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ViewCentral and Interwise Announce Partnership

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ — ViewCentral, Inc., the leading provider of Collaboration Management Solutions, and Interwise, the leader in true enterprise conferencing, today announced a product integration designed to simplify the production of Web-based events for large enterprise customers. According to the agreement, ViewCentral version 4.6, the company’s flagship solution for managing Web-based […]

New iMac aims to stem Apple’s slide

Though Apple says it plans to market the futuristic-looking computer to schools as well as consumers, analysts following the industry question whether the reconfigured iMac–which sells for a base price of nearly $1,300–will be enough to rescue Apple from declining sales in education, a market segment once critical to its success. Read the Full Story

High-bandwidth prototype could become national model in education

Researchers from the university will test the educational impact of a range of multimedia content that will be delivered over the network to Cowan and Mitchell elementary schools.Read the Full Story

Three Michigan Universities Assigned FiberCo Dark Fiber

Established last year by Internet2(R), a consortium led by 207 universities working with government and industry to develop and deploy advanced networking technologies, FiberCo provides a means for acquiring, holding, and assigning dark fiber assets on both the national and the regional scales and on behalf of the higher education community.Read the Full Story

Apple Unveils New iMac at Paris Show

“A lot of people are going to be asking, ‘Where did the computer go?”’ said Apple Computer Inc. senior vice president Phil Schiller as he introduced the new iMac on the opening day of the Apple Expo in Paris.Read the Full Story

Life Education Australia Deploys Centra Online Collaboration to Deliver Learning to Thousands of Remote and Rural Students

LEXINGTON, Mass. (August 31, 2004) – Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA), a leading provider of specialized application software and services for online business collaboration, today announced that Life Education Australia, a registered charity that provides school-based drug education to approximately 1 million Australian primary and high school students, has deployed Centra’s virtual classroom application to deliver real-time […]

The Internet at 35: Still evolving

University researchers are experimenting with ways to increase its capacity and speed. Programmers are trying to imbue Web pages with intelligence. And work is underway to re-engineer the network to reduce spam and security troubles.Read the Full Story

Verity Announces New ‘Education Anywhere’ Program

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Verity Inc. (Nasdaq: VRTY), a leading provider of enterprise software that enables organizations to maximize the return on their intellectual capital investment, today announced that its education programs on Verity K2 advanced search, classification and recommendation software can now be delivered live via the Web by Verity training instructors.Read […]

RoboGroup Penetrates the Chinese Market With its TrainNet Interactive Distance Learning System

ROSH HA’AYIN, Israel, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/– RoboGroup T.E.K. Ltd. (Nasdaq: ROBO – News), today announced that it has signed a contract to supply its TrainNet distance learning platform to China’s Central Agriculture Broadcast and Television School (CABTS). CABTS will utilize TrainNet to provide interactive distance-learning to its municipal schools throughout China.Read the Full Story

Miami Dade School System Selects InfoSource for Digital Literacy Training

Winter Park, Florida – August 26, 2004 – InfoSource Inc., the leading provider of technology training solutions for the K-12 market, and Florida Technology Systems, known for providing high-tech solutions for the classroom, announced today an agreement with the Miami Dade School System to supply online training and assessments for faculty and students utilizing the […]