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Unitedstreaming network manager: United Learning.

www.unitedlearning.com, Software, $299 per school building

This application aims to help system administrators better manage the Unitedstreaming digital video-on-demand The ability to deliver a movie, sports event or other video program to a TV set whenever the customer requests it. Video-on-demand (VOD) typically refers to free and paid programs from the cable TV companies or the telephone companies that offer video over DSL lines.  service by scheduling specific video download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer.  times and eliminating much of the stress on school network bandwidth bandwidth

Measurement of the capacity of a communications signal. For digital signals, the bandwidth is the data speed or rate, measured in bits per second (bps). For analog signals, it is the difference between the highest and lowest frequency components, measured in hertz
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The software only needs to reside on one Internet-connected computer on a school's network. Students or teachers can download video clips A short video presentation.  at night. Once saved on the computer, they can be accessed by any network computer via the unitedstreaming web interface. A color-coding system also lets users know the status of each video clip.

Discounts are available for multibuilding purchases.

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Title Annotation:New products: the latest offerings in books, hardware, internet and software
Author:Ezarik, Melissa
Publication:District Administration
Date:Apr 1, 2004
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