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Somatic Digital Offers Free Evaluation Version Of eTouchBook Suite

9/3/2008

Somatic Digital has announced an evaluation version of their eTouchBook Suite, giving publishers, OEMs, and others an opportunity to test the platform's capabilities before making the decision to buy. Read More

Electronic Learning Products Forms Alliance with KeyStep

9/2/2008

Electronic Learning Products (ELP) has announced a strategic partnership with KeyStep LLC, intended to help ELP grow nationally, as well as expand its current relationships with education publishers. Read More

McGill U Library Scanning Rare Books with Kirtas

8/28/2008

McGill University Library in Montreal will be using a Kirtas Technologies APT BookScan 2400RA to digitize its collections. The company says that the 2400RA is capable of acquiring page images at the rate of 2,400 pages per hour. The library will be working with Ristech, a Canadian reseller, to implement the digitization solution. Read More

Scottsdale Unified Works with GE Security on District Security Assessment

8/28/2008

Scottsdale Unified School District in Arizona has completed the first phase of a district-wide strategic security master planning process designed to boost safety and support student achievement. The district recently received results of the security assessment from GE Security, including recommendations on ways security might be further improved throughout the district's schools. Read More

Certica Expands Data Certification in Texas

8/27/2008

Data certification software provider Certica Solutions is expanding its data certification services in Texas with the aim of helping the school districts manage data in accordance with state and federal education mandates. Read More

Oracle Releases Student Administration Integration Pack

8/27/2008

Oracle has announced the availability of its PeopleSoft Enterprise Student Administration Integration Pack (SAIP). The announcement marks the release of the first product in the company's Academic Enterprise Solutions suite. Read More

Sun Expands Channel Resources, Provides New Incentives

8/27/2008

Sun Microsystems has announced new enhancements to its Partner Advantage Program, including changes to its Partner Growth Fund (PGF) that provide North American channel partners with additional marketing funds, as well as an expanded incentive program. Read More

McGraw-Hill Education Announces New Leadership

8/26/2008

McGraw-Hill has confirmed the appointment of Peter C. Davis as President of McGraw-Hill Education. Davis will assume the lead role effective Sept. 2, succeeding Henry Hirschberg, who will retire Oct. 31. Read More

Small Business Server 2008 Hits Metal

8/26/2008

Microsoft has released Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008) to hardware manufacturers, with an eye toward achieving a full product launch by Nov. 12. The release was slightly ahead of the September RTM date predicted at the July Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston. Read More

Texas District Virtualizes Servers on VMware, Dell

8/26/2008

Tyler Independent School District in Texas said it has recently moved its servers to a virtualized infrastructure, consolidating 114 older servers onto seven new ones. The district is running VMware ESX Server software on Dell PowerEdge 2950 servers. Read More