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12/27/2006
Lumens has announced the DC160, a portable document camera with SXGA resolution, capturing 66 percent more detail than regular XGA visual presenters. Weighing 4.85 pounds, the DC160 can be carried and moved easily with one hand. Additional features: 3X optical zoom with automatic focus; a split-screen feature, allowing users to concurrently present a real-time image with a previously captured image stored in the camera’s internal memory; and seamless switching, allowing instructors to toggle instantaneously among multiple image sources (such as files saved on a laptop). Price: $1,295.
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America’s Presentation Products Division is shipping its new line of LCD monitors, the 32-inch LDT321V and 37-inch LDT371V, designed for video displays and moving text in digital signage environments. LCD brightness and a 1200:1 contrast ratio provide detail and depth of image. The LDT321V and LDT371V come with their own scheduling controls for easy plan-ahead of on/off, presentation timing, and image changeovers. The monitors also offer Mitsubishi’s proprietary color adjustment for precise color control. Price for the LDT321V and LDT371V: $2,495 and $3,495, respectively.
In a strategic partnership with wireless mobile middleware provider Notify Technology, human process management solutions provider PeopleCube has introduced NotifyLink for Meeting Maker. NotifyLink expands mobile calendar access for PeopleCube’s Meeting Maker scheduling application, allowing users to access and manage their calendars and e-mail, create and manage tasks, and manage contacts—all from a Blackberry or other mobile device. NotifyLink is also compatible with Microsoft Outlook, allowing Outlook and Meeting Maker calendar users to collaborate. Priced per user, plus a one-time server fee.
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Today, it's clear to almost every campus executive that moving an institution from the traditional purchasing model to a strategic eProcurement program can greatly increase staff efficiency and save the institution money. Because eProcurement automates so many purchasing processes, it eliminates reams of paperwork and allows procurement staff to refocus their efforts on cutting costs and improving strategic partnerships.
Mary Jo Gorney-Moreno didn't start out in IT. She joined San Jose State University (CA) in 1981 as an assistant professor in the school of nursing. But somewhere along the way, she realized her energy was focused on academic technology, and how it could help a variety of learners gain knowledge.