3Com, Quantum and Sun Microsystems To Help Massachusetts Schools Into Information Age; The Companies Will Donate More Than $2 Million in Cash, Equipment and People in Support of Mass NetDay Initiative.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 1996--3Com Corporation, Quantum Corporation and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. today announced that they will sponsor the activities of the newly formed non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. , the MassNetworks Education Partnership, Inc. for the purpose of wiring all public and private schools (K-12) and libraries in Massachusetts Massachusetts (măsəch  `sĭts), most populous of the New England states of the NE United States. for
access to the Internet.
The companies have pledged more than $2 million in cash, equipment and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. to ensure that today's most advanced networking, storage and computer technologies are available to schools and libraries throughout the state. Donations will also be used to train teachers to maximize their knowledge and usage of the Internet in the classroom. "Every student and school in Massachusetts should have access as soon as possible to the educational resources available on the Internet. If the business and educational communities in the state work together, we can make this vital link a reality in the next three years. I am pleased with the strong corporate and school support we're receiving, and I am confident we can meet the goal," said Senator Edward M. Kennedy. 3Com, Quantum and Sun will coordinate their donations through MassNetworks Education Partnership, which is the organizer of the statewide event known as Mass NetDay. This event will be held on Saturday, October 26, 1996, and will serve as the launch for installing advanced networks and connecting schools to the Internet, and linking classrooms, school libraries and labs to a central point. This undertaking is the most comprehensive of its kind in Massachusetts education history. 3Com, Quantum and Sun were also principal sponsors of the first-ever NetDay held in California on March 9, 1996. On that day, students, parents, teachers, business leaders, technicians and even President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948) Albert Gore Jr., Gore came together to wire 13,000 California schools. 3Com, Quantum and Sun with locations in Northborough and Southborough, Shrewsbury and Lowell, Mass., respectively, will now bring their expertise to the Massachusetts statewide initiative. In addition to orchestrating the wiring of schools, MassNetworks will also place greater emphasis on teacher training and curriculum integration. Activities will include introductory sessions for educators, parents, and community members who want to learn more about the value of educational technology, technology planning workshops and the creation of educational materials. "This program is part of our corporate strategy to give local communities the ability to improve public school systems by adopting new, state-of-the-art models of teaching that will help increase students' enthusiasm for the benefits of education," said Ron Sege, Vice President of 3Com's Integrated Systems Division in Southborough, Mass. "Both the Mass NetDay and Mass Liberty Network programs underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. our commitment to a long-term relationship between 3Com and citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts." Mr. Sege has accepted to serve on the MassNetworks Board of Directors. 3Com Corporation will provide up to $1 million in networking equipment and consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" and expertise. The company will also match up to $100,000 in corporate or individual cash grants for area schools. 3Com will grant Massachusetts teachers two scholarships for attending the San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. Education Network Summer Institute Program. In addition, the company will provide office space in their Marlborough facility, and computers, network connectivity, phone and fax equipment for NetDay coordinators. 3Com employees will volunteer their time and expertise to help set up this office. In October 1995, 3Com established the Massachusetts Liberty Network, a program designed to connect to the Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises schools and libraries surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. the 3Com Boxborough facility. "Bringing crucial technologies to today's students will help ensure that the Massachusetts workforce of the future is technology literate," said Anne Collins, Vice President and site manager for Quantum's Shrewsbury site. "We hope that our donation encourages other companies in the area to provide support for this extremely important education initiative." Ms. Collins has also accepted to serve on the MassNetworks Board of Directors. Quantum Corporation will donate $100,000 to the MassNetworks Education Partnership toward the overall effort of wiring the schools and libraries to the Internet. An additional $50,000 will be given to selected school districts for teacher education/curriculum development. The company will also donate hard disk drives to numerous schools. Hard drives not only store the vast amounts of text, graphics and video found on Internet web sites, but also enable Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f to download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. and store that information for later use. The company also intends to rally hundreds of its employees to help connect schools on Mass NetDay in October. Through its Open Gateways Program, The Sun Microsystems Foundation will make grants of hardware, software, training and support to Massachusetts schools. To support the volunteer efforts of Sun employees, The Sun Microsystems Foundation will also make cash grants available to schools championed by Sun employees. In addition, the Sun Foundation will provide financial support to the coordination of the Mass NetDay effort. 3Com Corporation has helped more than 25 million people gain access to critical information through high speed networks. Designed to serve large enterprises, small offices and homes, 3Com products provide a scaleable architecture to meet the immediate and long term connectivity needs of today's user. With research and development on three continents, 3Com is one of largest and fastest growing companies in the data networking industry. 3Com's world wide web home page address is http://www.3Com.com. Founded in 1980, Quantum Corporation designs and manufactures storage products for today's digitized world. Widely recognized as the industry's quality leader, Quantum sells a broad range of storage products to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and distribution customers worldwide. The company's sales for the fiscal year ending March 1996 were $4.4 billion. Quantum's world wide web home page address is http://www.quantum.com. CONTACT: David J David J. Haskins (b. April 24, 1957, in Northampton, England) is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the seminal gothic rock band Bauhaus. Life and work . Abramson Langdon Cook 3Com Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. Coltrin & Associates 408/764-6621 212/221-1616 Kelli Trask Gary Serda Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Manager Corporate Affairs Quantum Corporation Sun Microsystems 408/894-5090 415/336-5617 |
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