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Technology & Resources

Technology

• Teams will have DSL and wireless access in their guestrooms as well as wireless access in certain public areas of the hotel and on UW campus. In addition, there will be limited access to four DSL lines in the Command Center (located in the hotel) for team use during the case analysis
• The Command Center in the hotel will be open from the time the teams receive the case until the final presentations. The Command Center will be equipped with two desktop computers, CD burners, and printers, as well as four DSL lines intended to be used for downloading large files and quantities of information during the case analysis. Command Center staff will be available to troubleshoot GBCC laptops, and will have access to the technology vendor if necessary.
• Teams will need to bring their own laptops, but we will be unable to provide technical support.
• Additional computers and printers with the latest technology will be available to use on UW campus.

Resources

Supplies: Teams will be provided with a packet of office supplies to help them prepare their case analysis. If you anticipate having special needs as you prepare, please bring those items with you. There are also several stores nearby where you will be able to purchase a variety of items.

Computing: Teams will have access to the Internet, as well as a variety of business databases through the University of Washington library system. Each team will be provided with a laptop computer to access this system, and each team's laptop will be programmed for this connection.

Library: All library printed materials will be available.

Student Volunteers:UW volunteers will be available for consultation with technology related problems. They are not allowed to teach participants on how to make charts, graphs, or use the programs in any way.  We do not want to give any participating team an unfair advantage.

Technical Assistance: We will help participants to troubleshoot any technology problems they may have with the assigned laptops; volunteers at the Command Center will assist with problems occurring with the provided software or hardware.

Top photos courtesy of Karen Orders © 2006