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	<title>Capital Area Technology Association</title>
	<link>http://www.cataconnect.com</link>
	<description>The Northeast&#039;s premiere information technology association.</description>
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		<title>Annual Golf Outing</title>
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The annual CATA golf outing was held on Friday, June 11th at the Orchard Creek Golf Course in Altamont. The day included 18 holes of golf with cart, continental breakfast, lunch at the turn, a great barbecue chicken and rib dinner plus prizes.
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		<link>http://www.cataconnect.com/index.php/2010/04/annual-golf-outing/</link>
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		<title>Steak and Storage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us for lunch at Angelo’s 677 Prime
Get a taste for virtualization, disaster recovery and automated tiered storage at one of Albany’s favorite restaurants.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
11:00 AM &#8211; 1:30 PM
Enjoy the best in steak and seafood while you gain insights from industry leaders on simplifying storage management.
Angelo’s 677 Prime
677 Broadway
Albany, NY 12207
518-42-PRIME
Please RSVP no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cataconnect.com/index.php/2010/02/steak-and-storage/</link>
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		<title>Link: FBI Warns Pop-Up Security Warnings Pose Threats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The FBI warned consumers today about an ongoing threat involving pop-up security messages that appear while they are on the Internet. The messages may contain a virus that could harm your computer, cause costly repairs or, even worse, lead to identity theft. The messages contain scareware, fake or rogue anti-virus software that looks authentic. 
Click [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cataconnect.com/index.php/2010/02/link-fbi-warns-pop-up-security-warnings-pose-threats/</link>
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		<title>Capital Area Nortel Users Association Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date &#38; Time:
Tuesday, 2 February 10:30am to 2:00pm.
Location:
Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS)
One Empire Drive, Rensselaer, NY 12144

For Additional Information Contact:
Art Grimshaw
President &#8211; Capital Area Nortel User Association (CANUA)
518-464-8635
grimshaw@excelsior.edu
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		<link>http://www.cataconnect.com/index.php/2010/01/capital-area-nortel-users-association-meeting/</link>
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		<title>Cloud Computing</title>
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Data Center consolidations and budget concerns have government entities and educational institutions looking at new initiatives.  One of the key initiatives will be using cloud computing technology to drive a shared services model and to create efficiency.  Overall management of resources, energy consumption (heating, power and cooling), increased security for data and users [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cataconnect.com/index.php/2010/01/cloud-computing/</link>
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		<title>Disaster Recovery</title>
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The April 2010 meeting topic was Disaster Recovery with our guest David Snyder. In this presentation Mr. Snyder provided an overview of the differences between Disaster Recovery and Emergency Preparedness as well as recommendations and guidelines for developing a comprehensive emergency preparedness plan.
David Snyder, CIO at Ellis Hospital Bio
David H. Snyder is the Vice President [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cataconnect.com/index.php/2010/01/disaster-recovery/</link>
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		<title>SEMATECH Overview</title>
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The March 2010 CATA meeting will feature Randy Barfield, VP of Finance and Information Technology at SEMATECH in Albany.
SEMATECH:  Accelerating the next technology revolution.  SEMATECH, anchor tenant at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering campus since 2003, is a world-leading consortium.  Find out who SEMATECH is, what they do, and how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cataconnect.com/index.php/2010/01/sematech-overview/</link>
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		<title>Unified Communications Panel Discussion</title>
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The February 10th meeting of the Capital Area Technology Association will feature of panel of experts in the Unified Communications field.
Unified Communications includes the collapsing of multiple technologies running on separate platforms and servers to fewer platforms and servers and perhaps eventually a single platform.

Technologies that are affected by Unified Communications include: E-Mail, Voice, Mobile [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cataconnect.com/index.php/2010/01/unified-communications-panel-discussion/</link>
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		<title>Learning about the NY-ALERT system</title>
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Our first meeting of 2010 on January 13th.  Kevin Ross, the Assistant Director for Technology at the New York State Emergency Management Office (SEMO) was the speaker.

SEMO developed the web based NY-ALERT to provide a robust alert and warning system that uses all known communications devises.  The portal allows state agencies, county and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cataconnect.com/index.php/2009/12/learning-about-the-ny-alert-system/</link>
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		<title>2009 CATA Holiday Party</title>
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The annual CATA holiday event was in conjunction with the New York State Forum. There were no sponsors for this particular meeting but we had a speaker. Melissa Ward, who is the Managing Partner of New Ward Development, spoke on social networking.
Social Media Marketing can either be a boon to your business or the black [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cataconnect.com/index.php/2009/11/2009-cata-holiday-party/</link>
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