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CommVault

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— The explosion of data coupled with data center modernization, virtualization and cloud computing have overwhelmed traditional backup methods and led to poor recovery times, potential data loss and higher costs and business risk. The only way to bridge this data protection gap requires a radical new approach to protecting applications, systems and data through tight integration of data management software with hardware snapshot and replication technologies. CommVault is making this modern data protection approach available to more customers than ever by expanding its support for array-based snapshots through the new CommVault® IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Program.

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CommVault today introduced the IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Program, an open development program that enables disk array vendors to integrate their array-based snapshot solutions with the SnapProtect® module in CommVault Simpana® software.

With Simpana® software and Qualified IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Arrays, customers can further consolidate and extend their SAN investments for greater efficiency and accelerated backup and recovery performance while reducing recovery costs and minimizing the risk of data loss.

IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Partners gain exclusive access to technology and resources that help them create innovative solutions, differentiate their storage platforms and gain competitive advantage in the data and information management marketplace by harnessing the power of application-aware snapshot management to provide customers with the most scalable and reliable data protection technologies.

Working with CommVault’s IntelliSnap(TM) program, prospective partners are provided a Software Development Kit that allows them to rapidly and reliably integrate their storage systems with Simpana software and, upon completion of the program, achieve Qualified IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Array status.

Qualified IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Arrays are fully supported with Simpana software to allow users to harness the full power of rapid-fire, persistent, hardware-based snapshots with leading data management capabilities to protect the largest, most demanding virtual and physical server environments.

The IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Program bolsters CommVault’s standing as having the industry’s most comprehensive compatibility matrix for hardware snapshot management without custom scripting or solution modifications helping customers unlock and optimize their existing and future SAN investments. Since the beginning of 2011, Simpana software’s SnapProtect technology has supported nine of the top 10 best-selling storage arrays in the industry and, when the IBM DS8000 is used with the IBM SVC (SAN Volume Controller), SnapProtect technology supports all 10.

Companies like Dell, HDS, and NetApp are foundational members of the program while emerging players like Nimble Storage and XIO are working toward full integration within the program parameters.

CommVault’s support for disk-based snapshot management is unmatched in the industry and includes integration with Dell’s Compellent, EqualLogic, and MD arrays, the EMC DMX, VMAX and VNX platforms, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP), Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V (USP V) and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) from Hitachi Data Systems, HP’s EVA and 3PAR arrays, IBM XIV and SVC, and storage arrays and replication technology from NetApp including their LSI storage arrays.

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The Power of Modern Data Protection with Array-Based Snapshots

Redefining traditional backup, Simpana software quickly captures the application consistent copies without impacting the performance of production applications, allowing customers to fully leverage investments made in high performance storage arrays to tackle the 24×7 uptime and accessibility challenges surrounding mission and business critical data.

With a rapid-fire, persistent, hardware-based snapshot capability fully integrated, Simpana SnapProtect technology delivers the performance capability to protect the largest, most demanding virtual and physical server environments and recover them in minutes.

By creating snapshot copies using the storage array, backup time can be slashed to approximately five minutes or less and production server impact can be minimized.

CommVault’s integrated approach to snapshot management eliminates the need to create and maintain scripts and manage numerous storage array tools and consoles independently. The centralized management, protection and recovery of application data across tiers of disk and tape storage becomes fast and simple and occurs without impacting production systems.

With SnapProtect technology, customers can recover individual objects, files, whole volumes or entire applications, including Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 and SAP.

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David Ngo, Director of Engineering Alliances, CommVault:

“The IntelliSnap Connect Program ensures that more customers than ever will have access to advanced, comprehensive data protection solutions. This program is essential for our partners to rapidly develop complete, modern data protection solutions that set them apart in highly competitive and rapidly changing technology markets.”

Dave Russell, Research Vice President, Storage Technologies and Strategies, Gartner, Inc.:

“Many of today’s backup applications were designed and optimized for environments that are now outdated, resulting in a greater willingness on the part of organizations to modernize and consider new technologies and vendors for data protection. We continue to see a growing number of organizations turn to snapshot and replication technologies as a method for augmenting or replacing traditional backup software and believe that vendors in consideration should be pushed for their current and committed road maps for new data protection capabilities, such as snapshot and replication file sharing, and potentially cloud capabilities.”

