rSmart's Sakai CLE & Support Solution Chosen by Johns Hopkins University, UC Davis and Other Leading Educational Institutions.DENVER -- rSmart, the provider of enterprise support for open source application software in education, today announced impressive growth for its rSmart Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE Cle total elimination clearance. ) software and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . Fourteen new academic institutions, including Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. , UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. and
University of the Pacific, as well as the open source Kuali Foundation The Kuali Foundation coordinates the development of free/open source administrative software under the Educational Community License. The name Kuali came from the Malaysian word for wok. ,
have implemented the rSmart solution this year. The rSmart Sakai (CLE)
is the company's enterprise-ready and supported version of the open
source Sakai software that includes a unique capability to support
teaching and learning, project collaboration, group interaction and
ePortfolios across the academic enterprise, all from a single platform.
rSmart is exhibiting its products in booth #1081 at the EDUCAUSE 2009
Conference being held in Denver, Nov. 3-6, 2009.
"We could not have moved to Sakai from our old system if we did not have a partner like rSmart," said Dr. Lois Veath, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Chadron State College History Chadron State College was founded to provide a higher education institution in northwest Nebraska by the 1909 Nebraska Legislature. The Board of Education of State Normal Schools selected Chadron as the location of its fourth institution in January, 1910. . "Our computer and technical services team is stretched to the limit. rSmart provides our team with the support we need to be successful with Sakai. We are delighted with the kind of support we are getting from rSmart, the capabilities that Sakai provides, and the money we are saving as a result of our move." "More institutions are choosing Sakai as a path to meet the increasing demands of academic technology. The difficult economic times make Sakai's lower cost even more attractive, but the real driver is Sakai's fit with the needs of education," said Chris Coppola, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of rSmart. "This year is especially exciting for rSmart because our customers are deploying the rSmart Sakai CLE to serve the enterprise and earlier departmental pilots are growing to benefit the entire institution. I'm delighted that the rSmart team provides our customers with the support they need, so that they can focus on innovations in teaching and learning with technology--this is the kind of partnership that I believe can help institutions adapt and thrive through the challenging times ahead." The 15 organizations noted below join the world's largest base of commercially supported Sakai installations. Most rSmart Sakai CLE customers are replacing an existing enterprise LMS such as Blackboard or WebCT, and all rely on rSmart to support and, in many cases, host their deployments. Recent rSmart Sakai CLE and Support Clients Include: Chadron State College College of the Redwoods
College of the Redwoods Johns Hopkins University U.S. Department of Defense - Joint Foreign Area Officer Program Kapi'olani Community College Kuali Foundation Learners Edge Naval Postgraduate School The Naval Postgraduate School is a graduate school operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants primarily master's degrees plus some doctoral degrees to its students, who are mostly active duty officers from U.S. and foreign military services. (NPS NPS National Park Service NPS Naval Postgraduate School NPS Net Promoter Score (customer management) NPS Non-Point Source pollution NPS Native Plant Society NPS Norfolk Public Schools (Virginia) ) Palo Verde College Progressive Business Publications (in support of a private-label, online MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration program) STAR Academy (K-12) UC Davis UC Santa Cruz University of the Pacific West Liberty University About the rSmart Sakai CLE & Support Solution The rSmart Sakai CLE is the company's fully packaged, tested and supported distribution of the Sakai software, similar to the way RedHat distributes and supports the Linux operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . The rSmart Sakai CLE is available immediately for hosted or on-site deployments with dedicated Sakai support engineers, full-time documentation writers, Java developers, release engineers, quality assurance personnel and other support staff that allow institutions to use and consume Sakai as a commercial product. The company also provides professional services including Sakai evaluation and assessment, configuration planning, training, installation, customization, integration and data migration to complement its support offerings. Anyone can experience the rSmart Sakai CLE for free at: mysakai.rsmart.com. About Sakai The Sakai Project is a landmark venture to create a comprehensive open-source course management, collaboration, ePortfolio and online research environment for the education community. Started in 2004 by a collaboration of the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. , Indiana University, Stanford and MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology , the project is now run by the Sakai Foundation, and includes over 100 members, representing universities, colleges and institutions of learning around the world. For more information, visit www.sakaiproject.org. About rSmart rSmart is the provider of enterprise support for open source application software in education. The company develops, certifies, tests, deploys and supports a suite of enterprise financial and collaboration and learning applications for colleges, universities and institutions serving grades K-12. As an active member, contributor, and commercial affiliate of open source projects like Kuali and Sakai, rSmart is able to provide its clients with software applications and commercial support specifically designed to meet the unique needs of educational institutions. This collaborative approach allows rSmart to offer open source applications that break the dependence educational institutions have on traditional proprietary software vendors. For more information, visit www.rsmart.com. rSmart is a registered trademark of rSmart, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. |
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