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Arel and SGI Form Strategic Alliance to Offer Breakthrough e-Learning Solution, Enriched by Multimedia and Video Streaming

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 21 — Arel Communications and Software Ltd. (Nasdaq: ARLC – news), the world’s leading provider of interactive distance learning (IDL) solutions, announced today that it has formed a strategic alliance with SGI (NYSE: SGI – news), one of the world’s leaders in high-performance computing technology. The two companies are launching a […]

Biometric Breakdown

Privacy fears are now limiting the growth of biometrics as a fraud prevention tool, but some jurisdictions are considering the technology for security purposes instead.

Forget Electrons – Computing Goes Light-Speed

Researchers say that by using well-understood ways of manipulating light rather than electrons, they can build computers billions of times faster than any in use today.

WBT Sytems Launches TopClass XML Toolkit

WBT Systems, the worlds leading provider of learning content management and delivery solutions to Global 2000 organizations, today announced the availability of TopClass XML Toolkit, the e-learning industry’s most complete open standards based integration toolkit. The Toolkit enables leading companies to tightly integrate the TopClass Learning Content Management System into their enterprise ecosystem in order […]

Virtual Universe Completes Next Generation Virtual Talker(TM)

Virtual Universe Corporation (VRX: CDNX) has announced a new package of technical enhancements to their flagship product Virtual Talker(TM). The new enhancements, according to Sam Goldberg, VP of Marketing for Virtual Universe, represent a significant step in Internet audio conferencing. “The technical development team has done a great job of improving quality and adding new […]

Help Students Learn Online, But Learn The Right Things

Mindjet’s Award-Winning Educational Software Lets Teachers Create “Guided Web Portals” To Make Online Learning Fun — And Safe!

Ten Hottest Technologies

One of the hardest parts about putting together an annual list of the 10 Hottest Technologies is peering into the crystal ball and looking two years down the road at what the telecom industry will look like.

PictureTel Announces Welsh Education Embraces Cutting Edge Videoconferencing Strategy

PictureTel®, the world leader in visual and audio collaboration, and its partner Pinacl Communications Systems, have secured one of the largest videoconferencing projects ever undertaken in Europe. They have been commissioned by the United Kingdom Education and Research Networking Association, (UKERNA®), to supply an 80-suite videoconferencing network for Welsh Further Education Colleges and Higher Education […]

Microsoft revamps its licensing program

MICROSOFT ON THURSDAY unveiled a revamped licensing program designed to encourage enterprises to buy software through a subscription model.

Microsoft Simplifies, Enhances Volume Licensing Programs

When large businesses need to buy Microsofts software for hundreds of computers, they dont back up a truck to the door of their local computer store. They sign volume-licensing agreements.