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RealPResence Mobile Polycom The Polycom RealPresence Mobile app is a software application that allows students and instructors to securely extend the use of HD video collaboration beyond the classroom. The free-to-download app connects tablets and iOS and Android smartphones with other standards-based video systems and allows users to connect and collaborate face to face over HD audio and video. cleaRview HD-Usb Vaddio This HD PTZ type of camera comes with USB and Ethernet streaming built right into it, so users can plug a camera directly into a PC without the need for a separate capture device. The built-in Ethernet network interface allows for IP control and IP Streaming directly from the camera. The camera also features a 19x optical zoom lens with a 58.1-degree wide angle view—wide enough to view everyone at a standard conference table. www.polycom.com enova DvX-3155HD all-in-one switcHeR AMX This all-in-one controller for medium to large conference rooms and classrooms is an AV matrix switcher, scaler, analogto-digital signal converter, twisted pair transmitter, and amplifier with built-in, professional-grade audio processing. Designed to simplify system design and provide a future proof solution, the controller’s multiformat video inputs support analog and digital signals—all in the same connector. Built-in technology outputs video scaled specifically for each connected display so that integration challenges don’t occur when sources and displays have different optimal resolutions. www.vaddio.com www.amx.com coRe Facility ManageMent iLab Software Solutions The web-based Core Facility Management tool helps reduce costs and increase utilization of shared resources. The functionality includes request management, equipment reservation and usage tracking, project tracking, inventory management, billing and invoicing, and reporting. iLab has developed the core facility software to include a full spectrum of features commonly required by major research institutions. MeDia:scaPe Steelcase Steelcase’s media:scape with HD video conferencing integrates furniture and technology to create dynamic, multipurpose spaces for content sharing. Classrooms equipped with media:scape facilitate learning through small team co-creation, digital content sharing, and group sharing and discussion. The instructor can use a central switcher to control the display of each team’s content, and can share his or her own content with the class at every table or on a centrallylocated display. It is also useful for meetings and distance learning. www.ilabsolutions.com “This software solution has helped our core facilities manage the scheduling process for their specialized equipment, moving them from a paper scheduling process to a virtual scheduling process. iLab Solutions also integrated our financial systems so payments are in real time. It frees up the directors’ time to do the actual work of the facilities and insures prompt payment and avoids scheduling confusion.” —Kathleen Beard, project manager, Wayne State University (Mich.) www.steelcase.com universitybusiness.com December 2012 | 57 http://www.polycom.com http://www.vaddio.com http://www.amx.com http://www.ilabsolutions.com http://www.steelcase.com http://www.universitybusiness.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of University Business - December 2012

University Business - December 2012
Contents
Editor’s Note
College Index
Ad Index
Behind the News
Money Matters
Independent Outlook
5 Reasons Flipped Classrooms Work
Test Driving Mobile
Open Source Myth Busters
Models of Efficiency
1st Annual Readers’ Choice Awards
Education Innovators
Viewpoint
Endowments: New Questions
End Note

University Business - December 2012