Industry Briefs
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TECH SECTORS
NEWS PRESERVING HISTORY. LexisNexis (
www.lexisnexis.com)
has teamed up with the
University of Maryland to preserve images
from the US Serial Set maps in a repository that will be easily accessible and
searchable online. The US Serial Set is a vast historical resource that contains
an ongoing collection of US government publications. LexisNexis has digitized
nearly the entire set spanning from 1789 to 1969, including 325,000 documents
drawn from nearly 13,000 volumes, 52,000 maps, and other official state papers.
NEW TO CSUN.
California State University-Northridge
will begin providing its engineering students with Web-based synchronous content
from Elluminate Inc. (
www.elluminate.com)
to add dynamic interaction to its distance learning program. Company spokespeople
say Elluminate Live! will replace an expensive and antiquated satellite-based
teleconferencing system.
TRAINS, PLANES, AND BIKES? Bicycle theft
has been an issue ever since the two-wheeler was invented. To combat it, the
University
of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) and Clancy Systems International (
www.clancysystems.com)
have teamed up to launch a new security program for bicycle locker use. The program
allows members to reserve a locker space, locker location, and code, online or
by phone; UCLA bike riders won’t be walking home bikeless anytime soon.
OVERHAULING
THE STUDENT LOAN SYSTEM. Sierra Systems Group Inc. (
www.sierrasystems.com)
and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (
www.thecb.state.tx.us)
have signed a $4.3 million contract to develop and implement the new Texas Loan
Program System. The migration project will enable the THECB to more effectively
and efficiently process loans while allowing borrowers and higher ed institutions
the ability to transact and access loan or grant information anytime, anywhere.
The THECB is responsible for administering the state’s student financial aid programs,
as well as providing support for a broad portfolio of loan products to help enhance
students’ access to higher ed institutions in Texas. The migration project will
continue until July 2006.
LIBRARIES GET NEW SOFTWARE. Sixteen
university and college libraries are in the process of implementing an electronic
resource management system from Endeavor Meridian (
www.endinfosys.com).
The Endeavor Meridian database will allow users to view and control a library’s
electronic collections, reducing staff effort required to manage, deliver, and
analyze eContent. Several of the universities include: The
University
of British Columbia (Canada),
Ithaca College (NY),
Syracuse
University (NY), and
Kansas State University
.
M&A, ETC.
AGREEMENT TO SELL. Proxim Corp. (
www.proxim.com),
a provider of Wi-Fi and broadband wireless equipment, has announced it will sell
all of its assets to Moseley Associates Inc. (
www.moseleysb.com),
in a deal worth $21 million. Moseley will assume most of the domestic and foreign
operations of Proxim.
PEOPLE
COURSEN HONORED. Jeff Coursen, executive VP and COO of integrated communication
and managed security services provider ATX Communications (
www.atx.com),
was honored at
Drexel University’s (PA)
LeBow College
of Business Annual Awards and commencement ceremony. Coursen was recognized
with the Outstanding Alumni award for his “service to profession.” Coursen was
recently promoted to executive VP after guiding the company through a complex
corporate reorganization completed in April 2005.
