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Abacus
is working with a number of partners to offer you an impressive range
of e-language learning products and services.
Printed
Publications
DIY
e-Learning tools
Technical
Partners
Content Providers
Language
Schools
Printed Publications
Abacus
has a cooperation agreement with Thomson Heinle www.heinle.com.
This enables Abacus to supply quality EFL publications with our language
software.
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New
DIY e-Learning tools
Abacus
represents NIAM-TMS,
a Dutch company, in the Irish market. We offer an extensive range of state-of-the-art
e-Learning DIY tools.
What is EasyGenerator©? [pdf
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Who uses EasyGenerator©? [pdf
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For further information, click HERE to
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Technical Partners
We are working with NIAM-TMS,
SERVECAST and CENTRINITY.
Each partner offers quality e-learning tools
and an international network of offices to support your requirements.
If you have any questions about our extensive range
of products and services,
click HERE to
contact us..
NIAM-TMS, a Dutch company also has offices
in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain and Australia.
It has contracts with the Dutch government authorities, educational establishments
and businesses.
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Niam-TMS - EasyGenerator
NIAM-TMS has developed a unique
e-learning tool called EasyGenerator©. This tool is designed to enable
content experts take their course materials on-line. EasyGenerator®
enables you to simply develop, track and manage your own content, reducing
costs and marketing time. You can choose different media platforms such
as the Internet, intranet, CD-ROM and LAN. The development of content
is done within the framework of both the SCORM and AICC standards and
can be fully integrated with other systems such as Learning Management
Systems.
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Niam-TMS - References
NIAM-TMS has contracts with many
Fortune 1000 companies: Shell, Exxon, Philips, Visa Cards, Siemens. Government
institutions: Dutch Ministry of Education, Dutch Ministry of Finance.
Financial institutions: DEXIA, Helsaner Krankenkasse, Citibank Belgium,
Swift. Telecom companies: KPN Belgium, Sonera. Specialist industries:
European Container Terminals. Defence Industry: Royal Dutch Army, Royal
Dutch Airforce, Royal Belgian Army. Retail industry: Laurus Group (EDAH,
Konmar). Branch organisations: Dutch hotel and restaurant organisation
SVH. Learning Management Companies: Docent Inc. Consultants: Hewlett Packard,
KPMG. Small and medium size industries (SMEs).
NIAM-TMS can offer a complete e-learning service in terms of products,
services, technology and vision. Partners include: Docent Inc, Whizzdom,
The Learning Manager Europe S.A., Hewlett Packard Educational Services,
Profondo, Telecol, Macromedia, Click2Learn and of course Abacus Communications.
For more information in your language about NIAM-TMS, visit
www.niam-tms.com
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Centrinity
- a company profile
Centrinity
- first class
Centrinity - Company Profile
Since 1989, Centrinity has been developing
and marketing its FirstClass communications platform that provides users
with the industry's first and only collaborative groupware and Unified
Communications technology designed to work on multiple platforms (Windows,
Mac, UNIX, handheld) to help users increase their individual and organization-wide
communications, productivity and responsiveness.
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Centrinity - first class
FirstClass is a powerful communications
tool that enables users to tap into existing resources, collaborate and
share best practices with colleagues. Centrinity's FirstClass software
is recognized worldwide for its unparalleled scalability and reliability.
FirstClass communications platform enables users to break-free of traditional
communication barriers and work on their own terms anytime, anywhere.
FirstClass provides users with a seamlessly integrated and secure environment
with public discussion areas, shared workspaces, private mailboxes, individual
and group calendars, as well as knowledge management and publishing capabilities.
Organizations can exchange and share resources and best practices in real-time
and asynchronous forums (chats and conferences).
Combined with FirstClass Unified Communications technology, users now
have the ability to access all of their voice and text messages from one
unified mailbox. Most importantly, users now have the power to access
and transfer information from a central collaborative digital store as
FirstClass Unified Communications provides a single network-based access
point from which users can manage all of their information and messages
using any number and variety of access devices (PC, Web user interface,
phone, handheld, etc.) from anywhere, anytime - regardless of connection
path (LAN, Internet, telephone) or operating system (Windows, Mac, UNIX,
handheld).
For more information in your language about CENTRINITY, visit
http://www.centrinity.com/downloads/doc.html
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Servecast - Company Profile
Servecast has created the
first pan - European content delivery network dedicated to video and audio.
Servecast currently has operations in London, Madrid, Paris, Stockholm,
Amsterdam, Munich, Frankfurt, Brussels and Dublin.
Servecast is Europe's leading business-to-business provider of outsourced
Internet broadcasting services. Our high-capacity, high-speed network
is dedicated to delivering the best quality video and audio. In partnership
with Compaq and Cisco, our network has been developed to allow businesses
to play rich media content from their websites.
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Servecast - products
Live or On-Demand Broadcasting, Corporate Communications, Training and
Education, Investor Relations, Product Demonstrations and Video Conferencing
can all be done online.
With Servecast Live you can broadcast events on-line to the widest
possible audience. It enables you to stream video and audio, live or on-demand
from your website to offices and houses around the world 24 hours a day,
365 days a year. All without the usual on-line delays and congestion.
What's more, with our user-friendly web interface you can manage everything
yourself with support on hand when you need it. The interactivity feature
allows your audience to ask questions or send e-mails.
Servecast Library™ enables your entire resource to be placed
on-line. What's more, as all content is broadcast from your company website
via the Servecast European network there are no delays or congestion.
As well as eliminating your storage problems at a stroke, it delivers
huge time and cost savings for yourself and your customers. Our private
network provides Digital Rights Management solutions such as encrypted
streams and secure content Easy to use, plug in network. Monitor visitors
and build up user profiles.
Servecast Learning harnesses the power of the Internet to deliver
moving images and sound to the widest possible audiences. It also eliminates
the risks and headaches normally associated with online broadcasting,
allowing the teacher or manager to concentrate on what they do best. Whether
you are delivering training programmes over the company Intranet or providing
language courses for pupils on the other side of the globe, you'll be
able to offer your viewers an exciting, involving and informative experience.
For more information in your language about SERVECAST, visit www.servecast.com
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Content Providers
Abacus works with a number of quality on-line foreign language software publishers to provide a language learning package that uniquely fits the requirements of your organisation.
Abacus has two criteria for selecting Content Providers; first, the materials must be pedagogically sound and secondly, technically reliable.
Materials available for all levels of proficiency in all major Asian and European languages.
Auralog publishes a range of software in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. The language materials are suitable for all levels of proficiency. The software also provides teachers with tools to set and track their students' learning path. It has a speech recognition feature that is designed to help the student improve their accent in the target language.
Fairfield publish the Rosetta Stone software series. Again, materials are available in all the major Asian and European languages. It too has a speech recognition feature that is designed to help the student improve their accent in the target language.
DLI publish both general and business English as a Second Language courses.
Webschool provides general English as a Foreign language courses.
Language Schools
Attention all Language Centres; Join the e-language learning revolution
before your competitors do!
Become an Abacus Authorized e-Language Training Centre. Abacus offers training courses to Language Schools who want to incorporate technology-based training into the product portfolio.
Training covers the following issues;
(a) Setting up the e-language learning programme
(b) Implementing the e-language learning programme
(c) Managing the e-language learning programme
(d) Evaluating the e-language learning programme
For further information, click HERE to
contact us.
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