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Blackboard Wins Array of Government Clients Including US Army Training and Doctrine Command Schools

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today that it has added four U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) schools to its fast-growing Government Solutions division. TRADOC additions includeThe Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School (OMMS), Aberdeen, Md.Command & General Staff College (CGSC), Fort Leavenworth, Ks.The United States Army Logistics Management College (ALMC), […]

Dark Fiber Technology Creates Faster Networking

This is just one example of the benefits of the private network for Columbia and other New York City research, education and medical institutions, which now have state-of-the-art links to each other and to the Internet and Internet 2. Read the Full Story

George Washington University Selects BbOne(SM) to Manage Off-Campus Merchant Network

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today that The George Washington (GW) University will license Blackboard’s BbOne(SM) system to enable students to make safe, secure, cashless transactions off campus through their student identification (ID) cards. George Washington University, which already licenses the Blackboard Transaction System(TM), opted to move its self-operated off-campus […]

Japan Telecom and Polycom Announce Partnership to Deliver Video Conferencing to Small and Medium Sized Businesses

TOKYO, Japan and PLEASANTON, Calif. – Dec. 8, 2004 — Japan Telecom Co. Ltd., based in Chuo-ku, Tokyo (President and CEO, Hideki Kurashige) and Polycom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM), based in Pleasanton, Calif. with Asia-Pacific headquarters in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Country Manager, Tomomi Okuda) announced today that the two companies have formed a business partnership to provide […]

Oracle stretches beyond its database roots

The company said Wednesday that early next year, it will complete work on new content management server software, called Oracle Files 10g. It also released different editions of its application server software, including a version specifically designed for integration.Read the Full Story

`Edusat will revolutionise distance education’

Delivering the inaugural address at the five-day National Workshop on Research Methodology for Distance Education at Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open University, Prof. Read the Full Story

UW [University of Wisconsin-Madison] open-source 3D environment tapped for commercial development

The company announced on Monday at the I/ITSEC trade show in Orlando that it has begun developing software for the Croquet system to see how it can be applied to military and commercial avenues.Read the Full Story

Always Online — Virtual World

CHICAGO (AP) — Not so long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, Chip Collier was on a mission. “I really gotta stop bleeding and dying,” the 24-year old said as he slouched in front of his computer in his ninth-floor Chicago apartment. “I’m really horrible about not paying attention to my battle fatigue.” […]

IR Recognized for Training Initiative Powered by GeoLearning LMS

International Rectifier (IR) was selected for leading the electronics industry in best practices of developing and improving the skills of its sales staff while making training a significant part of its corporate culture. The company’s e-learning programs are designed to provide product training to their worldwide sales force.GeoLearning’s GeoMaestroâ„¢ learning management system and e-learning delivery […]

Polycom Sets New Standard In Voice Conferencing with Next-Generation, Triangular-Shaped SoundStation Conference Phone

PLEASANTON, Calif. – Dec. 6, 2004 – Polycom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM), the world’s leader in unified collaborative communications solutions, today delivered the SoundStation2â„¢, the next generation of its market-leading line of triangular-shaped SoundStation® conference phones — the most widely used conference phones in the world. Leveraging Polycom’s heritage in business-quality voice communications, the SoundStation2 sets […]