Exhibitors

Atrion Communications Resources

Audio Visual Associates

Berkeley Varitronics Systems, Inc.

Blackboard Inc.

Cisco Systems

Datatel

Elluminate, Inc.

Expedite Video Conferencing Services, Inc.

First Virtual Communications

GatherWorks

HaiVision Systems Inc.

Horizon Wimba

inSORS Integrated Communications

MRA international, Inc

Micro-Data Systems

Internap

Nortel Networks

PeriNet Technologies

Polycom

Presentation Media Inc.

PRO-AV INTEGRATORS LLC

Silicon Chalk

STARBAK Communications, Inc.

SunGard SCT

TelCove

Tele-Measurements, Inc.

TeleWriter Corporation, Inc.

TransNet Corporation

Verizon

Vistacom Inc

Wave2Wave Communications

WebCT

Westwood Computer Corporation

York Telecom Corporation

 

Atrion Communications Resources is a full-service, value-added systems integrator providing network consulting services, design, implementation, training and one of the industries most unique & flexible maintenance offerings. With 19 years of Local and Wide Area Networking Expertise, the ACR staff has earned the highest level of both industry and manufacturer certifications in these areas.

ACR provides complete data communications solutions, from equipment to support, with a specialization in Network Security, focusing on products such as NetScreen Technologies and Packeteer. Inherent to our mission is the ability to deliver the best solutions quickly, at competitive prices and to develop a "Best in Class" service organization. "ACR: enabling secure network solutions through design, implementation and continuing education."

 

Located in Denville, New Jersey, Audio Visual Associates is entering its third decade of supporting the presentation and communication requirements of clients in education, business and industry. In addition to providing integrated support systems, AVA provides rental, staging equipment and technical support twenty-four hours a day/seven days a week.

Supporting all of the above is our factory trained and authorized service facility. AVA realizes the need to provide constant and on going support in order to maintain a long-term relationship with our clients. That philosophy has earned Audio Visual Associates, Inc. Magazine's recognition as one of the 40 Most Customer Oriented Organizations In The United States. Website: www.avaonline.com

 

Formed with this vision in 1997, Washington D.C.-based Blackboard Inc. is a leading enterprise software company for e-Education. Blackboard offers a complete suite of enterprise software products and services that power e-Education programs in our primary markets – Higher Education , K-12 , Corporate/Government and International.

Blackboard solutions deliver the promise of the Internet for online teaching and learning, campus communities, campus commerce services, and integration of Web-enabled student services and back office systems.

 

Berkeley Varitronics Systems designs and manufactures wireless test equipment for CW, CDMA, TDMA and 802.11 (802.11b/a/g and Bluetooth) applications. Products are built around custom, calibrated receivers to ensure maximum sensitivity. Test tools contain features such as RSSI spectrum analysis, Multipath, PER, AP utilization/usage and MAC security authorizations. 802.11 products include OFDM, DSSS and FHSS technologies with options such as mapping coverage software, internal GPS receiver and direction finding antenna. For more information, please visit www.bvsystems.com.

 

Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government and home communications, and Cisco Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of these networks. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen competitive advantage. The Cisco name has become synonymous with the Internet, as well as with the productivity improvements that Internet business solutions provide. At Cisco, our vision is to change the way people work, live, play and learn.[Website]

 

Datatel is the leading provider of fully integrated enterprise information management solutions for higher education. Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., the company has more than 600 Client Institutions throughout North America. For more than 20 years, Datatel has exclusively focused on meeting the needs of colleges and universities, helping institutions operate more efficiently so they may better serve their constituents.

The combination of Datatel's advanced technology solutions, the unmatched expertise of Datatel Professional Services consultants, and a host of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) training workshops offered through The Center for Institutional EffectivenessTM, provides Clients with everything they need to meet their business goals. For more information, please visit www.datatel.com.

 

Add real-time collaboration to your asynchronous distance learning programs…create an online environment for students to collaborate…leverage instructors across campuses…

Only Elluminate offers an affordable online instruction delivery solution that enables you to duplicate any learning environment, from lectures and debates to small group discussions and presentations.

Our real-time virtual classroom includes 2-way voice, video, interactive whiteboards, application sharing, real-time quizzing, breakout rooms, record and playback and more. Elluminate Live! works seamlessly between MacOS, Windows and Solaris and integrates with Blackboard, eCollege and more. With individual bandwidth management, even students on 28.8 dial up connection will have a high-quality experience. Thousands of students at hundreds of schools have experienced the Elluminate difference – technology that empowers learning, deepens understanding, and affords education to remote students who otherwise would be deprived.