Mike Davis, Director of Marketing for Dell NAS and Backup Solutions, Dell Enterprise Storage:

“Dell and CommVault work closely together to help provide integrated, automated and scalable solutions designed to manage and protect our customers’ vital information assets. With SnapProtect integration, Dell’s customers can more seamlessly leverage our products’ high performance array-based snapshots, to better protect their data and quickly adapt to changing demands in physical and virtual environments.”

Sean Moser, Vice President, Software Products, Hitachi Data Systems:

“The combination of our industry leading data protection platform and CommVault’s SnapProtect technology offers an innovative, high performance and cost-effective solution to help enterprise customers solve their most pressing data management challenges. As part of the IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Program, Hitachi Data Systems continues to build upon the success of our long-standing partnership to deliver a unified solution to our customers.”

Mark Welke, Sr. Director of Product and Solutions Marketing, NetApp:

“Customers gain proven performance and efficiency to minimize risk of downtime or data loss by leveraging NetApp’s innovative portfolio of integrated data protection solutions with CommVault Simpana. NetApp is focused on continuing its longstanding collaboration with CommVault as a founding member of the IntelliSnap Connect Program to provide our mutual customers with efficient, high-speed backup and recovery and enable our mutual customers to manage both NetApp® Snapshot(TM) copies and SnapVault® and SnapMirror® replication from Simpana.”

Suresh Vasudevan, CEO, Nimble Storage:

“The Nimble Storage CS-Series makes high performance affordable, simplifies and enhances disaster recovery and backup, and delivers pain-free operations. Nimble snapshots offer industry leading efficiency and can scale to many thousands of snapshots, enabling frequent recovery points. Integrating with CommVault’s Simpana SnapProtect technology will provide seamless data protection for enterprises, eliminating the need for copy-based backups, and simplifying data recovery.”

Steve Sicola, CTO, XIO Storage:

“XIO Storage provides performance-driven storage systems that deliver industry leading price, performance and capacity ratios. The integration of XIO’s SSD-based Hyper ISE and HDD-based ISE Storage Blade with SnapProtect as a part of the CommVault IntelliSnap Connect Program will simplify data management for our joint customers by automating their application data protection and recovery solutions without impacting the performance of production systems.”

Resources

More on CommVault’s IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Program

http://partners.commvault.com/intellisnap-connect.asp

CommVault® Simpana® 9 software

http://www.commvault.com/simpana.html

CommVault SnapProtect

http://www.commvault.com/solutions-snapprotect.html

CommVault Backup and Recovery

http://www.commvault.com/products-backup-recovery.html

CommVault Archive

http://www.commvault.com/products-archive.html

More on CommVault Deduplication

http://www.commvault.com/solutions-deduplication.html

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A singular vision – a belief in a better way to address current and future data management needs – guides CommVault in the development of Singular Information Management® solutions for high-performance data protection, universal availability and simplified management of data on complex storage networks. CommVault’s exclusive single-platform architecture gives companies unprecedented control over data growth, costs and risk. CommVault’s Simpana® software suite of products was designed to work together seamlessly from the ground up, sharing a single code and common function set, to deliver superlative Data Protection, Archive, Replication, Search and Resource Management capabilities. More companies every day join those who have discovered the unparalleled efficiency, performance, reliability, and control only CommVault can offer. Information about CommVault is available at
www.commvault.com . CommVault’s corporate headquarters is located in Oceanport, New Jersey in the United States.

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Customers’ results may differ materially from those stated herein; CommVault does not guarantee that all customers can achieve benefits similar to those stated above. This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including statements regarding financial projections, which are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as competitive factors, difficulties and delays inherent in the development, manufacturing, marketing and sale of software products and related services, general economic conditions and others. Statements regarding CommVault’s beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future are forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from anticipated results. CommVault does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements.

