Local High School District Enters ``Digital Age'' With Help From Presenting Solutions; Computer Projector Distributor Supplies Audio/Visual Equipment.Business Editors & Education Writers LA MESA La Mesa (lə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 52,931), San Diego co., S Calif., a suburb of San Diego; inc. 1912. It is a retail center and a popular residence for upper- and middle-income professionals in the San Diego area. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2001 Presenting Solutions, the largest Web-centric provider of portable projectors and presentation products, won the bid to supply the Grossmont Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. (GUSD GUSD Glendale Unified School District (California) ) with projectors through October 2001. The bid, valued in excess of $231,000 is for more than 100 Epson EMP EMP abbr. electromagnetic pulse 500, EMP700 and the Sony VPL-CS2 projectors. The equipment will be used as part of California's Digital High School Project for which all 11 of GUSD's high schools are participants. The project is a multi-million dollar effort designed to build the necessary network infrastructure needed to prepare California's schools to take advantage of advances in network technology. Warren Williams For the retired hockey player, see . Warren Williams (born July 29, 1965 in Fort Myers, Florida) was an American professional football running back. Williams played in NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts from 1988 to 1993. , GUSD assistant superintendent, said he was enthusiastic about expanding the role of computers and Internet technology in the classroom. "These projectors will primarily be used as teaching aids in classrooms. Presenting Solutions has provided extraordinarily competitive pricing and excellent support as the equipment is installed," he said. "We are discussing the installation of larger projectors in some of our larger conference rooms and meeting centers." Art Feierman, president of Presenting Solutions, based in San Clemente, Calif., said the GUSD was laying the foundation for an Internet-based learning environment. "Projectors that display bright text and graphics without the need for a darkened dark·en v. dark·ened, dark·en·ing, dark·ens v.tr. 1. a. To make dark or darker. b. To give a darker hue to. 2. To fill with sadness; make gloomy. 3. room are an ideal way of presenting information to students. We are extremely pleased to be a part of this effort." About Presenting Solutions Presenting Solutions, established in 1989, offers executives a wide range of presentation tools from the world's leading manufacturers. Its 6,000-square-foot administrative/sales offices, virtual demo room and warehouse facilities are located in San Clemente. Presenting Solutions is a top-tier corporate reseller for leading manufacturers including Epson, Toshiba, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. and Sony, and in addition to PresentingSolutions.com and PowerPointers.com, the company also operates multiple e-commerce sites including 123Present.com, Technology4sale.com, and PowerPointers online stores, and continues to launch new sites. In October 2000, Inc Magazine named Presenting Solutions as one of the fastest growing privately held companies privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. in America. Presenting Solutions was ranked 139 on the Inc 500 list, documenting more than 1600 percent growth for the company since 1995. The company was also ranked 263 in the Interactive 500, Inter@ctive Week's ranking of revenue generated by online commerce. Contact the largest Web reseller of presentation products at www.PresentingSolutions.com or 800/701-9869. |
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