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Issue #4, July 20, 2000 Code 100
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IT'S "KESSLER DAY" FOR EVC AND STATE OF VIRGINIA In order to enhance its educational aggregation for the K-12 school market, Educational Video Conferencing, Inc. (Yonkers, NY) tapped Dr. Glenn C. Kessler, recognized as "the father of e-field trips," and Chairman Emeritus of the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA), to direct its educational curriculum development. Dr. Kessler's contributions to the educational world prompted the state of Virginia to declare February 5, 1997, as "Glenn C. Kessler Day."

At EVC, Kessler will direct the aggregation of a comprehensive curriculum for students in kindergarten through grade 12, as well as a wide range of courses and seminars for teachers, including accredited masters' degree and continuing educational programs, and
professional development content for staff. A key part of the comprehensive electronic courseware package will be the e-field trips for which Kessler is so well known. He
has produced legendary video conference field trips for school children, such as live interviews with NASA astronauts and Russian Cosmonauts, and live broadcasts from the Berlin Wall and from China.

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VTEL ACCELERATES STRATEGY INTO BROADBAND MARKET
Executing upon its strategy to provide visual communications solutions to the growing broadband marketplace, VTEL(R) Corp. (Austin, TX), announced its first product offering based on MPEG technology. The product offering, which integrates VBrick Systems'
(Wallingford, Conn.) MPEG CODEC (encoder/decoder), starts as low as $10,000 and is custom packaged by VTEL Global Services' integrated services group. VTEL recently
selected VBrick as its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to accelerate development and time-to-market for both one- and two-way MPEG-quality video products.

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PICTURETEL LICENSES AUDIO TECHNOLOGY
As part of its initiative to use licensing agreements and strategic partners to bring its technology to new marketplaces, PictureTel Corp. (Andover, Mass.) said that
it has licensed a suite of high performance audio technologies to Intel. PictureTel's patented Siren wideband audio-coding algorithm is an enabler for videoconferencing, Voice over IP, and Internet streaming. Siren has been approved by the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU-T) as the new international standard for audio coding. Financial terms were not disclosed, nor was information on how Intel planned on using the technologies. PictureTel retains rights to license the technologies to others. PictureTel's
other audio technology licensees currently include Accord Networks, AV Communications, Comrex, Harris Corp., and Microsoft. This suite of technology is covered by a total of eight patents held by PictureTel.

CISCO SYSTEMS AND U.S. SBA E-LEARNING PROGRAM ENCOURAGES INTERNET USECisco Systems, Inc., (San Jose) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) have collaborated to develop and deliver the Internet Essentials for Growing
Business Online Training Series, a six-module online learning program directed to small business owners. The program helps small companies transform the way they
do business by teaching them how to incorporate the Internet into their day-to-day business practices and accelerate their success. The SBA estimates that there are
approximately 25.5 million small businesses in the United States. Cahners In-Stat, a market research firm, reports that as the Internet becomes a necessity to conduct
business, small businesses in the U.S. will make the move toward e-business generating as much as 30 percent of their annual income online. In a separate report, New
York-based AMI Partners stated that the growth of online spending by U.S. small businesses is growing exponentially -- reporting that in 1998, small businesses
spent U.S. $2 billion on products and services via the Internet, in 1999 that figure rose to U.S. $25 billion. The consultancy predicts that by 2001, that figure will reach U.S. $118 billion, nearly five times the 1999 total.

The collaborative effort by Cisco and the SBA is intended to help small businesses to understand how to gain a competitive edge by making the Internet part of their
business model. The new training program not only helps small businesses understand the value of the Internet but also shows them how to run their businesses more efficiently and increase productivity using the Internet.

The six-module program Internet Essentials for Growing Business Online can be viewed at
http://www.ciscowebseminars.com/sba. Students may also go to the SBA Classroom at
http://www.sba.gov/classroom. The Classroom offers numerous learning programs and resource tools for small businesses.
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ABA LAUNCHES PARTNERSHIP WITH DIGITALTHINK TO TRAIN BANKING INDUSTRY
DigitalThink (San Francisco) and the American Bankers Association (ABA) have entered a strategic partnership to make available high quality, Web-based training to financial services institutions give bankers the competitive advantage they need in today's global
economy." Under the agreement, DigitalThink, the pioneering e-learning solution provider to Fortune 1000 companies, will develop, host and deliver 200 hours of ABA-designed, self-paced, tutor-supported online courses. The courses will focus on the most relevant regulatory, product, customer service and sales topics targeted specifically toward banking industry professionals. According to DigitalThink, the partnership helps the ABA reaffirm its position as the role model and the leading voice for the banking industry.
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TELECON ADVANCE REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING
Attendees to the TeleCon 2000 Conference & Exposition can still take advantage of the early-bird price discount of 50% off the regular conference pricing. The deadline expires on July 31. The TeleCon 2000 Conference & Expo will be held December 5-8 at the Anaheim
Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. The event incorporates four"conferences-within-a-conference" highlighting the following technology and application
areas: e-learning, Streaming-for-Business, Broadband Access Technologies, and Conferencing & Collaboration. In addition, the Telemed 2000 Conference will be co-
located at TeleCon, featuring a conference program specifically geared toward those practicing telemedicine. Complete conference details, an exhibitor list and an online registration form is available at http://www.teleconexpos.com/telecon2000. Attendees
may also call in their registration to 800-829-3400 or 218-723-9130 (M-F, 8am-7pm CST). Please mention code 100 when registering.

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ELEMENT K CHOOSES ISOPIA FOR LEARNING MANAGEMENTISOPIA Interactive Network Inc. (Toronto), a provider of learning management software, signed a multi-million dollar development and long-term licensing contract with Element K (formerly Ziff Davis Education). ISOPIA and Element K will create a customized version of ISOPIA's Integrated Learning Management Software, which will serve as the platform for all of Element K's learning management services, including elementk.com, training.com and LearnItOnline.com.
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ONLINE TUTORING AUGMENTS COLLEGE TEXTSSMARTHINKING (Washington, DC), an online tutoring company, and Houghton Mifflin Co. (Boston), an educational publisher, have partnered to provide free tutoring to college mathematics students using Houghton Mifflin college mathematics materials. Starting with the fall 2000 semester, students and professors using these books will have access, three hours per day, to textbook-specific online support.
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POLYCOM RECEIVES F&S VIDEOCONFERENCING AWARD Research firm Frost & Sullivan (San Antonio) has awarded Polycom Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.) its 2000 Market Engineering Business Development Strategy award. The award was given to Polycom for demonstrating excellence in business development in the world videoconferencing endpoint market.
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ADVANCED INTERNET AND TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE KnowledgeNet (Scottsdale, Calif.) signed an agreement with WorldCom (Clinton, Miss.) that establishes a top-tier communications infrastructure for KnowledgeNet at its corporate headquarters. Under the terms of the agreement, WorldCom will provide KnowledgeNet conference bridging, UUNet Internet service provision, high-speed communication links and long-distance 800 number service.
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DIGITAL BROADBAND AND GLOBAL TELEMEDIX FORM PARTNERSHIP
Digital Broadband Communications Inc. (Boston), a broadband communications provider, and Global Telemedix Inc. (Westford, Mass.), an eHealthcare application service provider for Web-based clinical connectivity, have partnered to give health care providers
access to multimedia applications over a secure, high-performance telecommunications network. This combination of high-speed networking and accessible, secure clinical eHealthcare applications will result in improved care for patients, better information for
physicians and substantial efficiencies and cost savings for hospitals.
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