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E2E piPEs: End-to-End Performance Initiative Performance Environment System

In turn, this will significantly improve the likelihood that advanced Internet applications can operate at peak performance and thereby advance the productivity of academic researchers. At this time, E2E piPEs has four goals: Read the Full Story

HaiVision Announces Trade-in Program for Amnis and Optivision Video Codecs

Montreal, Canada – October 6, 2004 – HaiVision Systems Inc., a leading vendor of broadband video communications equipment, announces a trade-in credit of up to 33% off the purchase price of HaiVision’s industry leading hai500 series codec systems for any installed Amnis and Optivision NAC-3000 and NAC-4000 series MPEG-2 encoders and decoders. This special offer […]

IBM Unveils First Biometric ThinkPad, Offering Security at Your Fingertips

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Oct. 4, 2004 — IBM is taking computing security and data protection to the next level today with the introduction of the first ThinkPad with an integrated fingerprint reader. ThinkPad, already the industry’s most secure notebook PC (1), now features a model that delivers simplified access to password-protected personal and […]

Zeus Technology: Institute of Financial Services delivers secure online learning with Zeus

ifs is the official brand of The Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB), and one of the leading bodies for the provision of both education and life-long career support services to the financial services industry as well as formal financial education to the public at large. Read the Full Story

Questionmark/Caveon Partnership Offers Tighter Online Test Security

Caveon offers a full range of detection, remediation and protection consulting services including:• Investigative services to confirm identified instances of test compromise; • Security audits to review and certify the security measures of testing programs; • Data forensics to monitor test data for anomalies and response patterns that indicate test fraud;• Web patrol to identify […]

New World Record Set For Internet Performance Lauren Kallens

AUSTIN, TX – September 30, 2004 – Internet2(R) today announced that a team from Sprint Corporation and The Swedish University Network (SUNET) has set a new Internet2(R) Land Speed Record. Read the Full Story

High-Speed connection putting schools in t

The main use of the line will be to make distance learning available at all schools and to tie the schools into schools around the county for the same purpose.Read the Full Story

Sun Ships New Version of Java Platform: Over 100 New Features Set J2SE 5.0 for Next Generation of Java Developers

“J2SE 5.0 is delivering greatly improved developer productivity and outstanding quality by relying on the deep values of the Java language,” said Graham Hamilton, vice president, Sun fellow and lead architect for the J2SE 5.0 release. “Working through 15 Java Community Process expert groups, the Java community has delivered the most significant update ever to […]

School backs down in wireless flap

The controversy erupted earlier this month after university officials issued a policy forbidding students from setting up certain kinds of wireless, or Wi-Fi, networks in campus housing units. Administrators said the rogue “hot spots” were interfering with the university’s own wireless network, which is offered at no charge to students and faculty.Read the Full Story

Development of HDTV Distance Learning Content

In the summer of 2003, members of Purdue University’s School of Technology decided to produce 90 hours of HDTV-quality instructional video as part of a distance-learning initiative.Read the Full Story