SCTE Announcements

Take Care of Business at the SCTE Business Services Symposium Registration is under way for this hot-topic event slated for Tuesday to Wednesday, Oct. 17-18, in Chicago. Take in four information-packed tech sessions and sponsor demos on Tuesday followed by two workshop periods the next morning. Sessions topics include: *Wireline and Wireless: Enemies or Friends? *Delivering Carrier-Grade Services *Business Voice Services *Operational Opportunities in Building Business Services Sponsored by Accenture, Arcwave, Arris, BelAir Networks, Cisco Systems, CommScope, Communications Technologymagazine, Motorola, Narad Networks, Nortel, Tellabs, Vyyo, and World Wide Packets. Get details/register today at http://www.scte.org/content/index.cfm?pID=1462. Order Your FREE MGM 2006-2007 Recruitment Kit Today! "It’s every man for himself" during this year’s SCTE Member-Get-A-Member (MGM) Campaign, which kicks off Oct. 1 and runs through March 1. Recruit new members and get great prizes—including a chance to win a 50" Plasma TV! Order your free recruitment kit and get details on the fabulous prizes and rules and regulations. Calling All Nominations for SCTE 2007 Board Election SCTE is accepting candidate nominations for the seven seats on its board of directors that are up for election in 2007. Read more/get details. Seamless Mobility That’s the next subject for SCTE Live Learning, set for Wednesday, Sept. 20, at 2 p.m. Eastern time. Free to SCTE members. Registration is required, and "seats" are limited. SCTE Live Learning is sponsored by Cisco Systems, Fujitsu, Motorola, and Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco Company. Archived recordings include responses to questions that were posed during the original presentation. Commercial Services, OCAP, Optical Transport, PacketCable, and Wireless Technology are among the choices of archived topics. Archives are for SCTE members only, and at no cost. Choose a topic to watch at your convenience and register for the Sept. 20 event. http://www.scte.org/content/index.cfm?pID=940 Purchase Gigabit Ethernet Technology and Applications by Mark Norris (TR97) Enjoy this detailed discussion of how Gigabit Ethernet is used to build storage area networks, to scale up local area networks into total area networks, and to provide wireless solutions. By comparing Gigabit Ethernet to competing technologies, this guide helps professionals decide when Gigabit Ethernet is the right solution for their networking needs. This complete reference also provides a thorough treatment of the Ethernet standard and its many variants. Available for purchase through the SCTE Bookstore. Retail Price: $77; SCTE Member Price: $69. http://www.scte.org/devams/cgi- bin/msascartlist.dll/ProductInfo?productcd=TR97