University of Oregon receives a $200,000-plus donation from Cisco Systems - NEWS - Brief Article

Matrix: The Magazine for Leaders in Education, Feb, 2001

The University of Oregon's computing center has received a donation of more than $200,000 from computer networking giant Cisco Systems to bolster the school's advanced computing efforts, according to published reports.

Cisco Systems plans to donate a total of about $500,000 to the school over time, of which the $200,000 is the first installment.

University officials said the computing center will use the money to expand its work in the area of IP multicast technology, an efficient way to distribute broadcast quality multimedia programming over the Internet. In addition, the university plans to use the money to buy storage media and a library of multicast materials.

"IP multicast uses Internet bandwidth more efficiently than traditional streaming media solutions," Joanne Hugi, director of the computing center, told the Associated Press.