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eCollege Partners with Cdigix for Rich Media Integration

9/12/2008

eCollege has announced a partnership with Cdigix that will give students at institutions using the company's course management system integrated access to rich media assets, including audio and video, among other things. Read More

Mead Moves Into Interactive Whiteboards

9/12/2008

School supply company Mead is taking the plunge into education technology with the launch of a new interactive whiteboard. Dubbed, appropriately enough, the Mead Interactive Whiteboard, the new model incorporates a 77-inch interactive projection screen, multimedia pen, mounting hardware, and software suite targeted toward education. Read More

Alabama School District Graduates to Application Whitelisting

9/11/2008

Trussville City School District in Alabama has selected Bit9 Parity to secure its computers, replacing application control technology from Lumension Security. The new school district, with five schools and 4,150 students, created a state-of-the art, technology-focused curriculum that uses blogs, podcasts, and other Web 2.0 approaches as part of the learning process. A majority of teachers and students in the sixth grade have been issued laptop computers, which introduced security challenges. Read More

Dailymotion Partners with One Laptop per Child To Bring Video to XO Laptop

9/11/2008

Dailymotion has announced a partnership with the non-profit One Laptop per Child (OLPC) that's intended to bring media-rich, educational content to underprivileged children worldwide. Read More

Georgia District Struggling with Web Proxies and Network Invisibility Implements iTrust

9/11/2008

Dougherty County Schools in Albany, GA has selected DeepNines iTrust to secure its students and control its network. The 17,000-student district found that despite its investment in a content filter, students were using Web proxies and other circumvention techniques to access inappropriate material online during school hours. The district also needed a solution that could provide granular network control. Read More

Oracle Unveils National VAR Program, Gives Partners Single Point of Contact

9/11/2008

Oracle announced its new National VAR Program this week, available to North American Value Added Reseller partners with national reach. Read More

Valcom and Keltron Integrate Technologies for a Life Safety Communications System

9/11/2008

Valcom, which sells telephone integrated paging systems, and Keltron, which sells life safety event management systems, have formed a partnership to offer Total Life Safety Communications System, an integrated, wireless system that provides extended life safety communications for organizations with multiple buildings. Read More

Red Hat Makes Strategic Virtualization Buy

9/8/2008

Open source server distributor Red Hat Inc., which is carving out a virtualization path unique in the industry, added another arrow to its quiver Thursday with the acquisition of Qumranet Inc. Read More

Roper Acquires Horizon Software, Expands K-12 Business with Food-Service Software

9/5/2008

Roper Industries Inc. has announced the purchase of Horizon Software International, adding a series of food service-centered software offerings to its growing portfolio. Read More

New Mexico District Deploys High-Speed Network

9/4/2008

Gallup-McKinley County Schools in New Mexico has signed a five-year, $7.4 million contract with Qwest Communications to roll out high-speed services throughout several locations within the rural district. Read More