ADVISORY/National League for Nursing NLN and Compaq to Provide Free Interactive Conference Simulcast on the Internet Using Netpodium Broadcast Suite.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Compaq (Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX, www.compaq.com) Compaq was the leading PC manufacturer when it was acquired by HP in 2002. Founded in 1982 by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto, one year later the company shipped 53,000 PC-compatible COMPAQ Portables, resulting in $111 will simulcast the Council for Nursing Informatics' Annual Conference, "Virtual Education: Learning Without Walls" online today, to participants in homes and schools and to those in remote locations. Web users who are unable to attend the conference will be able to see and hear the session by connecting to a Compaq Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the server running the Netpodium Interactive Broadcasting Suite. Those who wish to attend the Web broadcast need only have a Java-enabled browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used , a recent version of Real Networks' Real Media Player, and a connection to the Internet. An archive of the session will be available on the NLN NLN National League for Nursing. Web site following the conference for those who are unable to participate in real time. What: Live, interactive Web broadcast of the Council for Nursing Informatics' Annual Conference: "Virtual Education: Learning Without Walls." When: Thursday Thursday: see week. , Sept. 24, 1998, 12:30 to 3:00 p.m. (ET). Where: At your own computer! Simply log onto the National League for Nursing's Web site (http://www.nln.org/evencni.htm) to attend the broadcast. About the National League for Nursing The National League for Nursing advances quality nursing education that prepares the nursing workforce to meet the needs of diverse populations in an ever-changing Adj. 1. ever-changing - marked by continuous change or effective action changing dynamic, dynamical - characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm" health care environment. Visit the NLN web site at http://www.nln.org. About Netpodium Inc. Netpodium develops and e company's mission is to develop new Web technologies to enhance the ways in which people and organizations communicate. http://www.netpodium.com |
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