Several New Products and Services to Enhance Business Processes to be Introduced at the Collaborate Conference and Expo West 2002.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Collaborate West 2002 SANTA ANA Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2002 In two weeks, the Collaborate West Conference & Expo, a ground breaking exhibition on enterprise collaboration, will showcase collaborative solutions that work with existing business processes to increase profitability, enhance performance and accelerate productivity. The trade show and conference (formerly known as TeleCon) will be held November 4-7, 2002 at the Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue. Much of the Anaheim Convention Center has been renovated in recent years with state-of-the-art facilities. in Anaheim, CA. Many of the industries' leading vendors will showcase tools that are part of the new collaborative workplace being promoted by business leaders everywhere. As of press time, the following exhibiting companies provided information about the products that they will be showcasing. Aethra, Inc. Contact: Brenda Diez, Tel. 305-375-0010 / Brenda@aethrausa.com The Vega(TM) family includes new set tops with MCU (ISDN or IP) for professional video communications from the SOHO (Vega PRO) to the corporate applications (Vega Star). Vega Star Gold is an innovative product with mix mode MCU (IP+ISDN) that permits simultaneous connections with Continuous Presence. AVC 8200/8400 are very high-quality codec systems that encode, transmit and decode audio/full motion video signals and computer documents and can be used for vertical applications such as distance learning and telemedicine. The compact videophones for individual videoconferencing sessions available in new versions including Maia NX that allows simultaneous connections both in ISDN and IP. The Voice ISDN and The Voice Plus that add to The Voice are New versions of The Voice(TM) or the professional audio conferencing systems for remote meeting. www.aethra.com Boeckeler Instruments, Inc. Tel. 520-745-0001 / info@boeckeler.com Boeckeler Instruments manufacturers the Pointmaker(R) video marker, an essential part of any presentation system: videoconferencing, distance learning, television broadcasts, boardrooms, courtrooms, training rooms, and telemedicine. Integrated A/V remote control comes to the Pointmaker PVI-X90 with UTROL(R)-MT option. Design control panels in PC software for easy download into Pointmaker firmware. www.boeckeler.com Compunetix Contact: Chris O'Donnell, Tel. 412-858-1186 /codonnell@compunetix.com CONTEX Summit: The Bridge to All Markets. The Audioconferencing Bridge is 24 - 1920 ports in a single shelf. It has 9600 ports per system Conference via PSTN, VoIP. Web Concurrent attended and unattended. Highly reliable, full redundancy. High-fidelity/wideband audio and Small footprint Worldwide approvals. www.compunetix.com Delta Protocol Test Solutions Contact: Neil Urban, Tel. 215-657-5270 / nurban@delta-info.com The WinSIP SIP Bulk Call Generator is a powerful voice over IP call emulation tool used to perform load generation, test interoperability, or be a design reference for developers. The test tool can signal in excess of 10,000 simultaneous calls, and in excess of 1,000 simultaneous calls with media streams. Sustained call rates exceed 600,000 calls per hour. The intuitive GUI provides a highly flexible environment for specifying the call parameters and producing call profiles for different test scenarios. www.delta-info.com/protocol_test/index.html Forgent Networks Contact: Hedy Baker, Tel. 512-427-2789 / hedy-baker@forgent.com The newest version of the enterprise software products include: Global Scheduling System (GSS) Version 3.9 and Video Network Platform (VNP) 2.5. GSS is a leading scheduling and resource management software that schedules rooms, equipment, catering services and other resources and now supports the Microsoft Outlook calendar, allowing end users to reserve conference rooms and resources right from their Outlook screen. VNP is the industry's only enterprise video network management software for multi-protocol, multi-vendor environments. New enhancements allow video network administrators to control all aspects of scheduling and managing videoconferences from a web browser, giving them improved levels of efficiency, ease of use and manageability. www.forgent.com Forum Communications International Contact: Harry Walls, Tel. 972-680-0700 / info@forum-com.com The CONFER III is an 8-port audio-conference bridge which connects to analog station ports or C.O. lines. The card-cage permits expansion up to 72 ports. With state of the art digital signal processor, the CONFER III produces loud/clear full-duplex quality. Several features are available, including entry/exit tones; self-mute/un-mute and self-increased gain. www.forum-com.com International Video-Conferencing, Inc. (IVCi) Contact: Ira Weinstein, Tel. 631-273-5800 / iweinstein@ivci.com IVCi operates IntelliNet, the world's first globally available, unlimited usage, and intelligent private IP-based video collaboration network. In addition, IVCi's audio/visual division provides global customers with custom audio-visual systems and solutions to maximize the impact of their internal