Sponsor Details

Apple Computer Division, Renaissance Ltd | CityLink | Asnet Technologies Ltd | Telecom

The Apple Division of Renaissance is proud to support the eFest Conference and get behind e-Learning in New Zealand tertiary institutions! Apple places a strong emphasis on education and the New Zealand Tertiary Team is eager to produce total solutions for students, teachers and researchers alike.

Apple understands that not all learning takes place in the classroom, so the technologies and applications are particularly suited for desktop and mobile use - and with Unix stability, system crashes are virtually a thing of the past!

Today’s students have high expectations for technology availability and use in their course of study. With cost-effective technology solutions designed both for academia and for the real world, Apple helps department leaders make learning environments more engaging and appealing to students - podcasting, creative development, application integration… part of our DNA.

The Apple operating system combines stability with an amazingly easy-to-use human interface and significant remote access features. Every Apple computer runs on the innovative Mac OS X and features the entire iLife suite of applications.

With the changes in the Apple chip set (i.e. now Intel), we can now introduce users to multiple operating systems - concurrently! You choose… MacOS, Windows, Solaris… whatever applications you or your students care to run… do it in a protected environment with ease and stability on a Mac!

Contact:
Graham Prentice, National Education Manager (Tertiary)
Apple Computer Division, Renaissance Ltd
Phone: 09 968 3645
Email: g.prentice@apple.co.nz
Web: www.apple.co.nz

Richard Naylor, CityLink
richard.naylor@citylink.co.nz

CityLink was established in late 1995 following a Wellington City Council ‘InfoCity Strategy’. Construction of CityLink’s fibre network was commenced in Wellington’s CBD and now runs through over 420 buildings in Wellington and 25 in Auckland.  From simply linking buildings with fibre-optic cable, CityLink has now developed a suite of advanced telecommunications solutions (including Dedicated Fibre Services, Streaming Services, Internet eXchanges, Co-location Facilities and WiFi) for Government, Corporate, SME and even inner-city Café users. 

Contact:
Coral MacLennan, Sales and Marketing Manager
Citylink Ltd
Phone: 04 910 5608
Email: coral.maclennan@citylink.co.nz
Web: www.citylink.co.nz

Asnet Technologies Limited is New Zealand's conferencing specialist, focused on delivery of high quality videoconference, audioconference, and web-based conferencing solutions, as the sole distributors of Polycom products in New Zealand.  Additionally, asnet provides the entire boardroom/meeting room solution, as reseller of interactive SMARTBoards, as internationally recognised SMART Master Trainers in New Zealand, and as exclusive reseller of Promax visualisers and interactive LCD screens. These tools provide a perfect fit with the Polycom videoconferencing and SoundStation technologies which are already prevalent in corporate and government offices, small businesses, health and education, amounting to approximately 75% of New Zealand's teleconferencing market. asnet completes the picture with integrated solutions and its award winning managed services and ongoing support, underlining the company’s drive to serve its customers well.

About Polycom
Polycom, Inc. is the worldwide leader in unified collaborative communications (UCC) that maximise the efficiency and productivity of people and organisations by integrating the broadest array of video, voice, data and web solutions to deliver the ultimate communications experience. Polycom's high quality, standards-based conferencing and collaboration solutions are easy to deploy and manage, as well as intuitive to use.

“Polycom worldwide leader”
Driving for excellence in partnership with Microsoft, Cisco, Avaya, Alcatel, Nortel, and others, Polycom continues to lead new developments and set new international standards in the videoconferencing and audioconferencing industry. These innovations include HD high definition technology, iPriority QoS and unparalleled wideband audio.

The independent Wainhouse Research Bulletin in its May 2006 report shows that Polycom accounted for 42% of videoconference group systems worldwide, twice the amount of its nearest competitor.

Contact:
Denise Hansen, Communication Manager
asnet Technologies Limited
Phone: 04 498 2882
Email: deniseh@asnet.co.nz
Web: www.asnet.co.nz

Contact:
John Mitchell
SchoolZone Service Line Manager
Telecom NZ Ltd
Phone: 04 382 5022
Email: john.mitchell2@telecom.co.nz 
Web: www.telecom.co.nz\schoolzone