 

The mission of Expedite Video Conferencing Services, Inc. is to deliver world class, high quality, secure video and audio conferencing solutions and services. During the past eight years, Expedite has successfully delivered customized conferencing solutions to state and local government and educational agencies and institutions, as well as commercial accounts ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Expedite is a fully certified channel partner with the leading manufacturers of conferencing hardware - Polycom, VTEL, Sony, and Radvision. Our conference scheduling software is simple to use and manages participants, rooms, bridges, and conference execution. Clients are offered maintenance and technical support on multiple devices and endpoints, as well as installation.

Additional services include network and custom design installations, room design, hotline support, emergency onsite support and engineering support to assist clients in operating their video and audio networks. A large inventory of hardware and software is maintained by Expedite at all times. Our technical support and service to clients is on a 24/7/365 basis. Expedite's employees are highly qualified and trained to operate within a wide variety of technological environments and configurations. Among the services provided by Expedite are complete activities related to IP, ISDN, T1, Fiber and Wireless configurations and provision of LAN/WAN video and solutions and installations. For more information, call 1-888-YES-VIDEO. [Website]

 

First Virtual Communications is a premier provider of infrastructure and solutions for real time rich media communications. The Company's award-winning Click to Meet™ product line is enterprise-class software that enables corporate, education, healthcare and government customers worldwide to present, share, sell, train and collaborate. Click to Meet integrates the user's choice of data, audio and multipoint interactive video into existing work environments and into everyday communication tools such as instant messaging, web browsing and e-mail.

More information about First Virtual Communications can be found at www.fvc.com or by calling 1-800-728-6337 or +1-650-801-6500 outside North America.

 

GatherWorks is a software development company providing software based solutions for customers with web casting, video conferencing, web conferencing, audio and data conferencing requirements. We help people connect anytime and anywhere!
Echo – Provides Recording and Playback of Polycom, First Virtual, Tandberg, VCON, Sony or Codian Conferences
EchoCast – Extends video conferencing applications by providing playback of the conference via a web page and our java/html viewer with QuickTime or Windows Media.
StudyPlace – Adds Training and Teaching conference templates and controls, in addition to the standard Click to Meet conference templates and controls for a more effective teaching, training, and learning experience.
iPoll – Allows Click to Meet Conference Moderators to use polling for real-time Q&A with immediate feedback in the form of a graph or histogram.

 

HaiVision Systems Inc. is the premier supplier of high quality, mission critical, broadband video communication equipment to telecom carriers, service providers, and video systems integrators worldwide.

Located in Montreal, Canada, HaiVision was founded in May, 2004 on proven established leading edge technology acquired from Miranda Technologies Inc., and previously General DataComm Inc.

HaiVision has a significant history within the broadband video communication industry, and has a large installed base within the core market areas of distance education, boardroom video conferencing, operational video communication, security and surveillance, and tele-medicine.

HaiVision is dedicated to delivering broadband video technologies to address the specific needs of clients within these markets; including the highest video and audio quality, the most efficient use of network resources, a product design to exceed the demand of the most rigorous installations and a complete life cycle support to facilitate integration of new technologies without significant capital investment or service disruption.

 

Horizon Wimba develops web-based collaboration software designed for online education, language learning and live interactive communications. Our collaborative applications enable learning professionals to fully embrace the new wave of teaching and learning opportunities afforded by the internet; regardless of geographic location, bandwidth or operating system. Our classroom collaboration solutions enable educators to conduct live, online classes, meetings, office hours and other collaborations, and our language learning tools add oral interaction directly into course content, webpages, study groups and assessments.

With simplicity and power, Horizon Wimba adds new dimensions to online, accessible education, enhancing the learning experience for both students and instructors.

 

inSORS (www.insors.com) provides turnkey Access Grid videoconferencing solutions along with enhanced "inSORS Grid" real-time collaboration software. The inSORS Grid's signature capability is unlimited multipoint video, web, and audio conferencing. The solution runs on any computer, securely over any IP network, and securely through any firewall. inSORS offers fully supported and installed room-based solutions as well as desktop and laptop software. User applications include video-rich distance meetings, video and data-rich project collaborations; distance learning/training, telemedicine, "advanced collaboration environments", etc. http://www.insors.com/grid/ig_sessions.htm

inSORS' customers include over 150 universities (including NJIT), the NSF, NIH, DoE, NOAA, US Army, US Navy, Internet2, Boeing, Motorola, ChevronTexaco, Ford Motor Co, BT, NTT, SAIC, and the UK Dept of Trade.

