Industry Briefs
NEWS
NEW DIGITAL V-MAIL SYSTEM. University of California-Berkeley will roll
out a new digital voicemail system to 10,000 faculty and administrative staff
by 2006-2007, in a move to replace its aging voicemail system. The school has
purchased Communité unified communications software from Interactive Intelligence
Inc. (
www.inin.com), and will
also upgrade and integrate its legacy systems, adding advanced messaging features
and management capabilities, according to Interactive’s spokespeople.
INDUSTRY
STANDARDS GROUP. The integrated wireless LAN security and management software
provider Roving Planet (
www.rovingplanet.com)
was accepted into the Trusted Computing Group (TCG;
www.trustedcomputinggroup.org)
to help set industry standards for network security. The TCG was formed to develop,
define, and promote open standards for protecting computers and data networks
from security breaches and attacks.
With the help of Christie Digital, Tulane g'es Wall Street.
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Tulane University’s
(LA) A.B. Freeman School of Business brings Wall Street to the classroom with
a training center that simulates the activity around the financial hub. The school
uses Christie Digital’s (
www.christiedigital.com)
projection cubes to create a screen that spans the walls of the school’s
trading center. A separate controller can display multiple images on different
screens, or one large image across the entire wall—bringing the real world
of high finance right into the classroom.
$30 MILLION AGREEMENT. Thomson
Prometric (
www.thomson.com),
a technology-enabled testing and assessment services provider, has announced an
exclusive seven-year, $30 million agreement with the Association of American Medical
Colleges (AAMC;
www.aamc.org)
to convert the paper-and-pencil Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) to a computer-based
format. The AAMC currently administers more than 60,000 MCAT examinations annually
for students who need to demonstrate their proficiency in various academic areas
for entry into medical school.
STUDENT RECRUITMENT. Attracting prospective
students globally, the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the
University
of Maryland has deployed Intelliworks (
www.intelliworks.com),
a customer relationship management (CRM) software product, to support its student
recruitment and application processes for Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America.
UNITING COMMUNITIES. Unicon (
www.unicon.net)
has announced that the
Texas State Technical College system (TSTC) has
selected Academus, Unicon’s signature portal solution, to unify the entire
college system online and to create a consistent online environment accessible
to all TSTC users. The TSTC system includes: TSTCHarlingen, TSTC-Marshall, TSTC-Waco,
and TSTC-West Texas.
REAL-TIME, RICH MEDIA COLLABORATION. Radvision (
www.radvision.com),
a real-time voice and video communications provider, Microsoft (
www.microsoft.com),
and voice, video, data and Web conferencing provider Broadreach Services (
www.broadreachservices.com)
have all had a hand in implementing a visual communications platform at Edith
Cowan University (Australia). ECU has leveraged Radvision’s support for SIP
(session initiation protocol) within its products, to roll out desktop visual
communications using Microsoft’s Office Live Communications Server, says
Radvision’s spokespeople. Now, teachers are allocated time slots for face-to-face
Webcam discussions with groups or individuals, keeping the collaboration and communication
constant.