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East Carolina University Selects SunGard SCT Technologies and Services

MALVERN, Pa., February 16, 2005 — East Carolina University will implement SunGard SCT solutions to help provide high-quality services to its growing student base and to increase access to data for strategic analysis and decision making, it was announced today by SunGard SCT, an operating unit of SunGard (NYSE:SDS). The solutions include SCT Banner, SCT […]

The World Bank Selects WBT Systems to Power its Enterprise Learning Initiative

Dublin, Ireland – February 15th, 2005 – WBT Systems, a global leader in enterprise e-learning solutions today announced that the World Bank has selected its TopClass e-Learning Suite to manage, develop and deliver training to an audience of 36,000, including its 10,000 employees as well as client organizations around the world. This major deployment is […]

TaskStream backs ePortfolio study

After four years of chronicling their high school experience, the graduates met up not to celebrate their achievements, but to watch their work go up in smoke.Read the Full Story

The emerging WiMax standard could hit it big with Internet phone service. Also: When cell phones meet Wi-Fi.

Cell phones sound off with new skills roundup Radio, Wi-Fi, even scanners–how does all that fit in those little gadgets? February 16, 2005Read the Full Story

Internet2 Partners With Force10 Networks For National Deployment Examining High Performance Optical And Packet Architectures

ANN ARBOR, MI, February 15, 2005 – Internet2 today announced that it has partnered with Force10 Networks, a pioneer in Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet networking, to deploy its switch/routers for the Internet2 Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (HOPI) project, which will serve as a model for tomorrow’s high performance network architectures.Read the Full Story

IBM taking open source on world tour

Buoyed by the success of cooperative ventures promoting Linux in Brazil and a few other developing countries, IBM plans to spread its open-source philosophy to other parts of the globe in 2005.Read the Full Story

Augmented Reality: Another (Virtual) Brick in the Wall

Imagine wandering through a southern Victorian-era cemetery shaded by ancient oaks dripping with Spanish moss, seeing images of the people who are buried under the crumbling stones appear and listening as they tell you their stories. Read the Full Story

The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) Partners With The Academic Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Co-Lab

The ADL Initiative between the federal government, private- sector technology suppliers, and the broader education and training community is a means for formulating voluntary guidelines that will meet common needs. This partnership allows the United States Distance Leaning Association to support the development and implementation of national standards for distributed learning (currently, SCORM 2004), sharing […]

Total U.S. spending on wireless communications will grow by 9.3 percent in 2005, achieving a total of $158.6 billion

The report predicts the wireless market will reach $212.5 billion by 2008, with a 10 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2005 to 2008.Read the Full Story

Questionmark Word Authoring Templates Help Subject Matter Experts

Questionmark Word Authoring Templates provide a familiar and easy-to-use authoring environment for teachers, trainers, and subject matter experts (SMEs). The templates enable a SME using Microsoft® Word to produce questions that can be delivered, tracked and managed with Questionmark Perception. The templates provide an excellent solution for SMEs who may lack easy or direct access […]