 

Internap is the market leader of intelligent route-control solutions that bring reliability, performance and security to the Internet. The company’s patented technology addresses the inherent weaknesses of the Internet, enabling enterprises to take full advantage of deploying business-critical applications. Through a portfolio of high-performance IP solutions, customers can bypass congestion points and optimize performance of their applications. These offerings include: network- and premise-based route optimization solutions, colocation, managed security and VPN services, and content distribution services.

 

Micro-Data Systems (MDS) founded in 1992 has been providing IT consulting services to a variety of New Jersey Institutions such as higher education, financial services, healthcare and telecommunications companies. Our goal is about simplifying infrastructure so our customer's can focus on their core business. Based on customer demand MDS has expanded our Solution and Services Portfolio to include strategic solutions practices which are Rich Media Collaboration with the Clique Communications Suite, Storage Practice that focuses on Data and Information management, Thin Client and Mobility computing, Computer and Network security and IT infrastructure that includes particular focus on Blade Servers and Computer Grid design and implementation.

The Internet and the Web have increased opportunities to communicate with a large number of people swiftly and easily. E-learning opportunities using latest technology are many, facilitating lifelong learning purposes, especially in the field of information and communication. E-learning or web-enabled learning is an effective method of education and training that creates, fosters and delivers interactive learning anytime and anywhere. You learn with the help of your computer, information is well organized, so that you can easily find what you need. This information may be available on the Internet or corporate intranets so academia can have and effective partnership with sponsor companies in the community.

The Clique Communications Collaboration suite for e-Learning features

• Video Collaboration both Real-time and Video Instant Messaging (Store and forward)
• Application Sharing
• Instant Messaging and Text Chat
• Shared Whiteboard
• Embedded File Transfer
• Session Recording for achieving and future playback
• Schedule Management and Group Directory Services

 

By providing exceptional products and services, MRA International is able to create turnkey solutions for your computer related needs. We're an authorized distributor for Compaq and Hewlett/Packard, as well as a supplier of high-quality computer software, hardware, and support, at affordable prices. Created in 1994, MRA International has a reputation built on solutions that meet and exceed our customers' needs.

 

As a global innovation leader, Nortel Networks enriches consumer and business communications worldwide by offering converged multimedia networks that eliminate the boundaries among voice, data and video. These networks use innovative packet, wireless, voice and optical technologies and are underpinned by high standards of security and reliability. For both carriers and enterprises, these networks help to drive increased profitability and productivity by reducing costs and enabling new business and consumer services opportunities. Nortel Networks does business in more than 150 countries.

 

PeriNet Technologies specializes in network security and infrastructure solutions for a diversity of industries throughout the Greater Philadelphia region, including verticals such as education, healthcare, financial/accounting, transportation and manufacturing.

 

Polycom, Inc is the leading provider of Unified Collaborative Communications - converged voice, video, web, and data solutions for emerging broadband networks. Our high quality virtual communications are easy to deploy, manage, and use and deliver an experience as natural as being there. All of which translates into increased collaboration and productivity, greater flexibility, faster decisions, lower costs, and improved relationships.

 

Presentation Media Inc. is an audiovisual systems integrator, specializing in design/build projects. We are authorized dealers for many of the top brands in the audiovisual industry. Our work ranges from simple projector and screen installations to complete state of the art conference and boardrooms, which incorporate control, sound, videoconference, and projection systems. Among our clients are Telcordia Technologies, Merck, NJIT, and Drew University, where we are installing complete audiovisual systems in the new theater arts building. For more information, please visit www.presentation-media.com.

 

PRO-AV Integrators specializes in commercial audio/visual systems - primarily in the education and corporate markets. Our partner companies are PRO-TEK Security and Audio Visual Design Group. PRO-TEK is a successful residential and commercial security systems company of 25 years. Audio Visual Design Group is a successful Home Theatre Systems Integrator of 7 years. Together, we share a team of Design Engineers, Field Technicians and back office operations at our 5,000 sq ft office/showroom facility located in Franklin Lakes, NJ. The PRO-AVI name is new, but the technical and business experience we posses is vast.

 

Silicon Chalk supports synchronous collaborative learning. The software has several tools that support presentation, communication, note-taking and collaboration in a live classroom where students have access to computers.

In addition to the in-class value, an interactive and personal video recording of the live session is created. This allows access to a complete record of the activity after the fact for continued learning through review, refinement and asynchronous interaction with the recording, which is fully searchable and editable. Silicon Chalk also allows for distance participation in synchronous class events and supports a variety of blended learning modes.

To learn more about Silicon Chalk, please visit our website: http://www.silicon-chalk.com

 

Starbak's award winning products radically simplify the creation, management, delivery and display of video-based applications over networks. Starbak's Converged Video Network eliminates the need for specialized equipment and vertical application silos.

