Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) November 21, 2011

Vaultas, a premier provider of collaborative, vendor-neutral data center, collocation, and BCDR (business continuity and disaster recovery) facilities in the Upper Midwest, today announced a collaborative partnership with Lakes PC Help based in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.

With the growth of virtualization technology, Lakes Area PC Help has experienced considerable growth over their 13 years in business; evolving from a provider of residential computer repair services to a robust offering that includes innovative technology solutions for the B2B market. The company was built on a reputation for excellent customer service and continually providing affordable, in-demand technology solutions to the local community. As a result of its partnership with Vaultas, Lakes Area PC Help is expanding its offering and its business operations with the creation of Wireless Data Systems, LLC. Currently in beta, Wireless Data Systems will provide web design, wireless access, web hosting and cloud computing to both residential and business customers in and around Alexandria, MN.

“The opportunity to significantly expand our geographic and product footprint to customers in both Detroit Lakes and Alexandria is largely driven by our new partnership with Vaultas,” said Lakes Area PC Help owner Tim Schacher. “With Vaultas’ state-of-the art data center facility, their 800 gigabit fiber-optic network, and access to many other network providers, combined with their team’s collaborative, can-do attitude, I’m now empowered to grow my business while providing the community with more-affordable wireless internet access. My critical data was previously stored in Texas, but now Vaultas gives me peace of mind with servers one hour away in Alexandria, and soon in St. Cloud—all providing my business complete control over my data and uptime.”

Vaultas develops, owns and operates vendor-neutral IT data centers and business continuity and disaster recovery facilities that provide customers with secure, strategically located, private and semiprivate data center solutions that meet even the most stringent strategic and technical requirements. Vaultas’ vendor-neutral environments reduce the TCO (total cost of ownership) for clients through effective use of infrastructure, energy conservation, vendor collaboration, network consolidation and strategic partnering.

“Vaultas is delighted to play a role in empowering the Alexandria business community with much-needed economic development and the most advanced colocation data center,” said Vaultas President John Unger. “Our new Alexandria data center facility is completed, bringing the local business community collocation solutions, data storage and backup solutions, web and application hosting, and high-speed internet access that scale to meet their requirements. We are pleased to play a role in the impressive growth and success of Lakes PC Help and their founders, and we look forward to many more such initiatives that drive economic growth throughout Minnesota.”

About Lakes PC Help:

For over 13 years, Lakes PC Help, based in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, has provided honest, reliable, and cost-effective computer repair services to both residential and international businesses. Our proven and responsive solutions repeatedly lead to reduced cost, improved system stability and enhanced customer satisfaction. Launching in January 2012, Wireless Data Systems, LLC, will provide wireless access, web design, web hosting, and cloud computing to both residential and business community in Alexandria, MN. To learn more, visit http://www.lakespchelp.com.

About Vaultas:

Vaultas is a leading-edge Minnesota data center company that develops, builds, and operates collaborative, vendor-neutral, data centers and BCDR complexes to support the fast-growing demand placed on today’s data storage and IT application requirements, coupled with the complex disaster-recovery needs of any business. Vaultas has built a secure, high-capacity fiber-optic network from Minneapolis to Fargo, with plans to build multiple data centers along the route. Vaultas has completed construction of its most recent data center and BCDR complex facility in Alexandria, Minnesota where the company is based. To learn more about Vaultas, visit http://www.vaultas.com.

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Princeton, NJ (Nasdaq) December 15, 2011

edWeb.net, a professional social network for the educational community and CoSN, Consortium for School Networking announce the launch of Mobile Learning Explorations, a online learning community, a forum for the educational community to come together and learn about the implementation of mobile technologies in education. The program is sponsored by AT & T.

