Alcatel Delivers Higher Education Solutions to Improve Education Experience for Students22 October 2005
Alcatel (NYSE: ALA - News; Paris: CGEP.PA - News) is bringing communications "Best Practices" to college and university campuses across North America with the launch of its Higher Education initiative, presented this week in Orlando, Fla. at Educause, the premier information technology event in higher education. Alcatel's focus is on helping higher education institutions connecwith students, faculty and staff no matter where they are, delivering innovative distance learning and global research capabilities with secure and reliable end-to-end communications solutions.
Alcatel's extensive IP telephony and networking portfolio enables educators and students to collaborate seamlessly both on campus and with other universities and research institutions across the globe. Alcatel's communications solutions enable best-of-breed converged voice, data and video networks. With Alcatel's end-to-end product portfolio, higher education institutions are able to support advanced research programs, distance learning and professional development programs, and even generate revenue with emerging services, such as IPTV, entertainment and gaming technologies for dorm rooms.
Alcatel's higher education solutions provide the following communications services:
* campus-wide integrated mobile and wire-line voice and data services
* integration of voice services into portal technology, such as Banner
and Blackboard
* connection of campus local area networks (LANs) with other metro,
regional and global wide area networks (WANs) and also advanced
scientific research institutions worldwide
* access to multimedia content, such as video-enhanced learning, for
collaborative education and information sharing both on and off campus
* reliable network security systems to prevent unauthorized intrusion,
illegal downloads, such as music or videos, or unintentional
disruption from end users, including opening virus-infected email
Alcatel's experience with higher education customers has been demonstrated through successful installations on campuses and in dormitory facilities, enhancing the communications capabilities at large, medium and small universities in North America. Alcatel's higher education customers include:
* Abilene Christian University
* Borough of Manhattan Community College
* Colorado State University - Pueblo
* Emily Carr Institute of Art
* Fordham University
* Gonzaga University
* Gordon College
* Jackson State University
"Alcatel recognizes that today's higher education institutions are increasingly looking to advanced technology to improve and broaden the education experience and stand-out in an increasingly competitive environment," said Jean-Christophe Giroux, president, Alcatel's enterprise solutions activities. "Our focus is to deliver advanced communications applications and infrastructure capable of providing this enriched experience for higher education students, faculty and employees."
The Alcatel higher education solution portfolio includes the following components:
* Alcatel OmniSwitch - voice-over-IP (VoIP) ready Gigabit Ethernet LAN
switches that provide high availability, security and manageability
for use in the core, edge and closet
* Alcatel OmniAccess - scalable, highly secure wireless LAN and wide
area access solutions for converged voice and data enterprise networks
* Alcatel OmniVista and Quarantine Manager - discovery, monitoring and
troubleshooting of the end-to-end converged infrastructure with
dynamic virus and intrusion detection containment.
* Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise - industry-leading IP communication system
(IP-PBX) designed to meet a wide range of telephony needs, from small
and medium-size campuses to large campus universities
* Alcatel IP Touch phones - advanced IP phones that deliver advanced
call features
* Alcatel wireless phones - complete wireless solution (PWT/DECT and
wireless LAN)
* Alcatel OmniTouch Unified Communications - an integrated suite of
unified communications software, featuring knowledge sharing and
collaboration through voice, video and data conferencing
* Alcatel OmniTouch and Genesys contact center solutions - provides
contact support across voice, e-mail and Web, as well as
answering/message services (24x7), emergency services, and appointment
scheduling
* Alcatel Professional Services - support for designing, planning,
integrating and implementing the solution
About Alcatel's enterprise solutions
With more than 500,000 customers, Alcatel is a leading provider of communication solutions to small, medium, and large enterprises, as well as to public sector institutions worldwide. Alcatel's enterprise portfolio provides business communication applications, including Unified Communications and Contact Centers, an advanced IP Telephony offering, and IP Networking products. Alcatel's enterprise solutions deliver an enhanced competitive edge to businesses of all sizes by increasing customer satisfaction, employee productivity, and operational efficiencies.
About Alcatel
Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommunication carriers, Internet service providers and enterprises for delivery of voice, data and video applications to their customers or employees. Alcatel brings its leading position in fixed and mobile broadband networks, applications and services, to help its partners and customers build a user-centric broadband world. With sales of EURO 12.3 billion and 56,000 employees in 2004, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com
Source: NewsWire
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