ATIC Spotlight:

ATIC Public Meeting on Advanced IT & Telecom Trends 5/20/10:

The ATIC Public Meeting on Thursday, May 20, 2010 focused on Advanced IT & Telecom Trends from 2:00-4:00 PM at Lewis & Roca LLP in downtown Phoenix (40 N. Central Ave., Renaissance Two Building) or remote via teleconferencing. We had a great program with top tier technology companies presenting their advanced technologies and visions for the future.

Ron Schott, ATIC Chairman moderated and gave a brief recap of the ATIC Strategy Committee and Network & Broadband Provider Committee's activities. Then there was a great complement of presenters along with plenty of opportunity for attendees' questions and contributions including:

Eric Bentel, Sales Director for Government and Education, AT&T Mobility on Mobility, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, and More (Presentation)

Tim Lake, Cisco Systems on their latest visions for the Next Generation Internet with their virtualization and data center strategies in a future full of broadband, rich apps, petabytes of data, real-time and on-the-go communications integration (Presentation)

Ryan McCaigue, Strategic Technology Communications (STC) on mobility and managing your business in the information age (Presentation)

Victor Berrios, Platform Development Manager, Wireless Connectivity Operations, Freescale Semiconductor on new "green" remote control technologies being used in the home today and tomorrow (Presentation)

Mark Goldstein, ATIC Secretary & International Research Center with a whirlwind view of wireless gadgets now and to come (Presentation)

Additional ATIC Public Meetings will be held on September 16, 2010 focused on Telemedicine & EHR and November 18, 2010 focused on Cyber Security in conjunction with InfraGard Phoenix at the same time, but at a new location, the Carnegie Library at 1101 W. Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us live or remotely for the best in Arizona telecom and technology policy and education.

ATIC Announces Associate Role:

ATIC has decided to remain an advocacy and policy group, rather than become a membership organization, and has created the role of ATIC Associates to encourage formal involvement by our stakeholders. By opting in, you will receive in addition to this calendar and occasional event notices, the agendas and minutes of our Board meetings and occasional special announcements and offers. Over 350 individuals actively participate in our meetings and committees and have so far opted to be ATIC Associates. If you would also like to opt in as an ATIC Associate, please let us know via e-mail.

ATIC's Tech/Telecom Policy & Strategy Committee Discussion Lists:

ATIC has created two Yahoo! Groups to support active ATIC communications and engagement. You'll need a basic Yahoo! account (but not a Yahoo! e-mail address) to access the content and subscribe to it, a relatively painless process they'll lead you through if you don't already have one.

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ATIC is pleased to post an informal survey of broadband coverage in Arizona towns & counties here. Although this Broadband availability summary is by no means exhaustive, it is sourced from both summary and anecdotal information provided by community leaders in various conversations. The summary information also relies on information from "official" comprehensive surveys held by USDA as they have processed Broadband infrastructure loans. Discussions with various vendors and from observation of specific institutions has also yielded valuable information. Other sources include input from librarians and K-12 school leaders who receive E-Rate funding. This informal survey is quite limited as to application, and should not be used to formulate policy or any other specific decision. It is only a high level guide. Percentages provided are "best" estimates. The estimates however, do reflect a stated concern by leaders of the local communities mentioned. A comprehensive statewide Broadband survey is the only way to substantiate and comprehensively identify the exact "deficit" or non-deficit areas in Arizona. Please submit any additions, corrections or suggestions by email to atic@researchedge.com. Again, the current version of the survey can be downloaded here.

The Arizona Investment Council has released a major study of Arizona's infrastructure needs over the next 25 years. The press release from 5/23/08 may be found here and the full report (12MB PDF) downloaded here.

ATIC has responded to the Government Information Technology Agency (GITA) RFI for Broadband ideas and comments with a formal response currently considered in draft form. You can review ATIC's response here.

The Government Information Technology Agency (GITA) and the Arizona Department of Commerce published the Arizona Broadband Initiative Framework Analysis and Report authored by Center for Digital Government, Overview, Report

Also see the Governor's Council on Innovation and Technology (GCIT) Communications Infrastructure Advisory Committee (CIAC) Year in Review 2006 authored by Galen Updike of GITA and the Arizona Telecom Summit Background Document