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The Rural Wireless Community VISION program, the latest effort of the Joint Federal Rural Wireless Outreach Initiative, will put staff from the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) on-site with RUS loan-grant officers and regional field representatives to help communities deploy wireless broadband systems.Read the Full Story
Led by more than 200 U.S. universities working with industry and government partners, the Internet2 project was conceived seven years ago as a way to deploy advanced network applications and technologies for research and higher education, in effect creating a super-fast, “next-generation” internet. Read the Full Story
Centra was one of eight service and technology providers selected as part of a contract extending to December 2006 known as “eduCONNECT” that will revolutionize learning in South Australian schools by providing full, protected access to the Internet and the latest communication technologies for every student and teacher in the State.Read the Full Story
Once again, technology potentially comes to the rescue with the Course Management System (CMS). A CMS is Internet-based software that manages student enrollment, tracks student performance, and creates and distributes course content.Read the Full Story
Jones outlined a vision of the future during the ninth annual Oregon Connections Telecommunications Conference at Mount Bachelor Village in Bend. The conference draws business and government representatives from around the state.Read the Full Story
The flexible module combines the rich presentation values of Macromedia Flash with the standards-compliant efficiency of the Blackboard learning management system.Read the Full Story
MALVERN, Pa., October 13, 2004 — Mounting competition, performance-based funding issues, and increasingly stringent requirements for accountability pose challenges that require useful institutional information to make better, informed decisions. To help higher education institutions harvest raw data and transform it into a business asset, SunGard SCT, an operating unit of SunGard (NYSE:SDS), has released the […]
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The basics of communications for higher education institutions have become increasingly complicated as officials deal with adapting to constantly changing environments of fluctuating enrollments, increasing communication demands and budget restraints. Colleges are faced with trying to find ways for utilizing new technologies such as Internet Protocol (IP) telephony […]
This report focuses on how ICT can be used to reduce the amount of time teachers spend on administrative tasks. Download the Report PDF
Polycom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM) provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, and BroadSoft®, a provider of network communications platforms, announced an end-to-end SIP-based VoIP solution that combines BroadSoft’s BroadWorks® platform and Polycom’s complete line of high-quality, standards-based SoundPoint® IP desktop phones. By seamlessly integrating these two solutions, BroadSoft and Polycom simplify management of enhanced voice applications […]