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Becoming a TxDLA Ambassador Partner:
Marci Powell, Polycom
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Becoming a TxDLA Ambassador Partner:
Jennifer Hicks, LifeSize
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AMBASSADOR PARTNERS ($15,000 & above)
Blackboard Inc. is a global leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students and learners around the world every day. Blackboard's solutions allow thousands of higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government organizations to extend teaching and learning online, facilitate campus commerce and security, and communicate more effectively with their communities. Founded in 1997, Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. http://blackboard.com
Contact: John Floyd, 512.762.7897, john.floyd@blackboard.com
Cisco is more than the leading provider of network infrastructure for Education. Visit us to discover how Cisco’s portfolio of solutions can be applied throughout the campus to help you build secure collaborative environments in areas that include:
- Campus Safety: Unify voice, video, data and wireless communications to connect with emergency services and community safety agencies to improve prevention, deterrence, detection and response.
- Virtual Classroom: Engage a wider student audience in a rich online interactive classroom with Cisco WebEx web conferencing that can deliver real-time instruction and multi-media educational content over the network.- Campus-wide Wireless Connectivity: Provide secure wireless network access to students, faculty, staff and guests so they can access the network at anytime and from anywhere.
- Collaborative Research: Learn how to connect your research facility to hundreds of other colleges and universities, as well as the National Science Foundation, Department of Education, NASA and many international education and research networks. http://www.cisco.com
Contact: John Morgan, 913-709-4913, jmorgan2@cisco.com
Polycom is the global leader in open standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions for voice and video collaboration, trusted by more than 415,000 customers around the world. Polycom solutions are powered by the Polycom® RealPresence® Platform, comprehensive software infrastructure and rich APIs that interoperate with the broadest set of communication, business, mobile and cloud applications and devices to deliver secure face-to-face video collaboration in any environment. Polycom and its ecosystem of over 7,000 partners provide truly unified communications solutions that deliver the best user experience, highest multi-vendor interoperability, and lowest TCO. Collaboration solutions from Polycom enable you to provide borderless education to more effectively engage your students, extend your reach, and expand your offerings while reducing administrative costs and improving staff productivity. Visit www.polycom.com/education or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to learn how we're pushing the greatness of human collaboration forward. http://www.polycom.com
Contact: Marc McCormick, 408.685.6272, marc.mccormick@polycom.com
LifeSize is a pioneer and world leader in big-definition video collaboration. Designed to make video conferencing truly universal, our full range of open standards-based systems offer enterprise-class, IT-friendly technologies that enable genuine human interaction over any distance. Founded in 2003 and acquired by Logitech in 2009, LifeSize, with its committed to relentless innovation, continues to extend the highest-quality video conferencing capabilities to anyone anywhere. As a founding member the the Unified Communications Interoperability Forum (UCIF), LifeSize partners with leading technology companies to enable interoperability of leading hardware and software solutions. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas with regional offices throughout Europe and Asia Pacific and a network of over 1500 channel partner. http://www.lifesize.com
Contact: Jennifer Hicks, 512.569.6704, jhicks@lifesize.com
PLATINUM PARTNER ($10,000-$14,999)
For schools and companies looking to connect with employees and key stakeholders, Data Projections provides intelligently designed communications environments for control rooms, corporate board rooms, training sites and other multi-media environments. Past success has come from our highly experienced people taking the time to fully understand the needs of our customers to provide creative solutions – solutions that ensure superior results and enable our clients to simply communicate. Data Projections is categorized as a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) and is certified as a Woman-Owned Business through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). We are also proud members of The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS/TAPS) and the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR). Today, with offices in the cities of Austin, Dallas, Houston, Rio Grande Valley and San Antonio, Data Projections continues to lead the way in expert engineering and design, support services, value pricing, cost reduction and technology education. http://www.dataprojections.com
Contact: Ken Conn, 713.344.9848,kconn@dataprojections.com
GOLD PARTNERS ($6,000-$9,999)
Desire2Learn Incorporated and its subsidiaries, including D2L Ltd., is a world-leading provider of enterprise eLearning solutions that enable institutions and other organizations to create teaching and learning environments that reflect their vision, values, goals, pedagogical approaches and branding. Founded in 1999, Desire2Learn has offices and personnel located in North America, the U.K. and Australia. Desire2Learn supports more than eight million learners worldwide and clients include higher education, K-12, as well as associations, government and other leading organizations. For more information, visit: www.Desire2Learn.com, call 1.519.772.0325 or toll-free 1.888.772.0325 (within North America), 0808.234.6744 (U.K.) and 1800 656 210 (Australia). http://www.desire2learn.com
Contact: Mick De Los Santos, 512.201.0356, Mick.Delossantos@desire2learn.com
Digital Resources, Inc. (DRI) is a full service company with expertise in sales, service, consulting, design, & system integration. We represent top tier manufacturers with products that support a variety of industry markets including: Broadcast, Education, Enterprise, Government, House of Worship, Live Event, Medical, Production and Post-Production. Our corporate office is located in Southlake, Texas which is centrally located between all the major cities in the South Central Region of the U.S. http://www.digitalresources.com
Contact: Nanette Cook, 817.980.2336, ncook@digitalresources.com
OneVision Solutions distance learning video communication systems and services are available through the Texas DIR purchasing contract. From video network engineering, system deployment, project management and ongoing service and maintenance, OneVision is your one-stop-shop for videoconferencing. OneVision Solutions is an authorized reseller for Cisco (Master Telepresence), Direct Packet Research & Polycom (Platinum Partner).
