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[Benn Oshrin <>]

As another follow up to this, apparently the landline dialin number 
Jasig was given is based in Ontario, Canada (area code 613).  This 
created a bit of a surprise for a couple of people who were hit with 
international charges from their cell phones.

-Benn-

On 8/23/10 3:57 PM, Steven Carmody wrote:
> from the most recent sakai newsletter...
>
> 5. Longsight Announces Partnership with BigBlueButton
>
> The Longsight Group announced a new partnership with Blindside Networks,
> developers of BigBlueButton (http://bigbluebutton.org), the open source
> web conferencing system expressly designed for education. Through this
> partnership, Longsight is providing to their Sakai clients full support
> for BigBlueButton's integrated synchronous collaboration that includes
> live presentations with a whiteboard, desktop sharing, web-cam displays
> and audio using either voice over IP (VoIP) or telephone-based services.
>
> Longsight hosts and supports BigBlueButton with Blindside Networks
> (http://blindsidenetworks.com), providing monitoring and expert support
> services to ensure reliability.
>
> "We're currently hosting BigBlueButton for fourteen colleges in the U.S.
> who are discovering how productive this suite of synchronous tools can
> be in support of teaching and learning," reports Scott Siddall, Partner
> at The Longsight Group. "BigBlueButton has exploded onto the scene
> following the Sakai Conference in mid-June and Blackboard's recent
> announcement of their move into this market. We are thrilled to be
> providing our clients with truly open source web conferencing services,"
> added Siddall. BigBlueButton is fully integrated into Sakai thanks to
> the Sakai community members Adrian Fish and Nuno Fernandes -- another
> example of the power of community source applications.
>
> Blindside Network's CEO, Fred Dixon said, "Working with a global
> community of developers, we developed BigBlueButton to enable
> universities and colleges to offer a high-quality learning experience to
> remote students." Dixon added, "Longsight has a track-record of
> providing first-class support to their customers. We are pleased to
> partner closely with Longsight to ensure their customers can fully
> leverage BigBlueButton."
>
> About Longsight
>
> Longsight is a leading provider of hosting and support services for open
> source software. The company delivers exceptionally reliable hosting
> services and high quality, comprehensive support for Sakai (learning
> management), Drupal (portals and content management) and DSpace
> (institutional repositories). Longsight enjoys a national reputation for
> understanding the business of education based on decades of experience
> in higher education IT management. For more information, please visit
> http://www.longsight.com.
>
> About Blindside Networks
>
> Blindside Networks, located in Ottawa, Canada, is dedicated to helping
> universities, colleges, and private sector educational institutions
> offer a high-quality learning experience to remote students. We created
> and provide commercial support for BigBlueButton, an open source web
> conferencing system for distance education. For more information, please
> visit http://blindsidenetworks.com/.
>
> About BigBlueButton
>
> BigBlueButton is an open source system for synchronous education. It
> provides teachers and students integrated sharing of slides, video,
> audio, chat, whiteboard and desktops. It's built using over fifteen open
> source components, runs on Macintosh, Unix, and PC computers, and is
> backed by a commercial and open source community that cares about good
> design and a streamlined user experience. For more information, please
> visit http://bigbluebutton.org/.
>
> Scott Siddall