The use of mobile devices in education is growing rapidly as a way to reduce the digital divide and provide a cost effective way for schools to implement technology solutions. Mobile Learning Explorations share the latest news and trends as well as case studies and best practices of school districts and organizations established at the forefront of mobile learning. Specialists pioneered the potential of laptops, Tablet PCs and other portable devices to enrich learning, to bridge the digital divide and extend learning beyond the traditional school day.

monthly webinar series will be his first live event on the theme “Leadership for Mobile Learning” on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 from 04:00 EST clock. All webinars are by Lucy Gray, Project Director of the Consortium for School Leadership Network for the Mobile Learning Initiative hosted. Lucy is an Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Teacher, and served as an instructor for the Chicago Public Schools and the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. She currently works as an independent consultant, advising a variety of nonprofit and corporate learning initiatives of the 21 century.

A community of online learning offers educators the opportunity to connect and exchange information with colleagues in their own country and around the world to accelerate the implementation of mobile learning programs. There is no fee for teachers to participate in the program, and edWeb Strategic partnership with MCH data, the program will be promoted to more than 3 million teachers around the country.

Keith Krueger, CEO of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), commented: “When the National Education Technology Plan points out, educators may differ materially from online communities of practice will benefit, especially for new trends such as learning mobile. CoSN is to help educational leaders understand the educational potential of mobile learning, and committed to the need for solidarity and political leadership. This series of webinars and resources, such as CoSN Leadership for Learning Mobile (http://www.cosn . org / carry mobile), allow this much needed conversation. “

Kevin Carman, AT & T said the Education Segment Manager, said:. “We are pleased to be part of edWeb” Mobile Learning Explorations “Professional Learning Program The combination of informative monthly webinars with a collaborative community is an important tool for the creation of more help educators learn how to integrate mobile technology in their rooms class. “

Schmucki, edWeb.net founder and CEO, said. “This is a great example of how to provide cooperation within the educational system, industry information and resources to advance educators CoSN faster innovation makes it possible for us to provide educators with valuable information and case studies. And we are so thankful that AT & T to provide professional development support like this free online, the system of education benefits the whole community.

educators and members of the education sector are invited to participate in Mobile Learning Explorations http://www.edweb.net/mobile.

For more information about the program, contact Lynn Scott, program director lynn (at) edweb com (dot), 800-575-6015 ext 105

edWeb.net

is a professional social network for the educational community that makes it easy to join and with colleagues, share information and best practices together and create professional learning communities. edWeb promote cooperation with easy to use Web 2.0 tools to share how teachers transform information and access to professional development. edWeb hosts professional learning communities for teachers webinars combined with the community on major issues in the classroom. Through a partnership with MCH Strategic Data edWeb reached over 3 million to promote K-12 educators in the United States for the value of online collaboration. edWeb.net is free for teachers and is funded with support from partners and sponsors. For more information contact Lisa Schmucki, founder and CEO, at 800-575-6015, ext. 100 or by email at lisa (at) edweb net (dot). Learn more http://www.edweb.net below.

About the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)

CoSN is the leading professional association for school district and educational service agency’s technology leaders. CoSN members are a unique blend of education and technology, and policy makers from the public and the private sector. The mission of CoSN is to empower K-12 district technology leaders to use technology strategically to improve teaching and learning. CoSN provides community leadership and advocacy essential to the success of these leaders. Phone 866-267-8747 or visit http://www.cosn.org to learn more about CoSN Leadership Initiatives, annual conferences and events, politics and society advocacy and resources to support and promote the development of leadership skills to ensure that technology is used strategically to improve teaching and learning in primary and secondary schools. For more information, contact Jennifer Cummings at 202-822-9491 or by e-mail to jcummings (at) CoSN org (dot). Learn more at http://www.cosn.org.

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This video highlights some of the research currently being done to make wireless technologies more accessible. A number of assistive technologies have been developed over the past years for persons with significant physical disabilities to help them with their activities of daily living. Stand-alone devices, as well as solutions that make use of commercially available technologies such as personal computers have given people more control over their home environments.

When people are away from their homes, however, there are fewer options. Researchers are now looking at harnessing the capabilities of wireless devices to serve persons with disabilities when they are out and about. The research includes developing methods of making mobile phones more accessible. This includes examining the many wireless features and services available to mobile users and determining which of those can best serve persons with disabilities. In addition, the accessibility of new services as they become available needs to be addressed.

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