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Obama honors veterans at Arlington cemetery- President Barack Obama carried out the traditional Veterans Day role Wednesday, then made a surprise visit to a part of Arlington National Cemetery reserved for troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, walking among the grave sites and talking to mourners.
Missing US soldier's body found in Afghan river- Military divers have found the body of a U.S. paratrooper who disappeared last week along with another soldier as the two tried to retrieve airdropped supplies from a river in western Afghanistan, NATO said Wednesday.
Who knew of Fort Hood suspect's radical contacts?- The mystery over whether the military knew Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan was communicating with a radical Muslim imam lapsed into finger-pointing ahead of congressional investigations looking into the Army psychiatrist's contacts with any extremists.
Brazil blackouts hit up to 60M, spur Olympic fears- Brazil emerged Wednesday from a widespread power outage that plunged as many as 60 million people into darkness for hours, prompting security fears and concern from residents about another black eye for a country hosting the 2016 Olympic Games.
- Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because they don't get enough to eat, according to a new report published Wednesday by UNICEF.
Bomb kills 9 security officers in Pakistan- Officials say a roadside bomb has killed nine security officers in a Pakistani region close to the Afghan border.
Scientists: New dinosaur species found in SAfrica- A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, scientists in South Africa said Wednesday.
Paisley focused on duties, not noms at CMA awards- Brad Paisley is up for seven trophies at Wednesday's Country Music Association Awards, but his duties as co-host with Carrie Underwood and performer will keep his attention elsewhere.
Woods faces tricky test at Australian Masters- The sun-baked fans let out a cheer Wednesday when Tiger Woods pulled his driver from the bag, a rarity at the Australian Masters on the shortest golf course he has played all year.
Orangeburg Schools Implements High Speed Network to Create Dynamic Learning Environments
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Today, the Orangeburg SD4 is excelling in providing its students with advanced communications and applications that allow for e-learning. The Orangeburg network was designed and installed to efficiently support the rapid growth of emerging multimedia and e-learning initiatives, and connect staff, students and visitors over the multiple campuses. In addition to providing speedy Internet access to each school in the district, classrooms are implementing advanced technology supporting 'class rooms of the future,' with wireless network connectivity to LCD televisions for a visually rich display system.
The network, built with Extreme Networks Summit(R) fixed switches, has the enterprise-class features and performance, centralized device management and protocol resiliency so that the district is ready to handle cutting-edge educational applications. Orangeburg District Four Schools are ready from the start to support convergence, and other bandwidth-sensitive applications and services that promote the latest and most advanced educational programs available.
"We are fully committed to providing our students, teachers and staff with a state-of-the-art network that supports high-bandwidth applications," said
To design and implement its new network, Orangeburg Consolidated School District Four worked with Converged Networks, a value-added reseller and communications systems integrator with deep experience designing, building, and maintaining full converged solutions for K-12 school districts and commercial businesses.
Working closely with Converged Networks, Orangeburg has implemented Extreme Networks Summit Gigabit and 10/100 fixed edge switches. Network management is centralized and monitored with Extreme Networks EPICenter(TM) management suite, a scalable full-featured network management platform capable of establishing and maintaining networks that are undergoing rapid change. Additionally, the open architecture of EPICenter accommodates a multi-vendor, service-rich environment to provide voice-class availability and the enforcement of complex security policies.
"We are pleased to partner with Extreme Networks to provide Orangeburg
with its network, providing a superior learning experience to students and
increased levels of efficiency for its staff," said
Extreme Networks, Inc.
Extreme Networks designs, builds, and installs Ethernet infrastructure solutions that solve the toughest business communications challenges. The Company's commitment to open networking sets it apart from the alternatives by delivering meaningful insight and unprecedented control to applications and services. Extreme Networks believes openness is the best foundation for growth, freedom, flexibility, and choice. Extreme Networks focuses on enterprises and service providers who demand high performance, converged networks that support voice, video and data, over a wired and wireless infrastructure. For more information, visit: http://www.extremenetworks.com
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