Blackboard Inc. Announces Building Blocks Partnership with Pharos Systems Inc.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2002 Collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. Provides Colleges and Universities a Means of Recovering Costs Associated With Campus Network Printing Blackboard (1) See Blackboard Learning System. (2) The traditional classroom presentation board that is written on with chalk and erased with a felt pad. Although originally black, "white" boards and colored chalks are also used. Inc., the leading software infrastructure company for e-Education, and Pharos Systems Inc., have signed a partnership agreement that will make the Pharos Uniprint system interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. with the Blackboard Transaction System(TM). Additionally, Blackboard will resell re·sell tr.v. re·sold , re·sell·ing, re·sells 1. To sell again. 2. To sell (a product or service) to the public or to an end user, especially as an authorized dealer. the Pharos Uniprint system to the higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. market. Through Blackboard's Building Blocks program, the two companies have made the Pharos Uniprint and the Blackboard Transaction System interoperable allowing higher education institutions the ability to track, route and receive payment for charges related to campus printing. "The integration of the Pharos Uniprint system with the Blackboard Transaction System is a significant benefit to our higher education clients," said Jim Hermens, General Manager of Blackboard Transaction Systems. "Through our collaborative efforts, colleges and universities now have the ability to monitor, bill and collect all campus related printing activities." The availability of online course material, journals, and web access has driven print volume to three to four times that of historic levels. This integrated solution enables higher education institutions a means to manage costs while improving print services to students, faculty, and staff. "We are pleased to be able to offer this new interface to the higher education market by working with Blackboard and their Building Blocks program," said Tom Cody Cody (kō`dē), city (1990 pop. 7,897), seat of Park co., NW Wyo., on the Shoshone River in a sheep, cattle, and irrigated farm area; founded and inc. 1901 by William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill). , Director of Business Development at Pharos Systems Inc. "The partnership will benefit colleges and universities looking to recover costs for student printing, fund technology upgrades and improve print services across campus." About Blackboard Inc. Blackboard Inc. was founded to transform the 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 into a powerful environment for education. The company offers a complete suite of enterprise software products and services that power a total "e-Education Infrastructure" for schools, colleges, universities and other education providers. Blackboard solutions deliver the promise of the Internet for online teaching and learning, campus communities, auxiliary auxiliary In grammar, a verb that is subordinate to the main lexical verb in a clause. Auxiliaries can convey distinctions of tense, aspect, mood, person, and number. services and integration of Web-enabled student services and back office systems. Blackboard's Learning, Community Portal and Transaction Systems are consistently ranked by industry analysts as the market share and customer satisfaction leaders for thousands of academic institutions and a leading number of the Internet's most popular consumer education sites. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices and staff across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. Visit www.blackboard.com for more information. About Pharos Systems Pharos Systems has been solving customer problems for the last ten years. Today, Pharos products are used extensively in more than 400 colleges and universities in 16 countries to provide knowledge and control to Information Technology professionals - making their jobs easier and their investments more productive. Pharos is committed to providing only the highest quality products and interfacing with the best technology companies in the world. |
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