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Intergraph® announces the release of G/Technology(TM) Fiber Optic Works version 1.1, expanding fiber network information access to intranet and field users with new network and analysis capabilities for Intergraph NetViewer and MobileViewer.

G/Technology Fiber Optic Works streamlines the management of fiber optic infrastructure for utilities, communications providers, municipalities and state agencies who are implementing a public or private fiber network. Fiber Optic Works meets the needs of an enterprise data environment that supports fiber network creation, modification and reporting workflows across the organization.

Fiber Optic Works 1.1, an add-on to the G/Technology infrastructure management product family, offers an enterprise data environment that includes business rules, design tools, relationship models and data validation to support crucial business workflows. With Fiber Optic Works 1.1 Intergraph extends review and reporting of fiber network information to users using local area network (LAN) or disconnected in the field mode. Fiber Optic Works is a pre-packaged application for fiber infrastructure management that offers lower total cost to implement and upgrade when compared to completely custom solutions. With the new version of Fiber Optic Works, users have the ability to generate, edit and review alternative schematic representations of selected portions of the fiber network. Fiber Optic Works and G/Technology are based on Oracle database technology and Oracle Spatial to provide a solution easily scalable to any enterprise.

“We are pleased to introduce our newest addition to G/Technology, Fiber Optic Works 1.1, into our Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I) solution portfolio,” says Karen Ball, Product Manager, Intergraph Corporation. “With fiber networks steadily becoming more important in the communications industry and critical to smart grid initiatives in the utilities industry, Fiber Optic Works 1.1 provides a configurable COTS solution to meet the design and asset management needs of those implementing their own fiber optic infrastructure.”

Intergraph provides a complete range of geospatially enabled infrastructure management solutions for utilities, energy and communications networks. Intergraph solutions for infrastructure management are open and based on the Oracle database technology platform, making it easy to incorporate geospatial data into other corporate information systems. Intergraph G/Technology is a comprehensive, scalable and standards-based solution for geospatial infrastructure and asset management for communications providers adopting fiber networks to meet growing bandwidth needs; for utilities installing fiber infrastructure to build a smart grid or offer broadband to customers and for transportation agencies implementing a backhaul communications network.

About Intergraph Intergraph is the leading global provider of engineering and geospatial software that enables customers to visualize complex data. Businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on Intergraph’s industry-specific software to organize vast amounts of data to make processes and infrastructure better, safer and smarter. The company’s software and services empower customers to build and operate more efficient plants and ships, create intelligent maps, and protect critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world.

Intergraph operates through two divisions: Process, Power & Marine (PP&M) and Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I). Intergraph PP&M provides enterprise engineering software for the design, construction, operation and data management of plants, ships and offshore facilities. Intergraph SG&I provides geospatially powered solutions including ERDAS technologies to the public safety and security, defense and intelligence, government, transportation, photogrammetry, and utilities and communications industries. Intergraph Government Solutions (IGS) is an independent subsidiary for SG&I’s U.S. federal and classified business.

Intergraph is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hexagon AB, (nordic exchange:HEXA B) and (swiss exchange:HEXN).For more information, visit
www.intergraph.com and
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ALAMEDA, Calif., Jan 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
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today announced that it has obtained an
exclusive license from The
Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, PA for technology related to a
gene designated as SP100. Wistar Institute researchers have
demonstrated pivotal roles for this gene in both cancer and stem cell
biology. Scientists at BioTime’s subsidiaries OncoCyte Corporation and
ReCyte Therapeutics plan to apply this technology in the development of
innovative medical products for cancer and vascular diseases. In
conjunction with the license agreement, BioTime has agreed to fund
research at The Wistar Institute to advance the technology, and BioTime
will receive certain rights to negotiate additional licenses for any
technologies invented as a result of the research.

“It is rare to find a gene like SP100 that has such
strategic importance in diverse fields of medicine like oncology and
stem cell biology,” said Michael West, Ph.D., BioTime’s CEO. “The
discovery of the role this gene plays in regulating cell aging,
immortalization, the stem cell state, and cancer is both a reflection of
the stature of Wistar Institute researchers as well as the power of
modern medicine to uncover molecular mechanisms that have long escaped
understanding.”

