Brainium Technologies and LearningStation Team Up in Arizona Contract.Business Editors and High Tech Writers VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2001 Contract Provides Science Brainium To 400,000 Students In Arizona Arizona (âr'əzō`nə), state in the southwestern United States. It is bordered by Utah (N), New Mexico (E), Mexico (S), and, across the Colorado R., Nevada and California (W). Brainium Technologies Inc. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :BNU BNU Basic Networking Utilities (Unix UUCP Command Set) BNU Beijing Normal University (China) BNU Banco Nacional Ultramarino (Angola) BNU Battle Net Underground ) and LearningStation.com, Inc. announced today a special extension of their existing Distribution Agreement to encompass a landmark statewide contract in Arizona over the next three and a half years. The Arizona contract includes our Science Brainium product and will generate direct revenues to Brainium Technologies in excess of CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. $750,000 over the term of the contract. The precedent-setting education state contract in Arizona provides for ASP-based content and services to be delivered to all K-12 schools and students in the state. A consortium led by Cox Business Services Inc. won the CDN $45 million contract, within which LearningStation is providing the Education Content Services component and Brainium Technologies is providing its award-winning Science Brainium online curriculum for grades 3-8. Once the installation is completed, Science Brainium will be available to an estimated 400,000 students in the state of Arizona. Brian Lock, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Brainium Technologies stated, "This Arizona win exemplifies the importance of strategic partners and our participation in this trend setting contract confirms our essential role in providing learning solutions to schools, as well as, our continuing relationship with LearningStation. This contract will also provide a springboard for our Brainium DreamMax(TM) wireless portable computer to the over 1,200 schools in Arizona." Jim Kirchner, President of LearningStation, agreed, "Brainium has great online content which is particularly well-suited to ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). delivery models, and its DreamMax(TM) computer is the perfect technology with which to scale access into the classroom. With this win LearningStation is well-placed and highly motivated mo·ti·vate tr.v. mo·ti·vat·ed, mo·ti·vat·ing, mo·ti·vates To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. mo to develop further strategic sales through integration of our technologies to leading jurisdictions everywhere." The learning technology rollout in Arizona is expected to begin this month, aiming to reach all schools in the state by as early as fall 2002. About Brainium Technologies Inc Brainium Technologies Inc uniquely offers the education community the flexibility of rugged embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. portable computers coupled with essential productivity tools and access to online curriculum resources to support K-12 students. For over 10 years we have delivered award winning solutions that are revolutionary for creating a learning opportunity for students; establishing industry standards for low total cost of ownership; assisting administrators in achieving technology accountability standards; and providing practical tools to teachers for curriculum integration. Brainium Technologies is traded on the TSE under the symbol (BNU). For more information visit www.brainium.com About LearningStation - Based in Charlotte, North Carolina “Charlotte” redirects here. For other uses, see Charlotte (disambiguation). Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the 20th largest city in the United States. and founded in 1997, LearningStation is a private corporation and the leading Application Service Provider (ASP) to the educational market. LearningStation provides educators access, on a rental/subscription basis to instructional applications and content through 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 . LearningStation provides schools with innovative solutions for their hardware, software, curriculum content and system administration needs. For additional information on LearningStation, please visit www.learningstation.com or call toll-free (888) 70LEARN or 705-3276. |
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