http://www.onevisionsolutions.com
Contact: Brian Houts, 972.580.8345,
bhouts@onevisionsolutions.com
VBrick is the leading provider of network based video delivery. We offer solutions for streaming video to PCs, Macs, Mobile Devices (including iDevices) and more. We also offer a comprehensive Digital Signage solution and seamlessly integrate with 3rd party Learning Management Systems and applications like Microsoft Lync, Sharepoint, Active Directory and more! We also integrate into classroom environments with peripherals such as Interactive Digital Whiteboards, Document Cameras, Projectors and other video related devices. Simply stated, we specialize in helping teachers broadcast, record and retrieve live and stored content in the easiest way possible. We also help districts take advantage of existing Distance Learning investments by allowing you to both record and stream videoconferences originating on traditional videoconferencing equipment. http://www.vbrick.com
Contact: John Copeland, 832.867.9397, johnc@vbrick.com
SILVER PARTNERS ($3,000-$5,999)
Dallas Learning Solutions, formerly Dallas TeleLearning, continues our legacy as a premier producer of college-level distance learning courseware. Remaining true to our mission of developing exceptional instructional content that offers students quality learning experiences, while accommodating their diverse learning styles, our courseware provides student-centered, dynamic content that includes videos and interactive activities designed to keep students engaged and motivated. Dallas Learning Solutions’ comprehensive courseware packages are designed to accommodate a faculty’s need for reliable, reusable, cost-effective content. While scalable, our courses can still be customized to fit personal instructional styles for use online and within a hybrid or face-to-face classroom. http://dls.dcccd.edu
Contact: Cristin Thomas, 1-866-347-8576, cjthomas@dcccd.edu
I-2-I Technologies is a Texas-based service provider and value-added reseller of integrated technology solutions with offices in Dallas, Houston, Tyler, and Waco. I-2-I specializes in providing complete turn-key solutions that fully support the educational and distance learning needs of instructors and students by providing comprehensive support of both the network and the application. http://www.itwoi.com
Contact: Chris Harmon, 972.422.9292, charmon@itwoi.com
Your voice. Their mind. A clear connection. Established in 1990, Lightspeed is the trusted provider in classroom audio. Our innovative product line of classroom communication solutions offer teachers a clear connection with students - because children who hear every word, learn more. As a company, that’s our highest reward. http://www.lightspeed-tek.com
Contact: Freda Ward, 800.732.8999, freda.ward@lightspeed-tek.com
Sonic Foundry, the world leader in lecture capture, will showcase the radical new developments and features of Mediasite 6.0 2013 and beyond. is the trusted market leader for enterprise webcasting solutions, providing video content management and distribution for education, business and government. Powered by the patented Mediasite webcasting platform and webcast services of Mediasite Events, the company empowers people to advance how they share knowledge online, using video webcasts to bridge time and distance, enhance learning outcomes and improve performance. http://www.sonicfoundry.com
Contact: Victoria Dade,, 609.338.8037, vdade@sonicfoundry.com
South Texas College is a world-class comprehensive institution of higher learning providing premier educational and workforce programs and services in response to the needs of Hidalgo and Starr Counties. http://www.southtexascollege.edu
Contact: Ana R. Peña 956-872-2582 arpena@southtexascollege.edu
Smarthinking, a member of the Pearson family, is the research based, research proven on-demand, online tutoring that educators choose to increase student achievement, boost retention, and enhance learning. Smarthinking connects students to expert educators anytime, from any Internet connection, 24/7. Live, on-demand tutoring is available in math, reading, writing, science, business, Spanish, computers & technology, and nursing & allied health. Smarthinking’s Online Writing Lab provides individual, personalized essay critiques and access to specialists such as ESL, Technical Writing or Creative Writing experts. Visit us to learn why over 1,000 institutions use Smarthinking services to help students succeed. http://www.smarthinking.com
Contact: Mike Embry, 512.264.2989, membry@smarthinking.com
Visionality, (Designs That Compute) is an audio visual company which emphasizes videoconferencing. Since we entered the videoconferencing space we have focused on distance learning, serving many of the school districts, regional service centers and institutes of higher education in the state of Texas. With the evolution of videoconferencing our skills have been even more valuable in the Unified Communications space. Our background in within the infrastructure along with our skills in audio and visual make us the logical choice to help with UC projects. We can assist in the classroom and the boardroom and everything that connects the two. http://www.visionality.com
Contact: Howard Barnett, 972.523.4833, howard@visionality.com
BRONZE PARTNER ($1,000-$2,999)
The mission of Texas A&M University-Kingsville is to develop well-rounded leaders and critical thinkers who can solve problems in an increasingly complex, dynamic and global society. Located in South Texas, the university is a teaching, research and service institution that provides access to higher education in an ethnically and culturally diverse region of the nation.