Background

The licensed technology was invented at The Wistar Institute and
described in an article published in 2010 in the journal Cancer
Research. In the article, Wistar Institute scientists reported
that when the SP100 gene is active, it has the potential to
suppress the malignancy of tumor cells. In addition, they found that
when the gene is artificially inactivated in normal human cells, it has
the potential to revert the cells to an embryonic stem cell-like state.

Human embryonic stem (hES) cells are cells at very early stages of
development and are capable of differentiating into all the cell types
of the body. Moreover, hES cells possess the potential to replicate in
tissue culture without limit. When normal cells in the body transform
into cancer cells, they often acquire certain features resembling those
of hES cells, including the ability to replicate indefinitely. However,
in cancer cells, this replicative feature is typically uncontrolled. The SP100
technology that BioTime has licensed from The Wistar Institute
relates to the use of SP100 to both “turn off” the cancerous
characteristics of cells and to make cells from the body competent for
reprogramming back into a stem cell state for use in regenerative
medicine.

Cells that have been reprogrammed to a hES-like state are commonly
referred to as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells and may have the
capability, like hES cells, to generate all cell types of the body. iPS
cells hold great promise as a means to produce specific mature cell
types similar or identical to those of a patient’s own genetic
background. This may permit the repair or replacement of a patient’s
damaged tissues and organs without the risk of transplant rejection.

About BioTime, Inc.

BioTime, headquartered in Alameda, California, is a biotechnology
company focused on regenerative medicine and blood plasma volume
expanders. Its broad platform of stem cell technologies is developed
through subsidiaries focused on specific fields of applications. BioTime
develops and markets research products in the field of stem cells and
regenerative medicine, including a wide array of proprietary
ACTCellerate(TM) cell lines, culture media, and differentiation kits.
BioTime’s wholly owned subsidiary ES Cell International Pte. Ltd. has
produced clinical-grade human embryonic stem cell lines that were
derived following principles of Good Manufacturing Practice and
currently offers them for use in research. BioTime’s therapeutic product
development strategy is pursued through subsidiaries that focus on
specific organ systems and related diseases for which there is a high
unmet medical need. BioTime’s majority owned subsidiary Cell Cure
Neurosciences, Ltd. is developing therapeutic products derived from stem
cells for the treatment of retinal and neural degenerative diseases.
Cell Cure’s minority shareholder Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has an
option to clinically develop and commercialize Cell Cure’s OpRegen(TM)
retinal cell product for use in the treatment of age-related macular
degeneration. BioTime’s subsidiary OrthoCyte Corporation is developing
therapeutic applications of stem cells to treat orthopedic diseases and
injuries. Another subsidiary, OncoCyte Corporation, focuses on the
diagnostic and therapeutic applications of stem cell technology in
cancer, including the diagnostic product PanC-Dx(TM)
currently being developed for the detection of cancer in blood samples,
therapeutic strategies using vascular progenitor cells engineered to
destroy malignant tumors. ReCyte Therapeutics, Inc. is developing
applications of BioTime’s proprietary induced pluripotent stem cell
technology to reverse the developmental aging of human cells to treat
cardiovascular and blood cell diseases. BioTime’s newest subsidiary,
LifeMap Sciences, Inc., is developing an online database of the complex
cell lineages arising from stem cells to guide basic research and to
market BioTime’s research products. In addition to its stem cell
products, BioTime develops blood plasma volume expanders, blood
replacement solutions for hypothermic (low-temperature) surgery, and
technology for use in surgery, emergency trauma treatment and other
applications. BioTime’s lead product, Hextend(R), is a blood
plasma volume expander manufactured and distributed in the U.S. by
Hospira, Inc. and in South Korea by CJ CheilJedang Corp. under exclusive
licensing agreements. Additional information about BioTime, ReCyte
Therapeutics, Cell Cure, OrthoCyte, OncoCyte, BioTime Asia, LifeMap
Sciences, and ESI can be found on the web at
www.biotimeinc.com .

