Updates on: Oracle
Oracle announced that OSS Observer, a leading market research firm covering the telecommunications software sector, has determined Oracle to be #1 in activation for the communications industry, according to the recently published OSS Observer report “Activation Outlook, September 2007.” — CNN
Updates on: Ethernet Alliance, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, e-books and distance learning
Nine universities have joined the Ethernet Alliance, a group advocating the adoption of and research into Ethernet technologies, through the Ethernet Alliance University Program (EAUP). The Ethernet Alliance has also launched its first-annual White Paper Challenge Program through the EAUP. — Campus Technology
Intel Corp and Microsoft Corp are supplying Libya’s government with 150,000 rugged laptop computers that cost $200 to build and are designed to meet the needs of children in developing countries. Libya’s education ministry ordered the equipment in August and shipments began last month. — OLPC News
Intel is to provide 3,000 Classmate subnotebooks to Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education, building on the 250 already sent in a pilot project started a year ago. Announced by Intel Chairman Craig Barrett, the gift is part of a “digital inclusion project” that will also see Intel paying to train 150,000 new teachers in the populous African nation. — Wired News
Oracle announced the global availability of its new Oracle PartnerNetwork Competency Center tool. The Competency Center, found within the Oracle PartnerNetwork Portal and available free to Oracle PartnerNetwork members, is designed to help partners train more efficiently on Oracle products by generating a custom-designed curriculum based on partners’ performance and personal attributes. — CNN
Amazon had promised delivery of its keyboard-equipped electronic book reader, Kindle, during the second week of October. Now, those same people say that the company has pushed back that date and is aiming for a launch by the end of this year. — BITS Blog
Recent articles in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and now the Wall Street Journal have discussed e-books and printed books. Librarian Jeff Scott takes a thorough look at the history and attitudes related to e-books and hardcopy books, pointing out interesting points made in recent literature. — Gather No Dust Blog
The 95th anniversary of Dr. Herman DeVry’s portable movie projector, a technology that pioneered the concept of “visual distance learning,” highlights a timely paradigm shift in the use of technology to facilitate education. High school and college students today take for granted that much of what they learn in class is supplemented with educational tools found on the World Wide Web via the Internet. — ah hoc news
Updates on: Oracle, Cisco, IBM, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, iRex Technologies, Apple
Oracle announced that several leading U.S. colleges and universities recently purchased or implemented Oracle(R) Applications and infrastructure software to help standardize data campus-wide, increase operational efficiency, build stronger, more personalized constituent relationships and gain an advantage in today’s fiercely competitive higher education environment. — CNN
Cisco is responding to the trends of Web 2.0 and interoperable communication that are sweeping college and university communities as educators and administrators strive to meet the needs of students accustomed to a media-rich, mobile lifestyle, while at the same time working to strengthen campus security. — CNN
IBM has provided grant funding to three universities that are using the company’s Jazz collaboration solutions for software development. The universities–including the University of California at Irvine, the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria–received Jazz Faculty Grants from IBM. Jazz is a joint project between IBM Rational and IBM Research to build a scalable, extensible team collaboration platform for seamlessly integrating tasks across the software lifecycle. — Campus Technology
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is beefing up its data security with a new identity management system designed to centralize and automate security processes across multiple systems. The university worked with security service provider Mycroft to develop and deploy its security strategy based around Oracle tools, including the Identity and Access Management Suite. — Campus Technology
Jak Boumans, a principal consultant with Electronic Media Reporting, looked critically at the history of e-reader technologies in the Netherlands to anticipate the future of the newest e-reader from iRex Technologies, the iLiad. — Buziaulane.blogspot
Apple has created a new suite of development resources tailored specifically for the iPhone. Dubbed the “iPhone Dev Center,” the service provides a range of resources, including guidelines for optimizing Web apps for the iPhone, sample code, video tutorials, and other reference material. — Campus Technology
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