CalPoly standardizes on Oracle
In late 1997, Hanley, also the vice provost for IT services at Cal Poly, gave Oracle the old college try and hasn’t looked back since, building on the Oracle infrastructure year after year.Read the Full Story
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Phones, television and computers converge at Dartmouth
“Convergence†has now been achieved as the College switches its cable and satellite television system to the network. This follows the 2004 migration of the traditional telephone system to VoIP, or voice-over Internet protocol.Read the Full Story
At Dartmouth, Advanced Wi-Fi
Professor Luxon, who teaches courses on Shakespeare, wishes they will instead be watching scenes from “The Merchant of Venice” or “Macbeth” on their PC’s while sitting on a lawn, in a coffee shop or while relaxing in a dorm room. “That will be really cool,” Professor Luxon said.Read the Full Story
SkillSoft Launches Next-Generation Open Architecture Initiative at Perspectives User Conference
LAS VEGAS, May 3, 2005 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — SkillSoft (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading provider of content resources and complementary technologies for integrated enterprise learning, today announced a groundbreaking architecture initiative that will enable customers to create powerful learning programs that blend multiple types of content resources and learning application services into more seamlessly integrated […]
Cities brace for broadband war
Today, at the dawn of the 21st century, it is hatching plans to lay out its own state-of-the-art fiber-optic broadband network.Read the Full Story
SkillSoft Announces KnowledgeCenter(TM) Portals Focused on IT Developer Communities
LAS VEGAS, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading provider of content resources and complementary technologies for integrated enterprise learning, will develop a series of targeted portals for IT developers to help them gain and maintain expertise in mission-critical technology areas.Read the Full Story
The Use of Palmtop Computers for Learning: A Review of the Literature.
In conjunction with the m-learning project, a literature review was conducted to find information relating to the use of palmtop computers and to assist with the selection of appropriate technologies emerging in the field and the design and development of learning materials.Read the Full Story
Macromedia expands Breeze conference capabilities
Breeze 5 enables companies to provide Web-based teleconferences to remote users. Read the Full Story
SkillSoft Releases Dialogue Virtual Classroom
Exemplifying the next-generation of virtual classroom technology, Dialogue offers templates and tools to make even first-time use easy, as well as access to all SkillSoft-owned content, and a licensing structure that puts design tools in the hands of subject-matter experts throughout the enterprise.Read the Full Story
Hooking up with Net phones: The Baby Bells may still be the big kids on the block, but they’re facing increasing competition from cable companies, ISPs and other phone service wannabes.
Internet service provider EarthLink later this year will test Wi-Fi cell phones and a high-speed Internet package that includes unlimited local telephone service, the company said this week.Read the Full Story