Can your students develop, deploy, and maintain efficient, functional, robust, secure IT systems? Are they better at understanding network, database, and server science? Are they good at analysis and decision making in IT environments? Help them prove it in the premiere Microsoft student technology contest, the Imagine Cup IT Challenge. Your students can win up to $8,000 plus accommodations and travel for the worldwide finals in Paris, France. Encourage your students to register today and you might win bragging rights for educating the brightest students in the world!

Registration is open now for the IT Challenge at www.microsoft4me.com/imaginecup/ITChallenge. Students can choose to compete in one of the first three rounds, a multiple-choice quiz that mimics a Microsoft certification exam.

First Quiz, Sunday, November 25, 2007, 7:00 am PST; 10:00 am EST, 3:00 pm GMT
Second Quiz, Thursday, December 27, 2007, 12:00 pm PST, 3:00 pm EST, 8:00 pm GMT
Third Quiz, Thursday, January 31, 2008, 12:00 am PST, 3:00 am EST, 8:00 am GMT

There are also eight other categories: Software Design, Embedded Development, Game Development, Project Hoshimi, Algorithm, Photography, Short Film, and Interface Design. Learn more or register at www.imaginecup.com.