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Featured Articles » Userful Debuts MultiSeat Linux Solution HP t200 Thin Client » SUNY Saves Money With Polycom RealPresence Video Collaboration » Utah Schools Adopting Open Source Textbooks   Sponsored By: VAR Dynamics WEBINAR: AUTOMATION NATION: The "Automation Checklist" Successful MSPs Use to Quickly and Easily Launch Cloud Services and Drive New Revenue Thursday February 16, 2012 TIME: 2:00pm ET/ 11:00am PT REGISTER TODAY What Attendees Will Learn Yes, it sounds hard...but it doesn't have to be. Attendees will discover that offering new Cloud services can be only days away...not months. This is true both for MSPs already in the Cloud, and for those MSPs trying to get there. Attendees will learn that many Cloud service vendors have done the important job of doing much of the upfront "heavy liftin" for you. Attendees will be given the "MSP Automation Checklist" of technology tools and templates, streamlined processes and flexible business models to look for in choosing Cloud Vendor Partners that dramatically speed up time to market for Cloud business applications, simplify your business's delivery of Cloud Services, and maximize the profitability of your offerings.   Top Stories » TCS Education System and Citrix Enables Easy Video Conferencing for Students » Moodlerooms Aids Effective Online Teaching and Learning » GoodSemester Launches Cloud-Based Open Learning Platform to Enhance the Speed of Education   From The Expert Corner February 06, 2012 SUNY Saves Money With Polycom RealPresence Video Collaboration By Jacqueline Lee, Contributing Writer Polycom’s (News - Alert) RealPresence HD video collaboration platform is allowing schools in the SUNY system, along with other New York state agencies, to cut training costs significantly. Instead of sending employees to remote locations for training, universities and state agencies can connect employees to training using Video Interactive Educational Webinars, or VIEW programs, delivered through a SUNY entity called the New York Network. Employees can watch training lectures in real time as well as archive crucial lectures for later playback. The RealPresence Broadcast Producer can also deliver interactive webinars with texting capability so that users can ask questions while the webinar is in progress. The Media Manager aggregates media into one centralized location for storage, categorization, publication and expiration. Built-in security, viewer reports and testing capabilities ensure that all employees can fulfill continuing education or certification requirements through the appropriate SUNY programs... Read More   From The Blogs ITEXPO StartupCamp5 Produces Fan Favorite from Harvard February 7, 2012 By: Carrie Schmelkin It is hard to dislike anything about ITEXPO’s traditional StartupCamp event. Startup companies are given five minutes to bask in the spotlight and give insight into their innovations; a panel of expert judges throws a few curve balls at the presenters to make sure they are sweating just enough; and the audience gets to vote on which startup company deserves investor backing and a promising future... Read More    Featured Videos EverFi Technology Paves Way for Financial Literacy    Featured Resources » Licensing for SaaS Applications: ISVs Take to the Cloud » Offering Managed Services with Opeangear Remote Monitoring and Management Gateways » The ROI of Social Media Monitoring and Engagement   TMCnet's Blogs » Rewards Network, the Social Restaurant Hub » Vonage Attacks Skype with 30% Price Cut and Free App-to-App Calling & Texts   Featured Channels » Financial Technology » Green Technology » M2M Evolution » TechZone   education.tmcnet.com is Your Source for the Latest Education Technology News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Education Technology Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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