3Com Awards $600,000 in Technology Grants to Help U.S. Communities.MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- Urban Challenge Program in Its Fifth Year Brings Total Number of Grants to 57 and $5.8 Million 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ) today announced that it has awarded grants totaling $600,000 in networking equipment and consulting services to six organizations across the country. 3Com's five-year old program called Urban Challenge helps organizations integrate technology into communities and enhance education and public municipal services This article or section deals primarily with the United Kingdom and does not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . Today's winning organizations are: Burpee
The burpee is a calisthenic exercise performed to increase strength and explosiveness. Museum of Natural History, Rockford, IL; City of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL; City of Plainfield, NJ; Hawaii Department of Education, Honolulu, HI; Potters House School, Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, city (1990 pop. 189,126), seat of Kent co., SW central Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1850. The second largest city in the state, it is a distribution, wholesale, and industrial center for an area that yields fruit, dairy products, farm produce, , MI; Southwest Educational Development Center, Cedar City, UT. "Over the past five years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time Urban Challenge program has enjoyed continued success in providing communities the technology to improve education-related programs," said Susan Bowman, senior vice president of 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. , 3Com Corporation. "With the 57 grants to-date, 3Com continues its tradition of helping communities increase the effectiveness of their information technology infrastructure." Created in 1999, 3Com's Urban Challenge program provides innovative technology to communities in order to increase access to educational programs, job training, health care and other community services. The grants announced today bring the total to 57 grants and approximately $5.8 million since the inception of the program five years ago. 3Com evaluated more than 250 inquiries from schools, community and government institutions. This year's winners in alphabetical order are: Burpee Museum of Natural History - Rockford, IL Burpee Museum of Natural History will use an IP Telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. solution from 3Com to enhance learning with outreach and after school education classes that are held at the site. City of Jacksonville - Jacksonville, FL The 13th largest school district in the country, Duval County Duval County may mean:
City of Plainfield - Plainfield, NJ The City of Plainfield will implement IP Telephony, security and networking infrastructure upgrades from 3Com as part of its Plainfield Technology Infrastructure Plan. The city will use the equipment to enhance community municipal services. Hawaii Department of Education - Honolulu, HI The Department of Education, Hawaii, is implementing robust network equipment from 3Com that includes switches and routers to set the stage for voice and video applications. The school district will also be installing IP Telephony in the near future. This specific project will equip a new middle school with 3Com's networking solution to use as a model technology school. The Potters House School - Grand Rapids, MI The Potters House School is an urban Christian based K12 school that will be deploying a 3Com IP telephony solution to enable teachers, administrators and parents to communicate more effectively. This is especially important since the Potters House program requires the active involvement of parents in a child's progress. The Southwest Educational Development Center - Cedar City, UT The Southwest Educational Development Center will implement a high-speed converged LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. network from 3Com to better serve the educational networking needs of its contributory districts. Distance learning is key to bringing appropriate learning opportunities to all students in this rural community. The new network will provide the platform to help the center's distance learning offerings. About 3Com Corporation 3Com is a leading provider of converged voice and data networking solutions for enterprises of all sizes. 3Com offers a broad line of innovative products backed by world class sales, service and support, which excel at Verb 1. excel at - be good at; "She shines at math" shine at excel, surpass, stand out - distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" delivering business value for its customers. When customers exercise choice, their choice is 3Com. For further information, please visit www.3com.com, or the press site www.3com.com/pressbox. 3Com, the 3Com logo and Exercise Choice are registered trademarks of 3Com Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective holders. |
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