• Distance Learning Program Removes Classroom Walls for Urban District Striving to Cost-Effectively Engage Students and Train Staff

Polycom is helping Pittsburgh Public Schools accelerate its drive for excellence with a distance learning program increasingly powered by visual communication solutions from Polycom, Inc., the global leader in telepresence, video and voice communication solutions.

 

The district, which serves approximately 28,000 students, relies on video and voice communications to extend resources and enhance the learning experience at more than 50 schools. Video communication is also helping improve staff training and accelerate problem solving.

• With ARX, SEGA conserves expensive storage resources, reduces backup time by 40%, and positions the company for further growth

F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that the SEGA Corporation has deployed the F5®ARX® solution to simplify their file management and archiving systems.

In recent years, SEGA faced growing data management challenges with the increase of high-quality videos and multimedia files adding a significant burden to the file servers used by the company's nearly 4,000 employees. As a result, weekly backup operations took 40 hours to complete. SEGA began looking for ways to simplify the operation of its file servers and make its data management efforts more efficient.

• Virtela's Award-Winning Managed Network Services and Support Available to KDDI Customers Internationally

KDDI, Japan's leading provider of international telecommunications and collocation facilities around the world, recently announced an agreement with Virtela, a global network solutions company, to expand KDDI's international network reach for enterprise network services to more than 190 countries. Leveraging Virtela's innovative multi-carrier network around the world, KDDI will offer Japanese enterprises an array of high quality, cost effective choices for global network services and support.

Customer satisfaction is the guiding principle behind every action taken at KDDI, and working with Virtela enables the company to enhance that satisfaction through more network options that deliver the value its customers expect. According to KDDI, improving service coverage and connectivity is a top priority and the company is pleased to be able to expand its offerings via Virtela to give enterprises an immediate benefit on a global basis.