About ReCyte Therapeutics

ReCyte Therapeutics, Inc. is a majority-owned privately-held subsidiary
of BioTime, Inc. ReCyte Therapeutics is developing novel pluripotent
stem cell-derived products for the regeneration, repair or protection of
diseased or injured tissue, with a particular emphasis on age-related
vascular and related disorders. Its product candidates are either
cellular or acellular (cell-free), depending on the intended clinical
indications, and address major unmet medical needs for effective
treatments in areas such as coronary disease, heart failure, stroke, and
ischemic injury. In one such application, ReCyte Therapeutics is
employing its proprietary ReCyte(TM) induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS)
reprogramming technology to reverse developmental aging of human cells.
The renewed cells can be used to generate vascular and blood progenitor
cells for treating a broad variety of disorders. ReCyte Therapeutics has
already demonstrated consistent derivations of human endothelial
progenitor cells from pluripotent embryonic stem cell lines under
cGMP-compatible culture conditions that approach clinically relevant
scale. ReCyte Therapeutics is also characterizing unique secreted
products such as trophic factors and extracellular matrix derived from
proprietary human embryonic progenitor cell lines. These products may be
exploited as acellular therapeutics that can “instruct” normal
tissue-resident stem cells in patients to regenerate or repair damaged
tissues. Additional information on ReCyte Therapeutics can be found on
the web at
www.recytecorp.com .

About OncoCyte Corporation

OncoCyte Corporation is a majority-owned privately-held subsidiary of
BioTime, Inc. OncoCyte’s mission is to develop novel products for the
diagnosis and treatment of cancer based on embryonic stem cell-derived
technology in order to improve both the quality and length of life of
cancer patients. OncoCyte’s molecular diagnostics division is developing
products that should provide for earlier detection and more effective
treatment of numerous cancers. In addition to its diagnostic product
line, OncoCyte is developing cellular therapies to treat cancer based on
the unique biology of vascular precursor cells. The goal of OncoCyte’s
therapeutic research efforts is to derive vascular cells that can be
engineered to deliver a toxic payload to the developing blood vessels of
a malignant tumor to destroy the tumor without killing nearby normal
tissues in the body. Additional information on OncoCyte can be found on
the web at
www.oncocyte.com .

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements pertaining to future financial and/or operating results,
future growth in research, technology, clinical development, and
potential opportunities for BioTime and its subsidiaries, along with
other statements about the future expectations, beliefs, goals, plans,
or prospects expressed by management constitute forward-looking
statements. Any statements that are not historical fact (including, but
not limited to statements that contain words such as “will,” “believes,”
“plans,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates”) should also be
considered to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, risks
inherent in the development and/or commercialization of potential
products, uncertainty in the results of clinical trials or regulatory
approvals, need and ability to obtain future capital, and maintenance of
intellectual property rights. Actual results may differ materially from
the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements and as such
should be evaluated together with the many uncertainties that affect the
business of BioTime and its subsidiaries, particularly those mentioned
in the cautionary statements found in BioTime’s Securities and Exchange
Commission filings. BioTime disclaims any intent or obligation to update
these forward-looking statements.

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BioTime, Inc.
Peter Garcia, 510-521-3390 ext. 367
Chief Financial Officer
or
Judith Segall, 510-521-3390 ext. 301
jsegall@biotimemail.com

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On a recent Friday morning, 15-year-old Jerod Franklin stared at his hands as he labored to type up memories of the first time he grilled steak. Next to him, classmate Brittany Levy tackled a piece about a trip to the hospital.

The Bronzeville Scholastic Institute ninth-graders were working on writing assignments in the schools homework lab, whose 24 computers are shared by nearly a thousand students from the three schools that occupy DuSable High Schools campus on the South Side.

The ratio of computers to students is absurd, said English teacher Andrew Flaherty, a veteran educator who reports that many of his students cannot afford computers at home and dont get enough time to use them at school. As a result, Bronzeville Scholastic students born into a digital era struggle with basic skills, such as saving work to a flash drive and setting margins in Microsoft Word.

At a time when awareness of technology and its potential uses in school is growing nationally, this public high school of 550 often feels like a poster child for the so-called digital divide.

