Companies float eMail identity systems
To close that loophole, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. are each developing systems aimed at authenticating senders of eMail, while America Online is testing a third. Read the Full Story
Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Gates: today’s PCs are only a ‘rough draft’
“It’s not yet the machine we envisioned,” Gates told the audience of mostly freshmen and electrical engineering and computer science majors on Feb. 26, after explaining how he had dropped out of Harvard to pursue his dream of placing a personal computer in every home and on every desktop. Read the Full Story
The Ivy-Covered Console
Right now, Dr. Palmer and Mr. Bellin analyze video games only on the side. Dr. Palmer, a 29-year-old with a Ph.D. in English, writes test questions by day for the Educational Testing Service (and by night reworks his dissertation on James Joyce, William Gaddis and Thomas Pynchon into a book). Read the Full Story
PBS To Launch ‘PBS HD Channel’ March 1, 2004, Featuring State-Of-The-Art, Award-Winning Programming In High Definition & Widescreen
The PBS HD Channel will be available from local PBS stations that have transitioned to digital broadcasting, as well as through local digital cable systems that have agreed to retransmit the digital signal of their local public television station Read the Full Story
At First Citizens Bank, Pathlore Delivers Training On New Branch Systems
First Citizens Bank operates 337 branches in more than 200 cities and towns in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. Executives at First Citizens say training on the new branch systems will be done in three phases with the LMS. Associates will use the LMS to learn new tools for a branch automation system. “We’re […]
Nuclear Management Co. Selects Plateau 4 LMS to Strategically Manage Training Records and Web-based Training Across Its Enterprise
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Plateau Systems, the leading provider of enterprise software that manages learning and knowledge readiness, announced today that Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC) has selected Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS) to manage, track and deploy training records and Web-based learning across the organization, in support of multiple business and […]
Sterling Bank Inks 5-Year Contract for GeoLearning’s ASP-Hosted GeoExpress
“We required a single partner capable of providing a complete solution, including a hosted LMS platform to manage our training curriculum, provide both synchronous and asynchronous capabilities, as well as offer custom courseware development services,” explained Rhonda Festervand, Vice President of Training at Sterling Bank. “GeoLearning easily came out on top with an end-to-end solution […]
Inmarsat picks Pathlore LMS from The Matchett Group
There are over 450 employees at Inmarsat’s headquarters in London, but with regional offices and distributors around the world, keeping track of all the training required has been an arduous task. One of the simplest, yet most powerful functions of Inmarsat’s new learning management system (LMS) is to list all of the available training resources.The […]
Roosevelt University Marks 10-Year Anniversary with SunGard SCT By Signing New Outsourcing and Software Agreements
Under the terms of the new agreements, SunGard SCT will provide up to 10 years of software maintenance through its Premier Maintenance program, outsourcing services via its SCT OnSite offering, and remote technology support for all SCT Banner applications currently installed at the University. Also included is programming support to customize applications to meet specific […]
Simulation-style video game targets education
The game will employ state-of-the-art technology while meeting the standards and accommodating the limitations of today’s classrooms, its developers say. Read the Full Story