 

SunGard SCT is a leading provider of software and services for higher education. SunGard SCT solutions help institutions create the Unified Digital Campus, an environment in which systems, individuals, and communities can interact seamlessly for learning, teaching, and administration. For more information visit www.sungardsct.com

 

Founded in 1991, TelCove is one of the longest-standing competitive communications providers in the nation, offering integrated Internet, Data, and Voice service to more than 9,000 customers via its advanced, secure fiber optic network. For more information on TelCove, please visit www.telcove.com

 

Tele-Measurements Inc. is a Full-Service Systems and Communications Integration company. Located in Clifton, NJ, we specialize in the custom design, installation, and service of Distance Learning Classrooms and Presentation and Videoconferencing systems. Tele-Measurements has installed 348 Interactive centers (K-12 and Higher Ed.) throughout New Jersey under state contract. Every Classroom is designed around a state-wide standard which has been approved by the New Jersey Department of Education and can be easily interfaced to the public ISDN network, the Access NJ network, and the NJEDge.net IP network.

 

TeleWriter/AGS software is the product of more than ten (18) years of development and is the most comprehensive audio/graphic software available today. TeleWriter Corporation will be introducing, for the first time release Version 3.0. The software system that started audiographic and collaborative computing today has been updated, expanded and made compatible with Microsoft’s XP operating system. Users can capture, store, transmit, retrieve and annotate high resolution graphics, text or video images in real-time, allowing users to easily switch from an interactive mode to application sharing/collaboration for the shared use of most software applications all over IP networks and the Internet. TeleWriter/AGS features whiteboards, graphic slide shows, high resolution video imaging, document scanning and multimedia video control. This wide variety of graphical media is easily incorporated and managed by a simple icon based tool bar.

 

TransNet Corporation, in business since 1969, is a Systems Integrator with a great deal of experience working with Colleges, Universities, and K-12. TransNet is offering QoS implementation services in partnership with NJEDge.Net, per its role as an affilated member. These are scalable QoS solutions, designed to enhance connectivity to the NJEDge broadband network.

 

A Fortune 10 company, Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) is one of the world's leading providers of communications services. Verizon companies are the largest providers of wireline and wireless communications in the United States, with 137.6 million access line equivalents and 34.6 million Verizon Wireless customers. Verizon is the third largest long-distance carrier for U.S. consumers, with 14.6 million long-distance lines, and the company is also the largest directory publisher in the world, as measured by directory titles and circulation. With approximately $67 billion in annual revenues and 221,000 employees, Verizon's global presence extends to the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information on Verizon, visit www.verizon.com.

 

For over 50 years, Vistacom has been helping businesses improve communication though the use of technology. Our clients benefit from better quality meetings, reduced travel, and improved work flow through easy to use technology that works. We give them the comfort of knowing that we can help them painlessly go through internally planning and implementing technology today while also planning for the future.

 

Wave2Wave Communications has been the leading Wireless Broadband Internet Service Provider since its establishment in 1998. Wave2Wave provides point-to-point and point-to-multipoint connections to businesses and organizations throughout the Northeast. Clients who have switched from the traditional hardwired connections provided by Verizon and MCI to Wave2Wave's wireless network have saved thousands of dollars on local loop fee's alone. We provide business class T-1 and DS3 connections for as low as $399 a month. Unlike hardwired providers, Wave2Wave can have you installed and connected in 5-7 business days. Wave2Wave also creates seamless Broadband Wi-Fi networks, so you can get online anywhere in your office or campus. Website

 

WebCT is the world's leading provider of e-learning systems for educational institutions. Thousands of colleges and universities in more than 70 countries worldwide are expanding the boundaries of teaching and learning with WebCT. Learn how WebCT can help your institution achieve learning without limits...

 

Westwood Computer Corporation has long been providing both computer hardware and services to The State of New Jersey, its Educational Institutions and Local Government. We have a long list of satisfied customers within state, county, and local government that have been using Westwood to provide computer equipment and services.
Areas of expertise:

• High Definition (H.264) Video Conferencing over IP
• IP Based Surveillance: Integrate your existing analog system
• Networked Video Solutions
• AV Integration
• Advanced Data Center Technologies

 

Founded in 1985, York Telecom Corporation, headquartered in Eatontown, New Jersey, is a leading provider of visual collaboration services for the Federal Government and Fortune 1000, as well as numerous academic organizations. The company offers professional consulting, integration a nd operational services for visual collaboration solutions such as Videoconferencing, Interactive Distance Learning, Video on Demand (VoD), L ive Streaming Video, Custom Room Design, and Multimedia Network Management. York Telecom has a branch office in the Washington DC Metropolitan area and a nationwide field force. Visit www.yorktel.com for more information.

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