The term digital divide used to refer to whether classrooms had computers connected to the Internet. Now, the bar has been raised, as newer software programs require high-speed connections and as WiFi-dependent devices such as iPads make their way into classrooms.

Even though Chicago Public Schools reports spending about $40 million a year on technology, Bronzeville Scholastic lags behind its peers and exemplifies a dangerous disparity that exists in the United States, according to Susan Patrick, president and CEO of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning.

Chicago in particular probably highlights the digital divide thats across the country, Patrick said. Some schools may have access to one-to-one pilots, and other schools have old infrastructure that is barely functional, so that kids dont have access to the computers.

As a result, Patrick said, students are not building their technology skills, (and) theyre not able to access some of the courses and supplemental materials that would help them ramp up and be successful.

Technology spending in schools varies widely across the country, as some districts reap the benefits of grants and parental donations, while others tap local, state and federal funding.

The Bronzeville school has fallen behind at a time when CPS is trying to get out front. In December, the Consortium for School Networking, an association of school-district technology leaders, selected Chicago as one of 13 districts in the country to develop best practices on the innovative use of digital media in education and technology use is flourishing in some Chicago-area schools.

In September, the Chicago Quest Charter School opened its doors on the Near North Side with a collaborative learning curriculum that encourages middle school students to embrace the wired world by building video games and websites. Recently, students were taking notes on iPads and developing ideas for a game they would create over the course of the semester in teams.

Deerfield Public Schools District 109 provides about 2,000 computer workstations for 3,100 students, and students can log in to district computers from home to continue work they started at school.

That access to technology helps students to become better 21st-century learners, said Greg Himebaugh, assistant superintendent for finance and operations for the district.

The technology allows students to do research and to develop critical thinking, he said.

Wilmette Public Schools District 39, which serves more than 3,500 students from prekindergarten through eighth grade, has at least one lab with desktop computers in each of its schools, as well as laptops and some iPads for classroom use.

We definitely view technology as a learning tool, using online resources to gather information, said Adam Denenberg, the districts director of technology and media services.

Nearly every US school has at least one instructional computer with Internet access, according to a 2010 report from the National Center for Education Statistics, which also found a ratio of 3.1 students for every computer connected to the Internet. On almost every measure, though, ratios were worse in high-poverty schools such as Bronzeville Scholastic, where 93 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

CPS spokeswoman Marielle Sainvilus said that the $40 million spent annually by the city on technology is distributed equitably and that all city schools receive additional funds that they can choose to spend on technology. Schools can receive additional assistance from three support centers across the city, which provide help with budgeting, security and the maintenance of facilities, including technology.

Bronzeville got a boost this year when Best Practice High School, which is closing, donated a roomful of the West Side schools computers. But Bronzeville Scholastics principal, Latunja Williams, says it will take at least $3,000 to update the hard drives, which are too slow to run many current programs.

Two years ago, school librarian Sara Sayigh received a $15,000 grant that paid for many of the computers in the shared homework lab. The rest, however, can be unreliable and cant be easily fixed when something goes wrong.

We do not have a designated tech person in this building, said Sayigh. Instead, an audio-visual person who Sayigh says is not qualified to perform maintenance on computers is responsible.

Flaherty says the computer in his classroom takes more than 20 minutes to boot up. The slower hard drives make it difficult to run newer software programs. Ninth-grade English teacher Tijwana Witt said computers break down frequently.

Nationally, schools that provide laptops and tablets to students often grab the headlines, worrying educators at less tech-savvy schools that their students are being left behind their wired peers.

Ive seen huge disparities, where Ive gone into classrooms in urban districts and the paint is peeling and theres not a computer in sight, to very high-end districts where every kid has an iPad they can bring home, said Lisa Gillis, president of Integrated Educational Strategies, a national nonprofit based in California that helps schools implement digital curricula. We have a long way to go.

Pandolfo is a staff reporter for The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education-news outlet based at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Freelance reporter Jessica Tobacman contributed.