communications. www.ivci.com SiteScape, Inc. Contact: Heidi Gabrielson, Tel. 978-461-9959 / heidi@sitescape.com SiteScape Enterprise Forum 7.0 is web-based collaboration software that allows customers, partners and employees to easily share information and communication in a secure environment. Includes treaded discussions, document management, shared calendars, workflow, tasks, chat and instant messaging. www.sitescape.com SMART Technologies Inc. Contact: Jennifer Meads, Tel. 403-802-2556 / jennifermeads@smarttech.com SMART Technologies Inc. announces that the latest SMART Board(TM) software for the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) operating system is now available in ten languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Korean, Portuguese and Italian. The award-winning software, which works with the family of SMART Board interactive whiteboards and SMART Sympodium(TM) interactive lecterns, features SMART Video Player and expanded functionality in SMART Notebook(TM) software and Microsoft Word and Excel applications. www.smarttech.com VSGi Contact: Aspen Moulder, Tel: 408-402-4012 / amoulder@vsgi.com Rendezvous 5.0 Scheduling & Resource Management Software is a web-based scheduler that simplifies the complex process often associated with video conference room scheduling. Rendezvous includes rich reporting and billing capabilities for optimal tracking of conference room and system usage. www.vsgi.com In addition to the Exhibits, the Collaborate West Conference program will include tracks that delve into technologies, solutions and applications for Collaborative Communications, Collaborative Infrastructure, Collaborative Strategies, Collaborative Learning Collaborative learning is an umbrella term for a variety of approaches in education that involve joint intellectual effort by students or students and teachers. Collaborative learning refers to methodologies and environments in which learners engage in a common task in which each and Implementing IP Conferencing See teleconferencing. . Collaborate West keynote roster includes a dynamic lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. of speakers including Michael Schrage, Co-Director, MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab's eMarkets Initiative and author of "Serious Play: How the World's Best Companies Simulate simulate - simulation to Innovate in·no·vate v. in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing, in·no·vates v.tr. To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time. v.intr. To begin or introduce something new. ." Mr. Schrage will deliver a keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. on Wednesday, November 6 entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: , "Serious Play - The Art of Prototyping." Platinum sponsors include AT&T, Polycom, SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. , and TANDBERG. Silver sponsors include Aethra, PlaceWare and the USDLA USDLA United States Distance Learning Association USDLA United States Defense Logistics Agency . Collaborate Magazine is the official media sponsor of Collaborate West. Collaborate West is part of the Collaboration and e-learning Group at Advanstar Communications. Other upcoming events include TechLearn 2002 to be held October 27-30, 2002 at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort Disney's Coronado Springs Resort is a resort hotel at the Walt Disney World Resort that opened on August 1, 1997. This resort reveals its Southwestern U.S.-Mexican theme in such as a tiled stucco lobby and a pyramid with water tumbling down it that appears to have created the Mayan at Walt Disney World Noun 1. Walt Disney World - a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando Orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL and Learning & Training Week 2003 to be held April 28 - May 1, 2003 at the Washington Convention Center The Washington Convention Center has been the name of two convention centers in Washington, D.C. The old Washington Convention Center was located at 909 H Street NW and was in use from 1983 until 2004. in Washington, D.C. For additional information or to register for Collaborate West visit www.collaborateexpos.com. About Advanstar Communications Advanstar Communications Inc. is a worldwide business information company serving specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. markets with high quality information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. and integrated marketing solutions. Advanstar has 92 business magazines and directories, 77 tradeshows and conferences, numerous Web sites, and a wide range of direct marketing, database and reference products and services. Advanstar serves targeted market sectors in such industries as art, automotive, beauty, collaboration/e-learning, CRM/call center, digital media, entertainment/marketing, fashion & apparel, healthcare, manufacturing and processing, pharmaceutical, powersports, science, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. and travel/hospitality. The Company has over 1,300 employees and currently operates from multiple offices in 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. , Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.advanstar.com. |
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