Elluminate Contact:
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Merritt Group
703.390.1500
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Elluminate and Unicon Partner to Bring Live eLearning and Web Conferencing to Portal Community
Integration of Elluminate Live! Technology and Unicon Academus Portal Will Provide Convenient Access to Online Virtual Classroom
Pampano Beach, Florida., (November 2, 2004)
– Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web
conferencing solutions for the real-time organization, and Unicon,
Inc., the leading, independent provider of enterprise-portal,
learning, collaborative and integration technology for higher
education, announced today that Unicon will offer Elluminate’s
integrated Web conferencing and collaboration solution for
use on Academus, its cost-effective, enterprise-portal solution
built on open-source technology. Academus delivers the framework,
software, and services needed to establish a single, user-friendly,
Web-based online campus, enabling colleges and universities to
build a secure, versatile, and manageable campus portal.
Elluminate Live! Academic Edition
will enable Academus users to create live, online sessions
that enable dynamic interaction and real-time collaboration with:
- Crystal-clear voice over the Internet
- Interactive whiteboards and text chat
- Web cam live video and streaming media
- Application sharing
- Breakout rooms and quiz manager
- Record and playback
The two companies will also be exhibiting at the League of Innovation
Conference on Information Technology to be held November 7-10 in
Tampa, Fla. Conference attendees who visit Elluminate in booth #710 will
have a chance to win an Apple iPod Music Player. Attendees can also visit
Unicon at booth #431 to see how Elluminate and Unicon are delivering
integrated higher-education solutions.
“Unicon is very pleased to be associated with the best-of-breed
provider of synchronous eLearning environments,” said Jim Layne,
Unicon Vice President of Marketing and Sales. “The collaboration
between Unicon and Elluminate enables us to offer clients live distance
learning and Web conferencing within the Academus Portal environment.”
“We are thrilled to form a strategic alliance with the leading
independent portal provider for the higher education market,”
said Maurice Heiblum, Elluminate’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing.
“Elluminate Live! will enable campus portal
users to meet online regardless of location and deliver instruction,
both synchronously and asynchronously.”
About Unicon, Inc.
Since 1993, Unicon has been designing, building, and managing technology
solutions for colleges, universities, schools, and corporations worldwide.
Unicon solutions are based on open-source technology to increase productivity
while reducing costs. Unicon, Inc. is the leading independent provider of
enterprise portal, collaborative, learning and integration technology for
higher education institutions. Unicon is the leading commercial supporter
of the uPortal open-source Web portal initiative, developed under the
direction of the JA-SIG organization. Unicon also maintains and supports
applications of the Cisco Networking Academy Program. Former employees of
Arizona State University founded Unicon. For more information, please
visit Unicon on the Web at http://www.unicon.net.
About Elluminate, Inc.
Elluminate, Inc. provides live eLearning and Web conferencing solutions
for the real-time organization. Its No User Left Behind technology
design ensures the best user experience for all through superior-quality
VoIP, communications that are in-sync regardless of connection speed,
broad cross-platform support, and advanced yet easy-to-use ESP Moderator
Tools. Elluminate products create a rich, collaborative environment
for live remote training and online meetings, all while delivering
lower upfront costs and strong ROI. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta,
Canada and Pompano Beach, Fla., Elluminate serves corporate and academic
organizations such as T-Mobile, Interstate Hotels and Resorts,
Penn State University, Johns Hopkins University and many more.
For more information, visit www.elluminate.com.
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Elluminate Live! is a trademark of Elluminate, Inc.
Academus is a trademark of Unicon, Inc., Chandler, Arizona, USA
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