The President of Blackboard Commerce says 2008 is off to an incredibly fast start. "We’ve been diligently preparing for our users conference, BbWorld® Commerce ’08, which we expect to be the largest and best client event yet." [more]
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BbWorld™ Commerce 2008 is the premier event for campus card professionals. The event is designed exclusively for users of the Blackboard Commerce Suite™ and provides a unique forum for them to share ideas with peers and learn about the latest product innovations directly from Blackboard developers. [more]
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On January 31, 2008, Blackboard completed its acquisition of The NTI Group, Inc. (NTI) and its Connect-ED® mass messaging and notification technology. This acquisition of Connect-ED enables Blackboard to better help institutions address several key challenges and trends taking place within the education community. [more]
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This issue’s Industry Insider is Dewitt Latimer, the Chief Technology Officer at the University of Notre Dame, where he has operational oversight of the IT infrastructure and serves as the University’s chief IT strategist. Dr. Latimer addresses questions on multi-modal communication technology. [more]
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With over 5,000 students commuting every day to its campus in Western Michigan, regulating access and accepting payment for parking facilities had become an enormous chore for school employees. [more]
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With an elevation of 7,700 feet, Western State College of Colorado is at the highest altitude of any four-year college in the United States, but the fourth oldest public college in Colorado is using the Blackboard Transaction System™ to reach new heights. [more]
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Blackboard and Sony Corporation have partnered to support Sony FeliCa contactless technology in the Blackboard Commerce Suite™. Under the terms of the agreement, Sony will engage Blackboard to support the FeliCa contactless chip technology. [more]
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Blackboard announced the general availability release of the Blackboard Transaction System™- Universal Edition 2.9. Release 2.9 creates virtual parity between the UNIX and Universal Editions. [more]
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