MANAGING THE CONVERGENCE OF VOICE, DATA, AND VIDEO STREAMING IN HIGHER EDUCATION

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MANAGING THE CONVERGENCE OF VOICE, DATA, AND VIDEO STREAMING
CREN'S "TECH TALK WITH THE EXPERTS"
Listen and ask them questions - right from your desktop!
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• Thursday, December 14 at 4:00 pm Eastern Time
    
• http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/convergence.html

• MANAGING THE CONVERGENCE OF VOICE, DATA, AND VIDEO STREAMING
    
• http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/convergence.html

• JAMES JOKL of the University of Virginia

• You can email questions to expert@cren.net.

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-- THE TOPIC & ISSUES
-- http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/convergence.html

Can we manage yet another tidal wave? What does it mean that data,
voice, and video are converging? How can our campuses know where to
position themselves in order to move in the right directions? Is this
clearly an arena where the commercial interests are leading the pack
in terms of development? Who on campus is managing these changes?
Is this the "killer app" that will bring the faculty fully into the
Internet fold? What are the financial consequences of making the
wrong decision now?

Plan now to send in your questions to expert@cren.net and join Technology Anchor Howard Straus and Co-Host Judith Boettcher on
Thursday, December 14 at 4:00 pm Eastern time as they quiz guest
expert James Jokl about the tidal wave of data, voice, and video
streaming that is converging on us.

-- OUR GUEST EXPERT
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JAMES JOKL is Director of Communications and Systems within the
Information Technology and Communication Department at the University
of Virginia. He has worked in various central computing and networking
roles at the University since 1986. In his current role, he oversees
the University's central computing and communications infrastructure.
This includes responsibility for the campus data network and catv
systems, central Unix and mainframe computer systems used for research,
general purpose, and administrative computing, email and scheduling,
the telephone system, and centrally operated NT/2000 servers. He is
active on national working groups on Integrated Communications
Strategies and PKI and in state committees on VoIP and for defining
the state's enterprise computing architecture.

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-- SOME RESOURCES AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/netdigvideo.html
http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/telephony2.html
One of the very best ways to get background on an issue is by reviewing
the audio, transcript, and resource list from any related Tech Talks
which have been previously broadcast and are now fully archived. While
not directly "on target," the session entitled "Networked Digital
Video" with Joel Mambretti and Bob Taylor may be of interest, as well
as a year-old session entitled "IP Telephony" with Charles Morrow-Jones
and Russell Morrison.

http://www.educause.edu/netatedu/groups/ics/
Jim gave a presentation at the Seminars on Academic Computing last
August. It's available, along with a lot of other interesting
presentations, on line at the website of the Integrated Communications
Strategies working group of Net@EDU.

http://www.virginia.edu/cgi-local/rcamcgi
He also may refer, during the telecast, to some of the technologies
behind UVA's RotundaCam.

http://www.iptelephony.org
http://www.protocols.com/voip.htm
Jim says that IPxStream has good summaries and links, and that you also may find Protocols.com's VOIT site a useful reference.

http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eq/a002/eqm0027.pdf
In a recent issue of Educause Quarterly, Tech Talk expert James Lynch
writes in a viewpoint about "Why Broadband Really Matters: Applications
and Architectural Changes" (pdf). He's a bit cynical about what "convergence" means for higher education.

http://itel.mit.edu
The Internet and Telecoms Convergence Consortium is "a neutral,
thoughtful forum that integrates a unique diversity of perspectives,
spanning a wide range of firm types and academic disciplines."
Many of its online resources are available to all in the form of html,
Word, or pdf documents.

http://www.spinagain.com/convergencenews/index.html
Convergence News can give you a taste of what "convergence" looks like
from a Hollywood-type perspective.

Also, we found these related books:

• http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580530125/cren
    
• Convergence: The Next Revolution in Telecommunications
    
• Nathan J. Muller

• http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1890154164/cren
    Digital Convergence: How the Merging of Computers, Communications
    
• Multimedia is Transforming Our Lives by Andy Covell.

-- WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR THIS EVENT

Topic:    MANAGING THE CONVERGENCE OF VOICE, DATA, AND VIDEO STREAMING
         http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/convergence.html

Who:     JAMES JOKL of the University of Virginia

         Technology Anchor: Howard Strauss, Manager of Advanced
         Applications, Princeton University

         Co-Host: Judith Boettcher, Executive Director of CREN

When:     Thursday, December 14, from 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm Eastern

Where:    http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/convergence.html
         To join the webcast, just go to this URL, and then
         select the highlighted "Audio Event" link. That link
         becomes active at 4:00 pm Eastern on December 14.

How:     At your desktop work station, listening to the live
         Audiocast using RealAudio.

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