Alistair Croll Will Deliver Keynote Address For MiCTA's 2012 Virtual Conference

PRLog (Press Release) - Apr. 23, 2012 - MiCTA is pleased to announce that Alistair Croll, founder of Bitcurrent and currently a principal at CloudOps, has been selected to deliver the keynote address at the MiCTA 2012 Virtual Conference November 14, 2012.  Croll will speak about cloud computing, the potential of cloud computing for public and non-profit organization, and what cloud computing can enable.

"We’re thrilled to have Alistair Croll deliver the keynote address at the 2012 Virtual Conference," says Tim von Hoff, Chief Operating Officer of MiCTA. "The 2012 event marks our organization's first virtual event, and it was important to us to find a speaker that can address the real potential of advances in Information Technology. Alistair is a forward-thinker in the field of emerging technologies and cloud computing, and we're pleased to have him at our conference."

The 2012 MiCTA Virtual Conference marks the return of the MiCTA's conference offerings, which it hosts exclusively for its members. "MiCTA's conferences have always delivered value to our members," says von Hoff, "but travel budgets are stretched thin and staff time is at a premium. Our virtual conference offers our members the ability to attend our conferences, interact with our vendors and other members, and learn about ways they can save money on technology purchases without having to travel.

The MiCTA 2012 Virtual Conference features a full agenda of presentations, discussions and vendor displays in a virtual conference environment, which attendees will access through a computer connected to the Internet. "We've received a great deal of interest in the virtual conference format," says von Hoff. "Our members are very engaged in technology use and technology purchasing, and we believe the online format is the best way to deliver the value MiCTA is known for."

For more information about the MiCTA 2012 Virtual Conference, including registration and agenda updates, please visit, http://www.mictatech.org.

About MiCTA
MiCTA, located at 515 North Washington Street, Suite 405 in Saginaw, MI, represents thousands of higher education, K-12, healthcare, library, governmental and charitable entities. Nationally, MiCTA seeks to resolve common voice, video and data issues, provide helpful information, participate in legislative and regulatory telecommunications advocacy, and negotiate discounted purchase contracts for telecommunications and technology services for its members. For more information, please visit the MiCTA Web site, http://www.mictatech.org.