant Director, Corporate Services City of Fredericton 506-460-2830 maurice.gallant@fredericton.ca
Waleed Khan Senior Marketing Manager Strategy Institute 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 40 Toronto, ON M5V 3A8 416-944-8833 x 268 khan@strategyinstitute.com
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