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Polycom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM), a worldwide leader in the convergence of interactive voice, video and data communications, today announced the shipment of its one-millionth conference phone, marking a significant achievement in the company’s history.
Communication systems connected by wire and fiber can be partially or completely wiped out in seconds by an attack or a natural disaster. Virginia Tech’s Center for Wireless Telecommunications (CWT), the National Science Foundation, and SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation, http://www.saic.com) are developing a wireless broadband communications network for rapid deployment in disaster response and […]
General Motors Corp., Sun Microsystems and EDS continue to demonstrate their commitment to education by donating nearly $32 million in computer-aided design, manufacturing, and engineering (CAD/CAM/CAE) software, hardware and training to Northwestern University, located in Evanston, Ill. This is the largest in-kind contribution ever given to the University.
The partnership between Blackboard, Inc., the mainstay of the University’s online learning program, and Microsoft Corporation has aroused suspicion that the software giant may be trying to reduce the software options available to colleges and universities.
Despite being preoccupied with the potential and contentious Compaq merger, HP has managed to be first on the market with its new Blade server series.
The development of the first ‘programmable, two-state, two-symbol, finite automaton’ could have enormous consequences.
360Sync allows students to work off-line and sync up later with an online learning system
New York – December 5, 2001 – This week’s episode of LearningWeek Live – the first interactive weekly webcast featuring stories about the people, technology and business of learning today – features a discussion about MERLOT, the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching. MERLOT is a consortium of institutional and system partners who […]
As technology forges ever tighter links in the areas transportation, telecommunication and finance, the scope and power of networks are continuing to expand and strengthen into so-called “supernetworks” that exceed all previously known systems.
VBrick Systems, a leader in low-cost DVD-quality video networking appliances, today announced the details of its involvement in the creation of the United States’ first fully integrated multimedia IP network on a college campus. In an ambitious undertaking, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has developed a converged IP network capable of delivering both […]