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Communications News, August, 1999

Connect to the hotline

BUILD INSTANT, ON-LINE COMMUNITY by turning your desktop computer into a forum for live, efficient communication and collaboration. Hotline Communications Ltd. provides private and public chatting and conferencing to allow individuals in associations, educational institutions, government, and enterprises to interact quickly and easily in real time through a simple graphical user interface. Hotline's Connect 1.5 upgrade offers the flexibility of dispatching instant messages and news, conducts fast and resumable file transfer, and saves disk space by allowing the user to view images and text before downloading. Connect 1.5 supports multiple platforms: Win95, Win98, Windows NT, and Mac OS. Its system requirements are low, needing only 2 Mb of RAM and 2 Mb of disk space.--Hotline Communications Ltd.

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Electronic bonding

WEB SEMINARS on electronic bonding gateways and network management are free interactive sessions on key business and technical issues within the telecom industry. DSET Corp. is offering new gateway products for the CLEC community. The ezConnect solutions suite includes the ability to interconnect with the seven regional Number Portability Administration Centers (NPACs) that facilitate local number portability (LNP) in the U.S. and one NPAC in Canada. Anyone connected to the Internet can take part in these sessions from the location of his choice.

The duration of a Web seminar, such as the program on CLEC business process management, is typically between one and two hours, and it's far more convenient and cost efficient to allocate this amount of time to a seminar on the Web rather than traveling to a meeting. DSET's Web programs allow people virtually anywhere to share information, discuss problems, and explore solutions.--DSET Corp.

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Get the word out fast

SATELLITE BROADCASTS reach enterprise team members across time zones. The National Video Communications Network is ideal for training, education, corporate announcements, crisis management, lobbying, new product launches, motivational learning, and association outreach. For example, Papa John's Pizza corporate leaders used the National Video for an interactive satellite telecast to 600 franchisees and enterprise members in 12 locations nationwide. Healthcare and other professional associations use the network to provide continuing education units for members. National Video is an alliance of HTV (Hospitality TV) and the American Association of Community Colleges. It offers convenient service to more than 850 locations. The service is cost-effective, at less than one-third the cost of most hotel options.--National Video Communications Network

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Virtual classroom

REAL-TIME ON-LINE LEARNING features the interaction and flexibility found in a traditional classroom. ILINC'S LearnLinc 3.0 offers integrated voice and data control that is designed to deliver results-oriented training via the public Internet, private intranets, and local networks. ILINC'S system combines audioconferencing, streaming video, multimedia, applications sharing, multicast videoconferencing, and Web-based courseware control for enterprises that need instructor-led or facilitated learning. Virtual classrooms can deliver Web-based content that has been converted from legacy multimedia materials, PowerPoint slides, or existing HTML content. Students can join a session by simply clicking on a Web page link.

The LearnLinc Virtual Campus also offers on-line help, tutorials, and instant access to join LearnLinc classes. Recent collaboration with leading computer-managed instruction (CMI) systems makes LearnLinc 3.0 compatible with existing corporate and academic learning organizations. Additionally, the LearnLinc Network Monitor and LearnLinc Audio Wizard diagnostic tools ensure that classes progress without interruption. Benefits include reduced training budgets, elimination of travel time and expense, and consistent training to a diverse geographic audience.--ILINC

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Live Web conferencing

REACH PARTNERS AND FIELD EMPLOYEES. PlaceWare's 3.5 Conference Center is a dynamic, highly interactive Web-based application that eliminates temporal and geographic barriers by enabling you to deliver live, real-time presentations to large groups of up to 1,000. Conducting a presentation using Conference Center reduces the expense of traditional seminars, training sessions, and remote meetings. To use Conference Center, type a URL in your Web browser and load your presentation with a one-step, drag-and-drop process that doesn't require a plug-in. Version 3.5 includes Live Demo, featuring dynamic recognition of client connection speed and delivery allowing synchronization with the presenter. Your presentation can include existing PowerPoint slides, intranet images, or Web pages with animation, streaming audio, and video. Other innovative features are security control, live Q&A, screen SnapShots, real-time annotations, audience discussion, and instant polling.--PlaceWare, Inc.