IT news and products; Mirapoint and Blackboard partnership.Mirapoint have announced that the companies are partnering to deliver a hosted email solution to K-12 schools, colleges and universities. As a result of this partnership, all members of academic institutions can now receive a complete hosted solution with email service See Internet e-mail service. that is secure and reliable. "Email has long been an extremely important campus application for teaching and learning," said Richi Jennings Jennings, city (1990 pop. 11,305), seat of Jefferson Davis parish, SW La., on the Mermentau River; inc. 1888. Cotton and rice are grown, there is a bottling plant, and drugs, machinery, apparel, and water-treatment systems are manufactured. , analyst and practice leader at Ferris Research. "Users have come to expect their email to be always available. By combining Mirapoint's messaging technology and Blackboard's experience in delivering hosted services, educational institutions can provide reliable, spam-filtered email services to students and faculty." The Mirapoint-Blackboard 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). partnership provides a full featured professional email and calendar system--for both students and faculty--that students have come to expect as part of their education experience. This new offering allows academic institutions to maintain ownership of messages and control of data storage, and is free of advertising. Additionally, the offering provides 24x7 email appliance See e-mail appliance. and network management by an experienced professional hosting team that guarantees availability service level agreements. "As opportunities for e-Learning (Electronic-LEARNING) An umbrella term for providing computer instruction (courseware) online over the public Internet, private distance learning networks or inhouse via an intranet. See CBT. continue to grow, 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. technology is providing new ways for faculty and students to teach and learn, as well as more effectively communicate and collaborate," said Barry Ariko, chief executive officer for Mirapoint. The Mirapoint-Blackboard hosted email solution offers single sing-on with the Blackboard Academic Suite. The Blackboard Academic Suite is used by millions of people to access course materials and collaborate with peers and faculty online. www.blackboard.com |
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