3Com Announces Winners of `Learning Through Technology' Competition; Schools Throughout Scotland To Receive 250,000 Pounds Of 3Com-R- Equipment.Business/Education Editors EDINBURGH, Scotland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--7 October 2002 Seventeen Scottish schools have benefited from a share of (pound)250,000 worth of ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. equipment from network innovator 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ). 3Com is currently shipping the equipment to schools around Scotland after they were selected through a competition earlier in the year. The initiative was run in conjunction with National Grid for Learning Not to be confused with Learning Grid. The National Grid for Learning (NGfL) was a United Kingdom Government-funded gateway to educational resources on the Internet. It featured many individually selected links to resources and materials deemed to be of high quality. Scotland and Learning + Teaching Scotland and is part of 3Com's global Urban Challenge Project, which is dedicated to donating equipment to extend 21st century communications throughout communities. The entrants were judged on two key areas of vision and innovation. The winners are: Mearns High School Glasgow Auchterarder Primary School Auchterarder Pitlochry Secondary School Pitlochry Auchterarder Secondary School Auchterarder Perth Grammar School Perth Auchtergaven Primary School Bankfoot Abernethy Primary School Abernethy North Muirton Primary School Perth Milnathort Primary School Milnathort St. Philomenas Primary Glasgow Ashcraig Secondary School Glasgow Kenmay Academy Kenmay Wallace Hall Academy Thornhill Forthill Primary School Dundee Kingussie High School Kingussie Charleston School Cove Haddington Infant School Haddington Each school is receiving the most innovative networking hardware Networking hardware typically refers to equipment facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, this includes routers, switches, access points, network interface cards and other related hardware. on the market to fulfil their ICT vision. Neil McDonald
"The equipment supplied by 3Com has enabled Glasgow City Council to further explore the potential benefits of wireless technology particularly with the use of Handheld and Laptop Computing computing - computer devices. The equipment will be set up in two schools to support learning and teaching." National Grid for Learning Scotland and Learning + Teaching Scotland infrastructure specialist, Jack Davidson commented: "Networking technology in schools can make a significant impact upon learning by accessing information and people all over the world in multimedia formats. The winners will have the very latest technology, making them an example for others to learn from." Michael Newstead, education business development manager, 3Com added: "The winners are receiving equipment from a range of 3Com(R)products including the latest wireless access points, network adapter A printed circuit board that plugs into the bus of both user machines (clients) and servers in a local area network (LAN). Also commonly called a "network interface card" (NIC) or "LAN card," the network adapter transmits data onto the network and receives data from the network. cards and fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. switches. All of the equipment is state of the art and we expect installation to be complete in all schools by the end of the year." ENDS About 3Com Corporation 3Com is a tier-one provider of innovative, practical and high-value networking products for enterprise customers. 3Com is also a leader in Internet protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP) service platforms and access infrastructure for the network service provider market. For further information, please visit www.3com.com or the press site www.3com.com/pressbox 3Com and the 3Com logo are registered trademarks of 3Com Corporation. |
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