Buzzeo, Inc. Introduces Java-Enabled Version of Popular Higher Education Administrative Software; Two of The Largest Community College Districts -- Maricopa and City Colleges of Chicago -- Implementing Java-enabled Buzzeo Student Information Systems.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 1996--Buzzeo, a major provider of 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. software, today announced the availability of Java-enabled versions of their entire suite of products for managing student information systems, 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. , alumni development and administrative financials on campus. The announcement was made at CAUSE `96, an annual gathering of campus CIOs and technology executives, being held at the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Hilton & Convention Center. Buzzeo and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. have co-authored a white paper on Java Computing in the Campus Administration environment, which can be obtained at the Buzzeo or Sun/Sybase booths in the Grand Ballroom of the San Francisco Hilton (no booth numbers), or on the World Wide Web at http://www.buzzeo.com "We are excited to be working with Buzzeo and other key software companies to help bring Java Computing to colleges and universities," said Barbara Gordon Barbara "Babs" Gordon is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics and related media, created by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino. From 1966 to 1988 she was the superheroine known as Batgirl; since 1989 she has been known as Oracle. , vice president, academic and research computing, Sun Microsystems Computing Company. "Institutions like Maricopa Community Colleges of Arizona and City Colleges of Chicago The City Colleges of Chicago is a system of seven community colleges which provide learning opportunities for Chicago residents at the schools or online, and also members of the US military through the Navy Campus to enhance their knowledge and skills. , each with annual enrollments of more than 200,000 students, are realizing the tremendous benefits that the Java platform Running Java programs under the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java "platform" refers to the running of Java programs versus Java itself, which is a programming language. Java programs are machine independent and run intact on any hardware platform that has a Java interpreter (JVM). offers for administrative computing. "Using Java schools will be able to offer more information and improved services for students, teachers and administrators online, whether they are using a JavaStation, PC, Macintosh or other desktop system." Maricopa Community Colleges, the second largest community college in the U.S. and largest provider of job training in Arizona, and City Colleges of Chicago, which has seven different campuses and more than 200,000 students, have both begun implementing the Java-enabled version of SISLogix, Buzzeo's client/server based Student Information System. Both institutions expect to test the new system during the first part of 1997 and go live this summer. SISLogix combines traditional student information functions with a set of Student Involvement Tools to help institutions measure and improve their effectiveness. Students can access SISLogix to check their grades, review course syllabi syl·la·bi n. A plural of syllabus. , receive assignments, schedule meetings and perform a host of other activities from the Internet and World Wide Web. These offerings will be greatly enhanced running on the Java platform, as the system will be able to more easily access any type of database and provide information to users on any platform. In addition to providing a Java-enabled version of SISLogix, Buzzeo has Java-enabled HRSLogix(TM), ADSLogix(TM) and FEXLogix(TM), their solutions for managing campus human resources, alumni development and administrative financials. "Buzzeo's engineers saw Java's value early on and their enthusiasm continues to grow. Though we initially chose Java for its portability benefits, we soon found that it is a remarkably productive language," said Bruce Taylor Bruce Taylor may refer to:
"We are excited about Buzzeo's decision to use Java because it addresses critical needs of both our end users our IS staff," said Ron Bleed, Vice Chancellor, Maricopa Community Colleges. "Java's multi-platform capability will allow us to serve the mix of Macintosh and PC users so typical of academic environments. Secondly, it will help us move towards a thin client solution and control the runaway costs of upgrading and maintaining desktop units. "Finally, when combined with the adaptability of Buzzeo's ZEOLogix framework, the openness of Java dramatically increases the potential for shared functionality and gives us an extensible foundation on which to build for the future." Buzzeo, an information technology and software engineering company, is headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz. Buzzeo's engineering laboratory is located in Boston, Massachusetts. Sales and services offices are located in Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix and Sacramento. Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network is the Computer," has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc., (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 :SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ), to its position as a leading provider of hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $7 billion in annual revenue, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com -0- Note to Editors: Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Java, and JavaStation are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Press announcements and other information about Sun Microsystems are available on the Internet via the World Wide Web using a tool such as Netscape or NCSA (1) (National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana-Champaign, IL, www.ncsa.uiuc.edu) A high-performance computing facility located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mosaic. Type http://www.sun.com at the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. prompt. CONTACT: Sun Microsystems Computer Company Jane Rauckhorst, 212/614-4880 jane_rauckhorst@bm.com or Buzzeo John Sullivan, 602/241-5723 sullivan@buzzeo.com |
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