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Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation

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, LeCroy Corporation and
Wild River Technology will present a jointly prepared paper titled “A
Robust method for Addressing 12Gbpsec Interoperability for High-Loss and
Crosstalk Aggressed Channels,” at DesignCon 2012 at the
Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Tuesday,
January 31, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. local time.

During the session, engineers involved with signal integrity
design and backplane characterization with system
interoperability issues related to crosstalk and channel loss
will learn about a new methodology, which will be demonstrated on 10.7
Gbps measured systems. It involves synthesizing a perfect SerDes
architecture, simulating responses with a host of pathological channels
using S-parameter models, and then performing a final co-verification
using internal eye monitoring metrics.

“As data rates increase, high speed serial channels are stressed by more
than just excessive losses,” said Dr. Eric Bogatin, president of Bogatin
Enterprises. “They are also stressed by channel-to-channel cross talk.
The challenge is integrating cross talk pathology into serial link
analysis. Our DesignCon presentation will outline a solution to this
problem.”

Coauthored by James Bell and Al Neves of Wild River Technology, Alan
Blankman from LeCroy Corporation, Eric Bogatin, founder of Bogatin
Enterprises, and Martin Spadaro and George Noh of Vitesse, the paper
will be presented by Messrs. Spadaro, Blankman and Neves.

DesignCon is an annual conference on product technologies, design
methodologies, and EDA software, with a focus on system-on-chip design.
For additional information:
www.designcon.com .

About LeCroy

LeCroy Corporation is a worldwide leader in serial data test solutions,
creating advanced instruments that drive product innovation by quickly
measuring, analyzing, and verifying complex electronic signals. The
Company offers high-performance oscilloscopes, serial data analyzers,
and global communications protocol test solutions used by design
engineers in the computer and semiconductor, data storage device,
automotive and industrial, and military and aerospace markets. LeCroy’s
48-year heritage of technical innovation is the foundation for its
recognized leadership in “WaveShape Analysis” — capturing, viewing, and
measuring the high-speed signals that drive today’s information and
communications technologies. LeCroy is headquartered in Chestnut Ridge,
New York. Company information is available at
www.lecroy.com .

About Wild River Technology

Wild River Technology is a company conceived by a small, but dedicated
cadre of engineering folks who intimately understand the everyday
challenges of the signal integrity practitioner. Our marketing and
product concepts are born by practical experience in years of working in
high-speed design environments, where our focused and reasonably cost
products are supported by aggressive customer support. We are dedicated
to the art of superb signal integrity practice. Company information is
available at
www.wildrivertech.com .

About Bogatin Enterprises

Training from Bogatin Enterprises teaches how to turn complex signal
integrity problems into practical design solutions. We accelerate
engineers up the learning curve by strengthening engineering intuition.
Our classes illustrate how analysis and measurement tools can be used to
quickly and efficiently solve signal integrity problems. The design
methodology we teach emphasizes eliminating problems by identifying
their root cause and designing them out early in the design cycle.
Analysis techniques are applied to balance the cost performance
tradeoffs. Risk can be reduced by leveraging simulation tools and
measurement using TDR and VNA instruments. For 20 years, Bogatin
Enterprises has been setting the standard for signal integrity training.
Company information is available at
www.beTheSignal.com .

About Vitesse

Vitesse designs, develops and markets a diverse portfolio of
high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions for Carrier
and Enterprise Ethernet networks worldwide. Engineering excellence and
dedicated customer service distinguish Vitesse as an industry leader in
Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Ethernet-over-SONET, Fibre Channel, Optical
Transport, and other applications. Vitesse innovation empowers customers
to deliver superior products for Enterprise, Access, Metro, and Core
applications. Additional company and product information is available at
www.vitesse.com .

Vitesse is a registered trademark of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks or
registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their
respective holders.

SOURCE: Vitesse

Vitesse
Ronda Grech, +1.805.388.3700
pressrelations@vitesse.com
or
LeCroy Corporation
Alan Blankman, +1.845.578.4412
Alan.Blankman@lecroy.com
or
Wild River Technology
Al Neves, +1.503.679.2429
al@wildrivertech.com

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