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University of Virginia Selects Visix for Unified Communications Solution
September 25, 2007
ATLANTA, GA —
Visix,
Inc., a leading developer of web-enabled communications software, has
been selected to provide the University of Virginia (U.Va.) with a
sophisticated, campus-wide communication solution to deliver relevant
news, information and emergency alerts to students, faculty and staff.
An integrated suite of application tools will deliver timely content to
thousands of overlapping endpoints including flat-screen displays,
projectors, desktops, cell phones and RSS enabled devices.
U.Va. purchased the
Visix AxisTV Enterprise software platform to deliver
information to
approximately 20,397 students and 13,458 full- and
part-time employees through what the university calls “U.Va. Alerts”.
The system will deliver content to displays located
throughout nine campus buildings, in addition to its 400-seat movie
theater where announcements and promotions will be shown via a
connection to a high-end digital projector.
Additionally, as part of its broader communications solution, U.Va. will
enable students, faculty, and staff with the AxisTV Desktop Messenger,
an optional feature available with the Visix AxisTV platform, to receive
university updates and notifications. This bandwidth efficient
application delivers important news and alerts in the form of pop-up
messages to individual desktops.
U.Va. has
deployed AxisTV Text Messenger to deliver text (SMS) messages to the
cell phones of parents, students, and members of the university
community that opt in for text alerts by completing a simple online
form. Nearly 10,000 students are currently registered recipients.
Omnilert, LLC, an integrated Visix technology partner, will provide the
annually licensed Text Messenger gateway service to the school via its
e2Campus program.
Lastly,
the university is launching the AxisTV RSS Publisher, which allows
anyone with an RSS-enabled device, such as a PDA, BlackBerry®, smart
phone, iPod®, or PC, to receive and download important messages.
Content creation, management and delivery to all endpoints are handled
through a web browser.
U.Va.’s
Bill Ashby, Associate Dean of Students, worked closely with students and
staff to determine the best campus-wide solution, ultimately selecting
Visix for its comprehensive product offering. “The
Visix suite of software provides opportunities for University of
Virginia students, faculty and staff to communicate more effectively and
efficiently. In a technology enhanced educational environment, where
collegiality and community are cornerstones of the academic experience,
tools like those offered by Visix are becoming increasingly important.
They help us preserve intimacy and concurrently expand the scope and
scale of our efforts.”
Funding
for the AxisTV system was provided in part by the Alumni Association’s
Parents Committee and the Student Council. Each year the U.Va.
Parents Committee
allocates its funds to enhance academic and student life programs by
supporting a variety of university and student organizations.
Our
integrated technology solution was designed for organizations like the
University of Virginia,” states Trey Hicks, Vice President, Sales at
Visix, Inc., “The university has a variety of target audiences,
separated by geography and technology. Parents of students attending
U.Va. who are living in Boston want to feel connected to happenings
affecting their children. Our products make that possible.”
About University of Virginia
The
University of Virginia is distinctive among institutions of higher
education. Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819, the University sustains
the ideal of developing, through education, leaders who are
well-prepared to help shape the future of the nation. The University is
public, while nourished by the strong support of its alumni. It is also
selective; the students who come here have been chosen because they show
the exceptional promise Jefferson envisioned.
About Visix
Visix, Inc. designs, develops and supports a suite of
software applications that allow users to create, import and manage
their communications from anywhere and to deliver those messages to
virtually any endpoint.
The company offers a
digital signage application, a room and event scheduling solution, and
applications for targeted messaging to portable devices. Each of these
products works independently or can be integrated for scaleable
deployments from a single display to large networks. This comprehensive
approach to on-time communications – from concept to delivery –
provides turnkey systems including software, hardware and distribution
accessories, as well as multi-tier support options to manage and
maintain dynamic visual communications.
Contact Visix at
800.572.4935 or salesteam@visix.com. Parties interested in additional
information about Visix, AxisTV, MeetingMinder™, and MessageBlox™
Dynamic Visual Messaging applications should visit the Visix Web site
at www.visix.com.
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