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Volume 1 Issue 1November 1997

CCCCO California Community Colleges Choose PictureTel Videoconferencing

Jose Michel
Specialist, Telecommunications, CCCCO

The Chancellor's Office, California Community Colleges, selected PictureTel to establish a systemwide videoconferencing network of more than 120 sites throughout the state. The selection of the PictureTel Corporation represents over $3 million in business, and gives the company its largest contract on the West Coast.

The California Community Colleges (CCC) will deploy 126 PictureTel Venue 2000TM group videoconferencing systems and a 16-port Montage™ multipoint conferencing unit. In addition, the colleges have purchased PictureTel's enterprise services and bridge management to administer the videoconferencing network.

"Distance learning is one of the most prominent and important uses of PictureTel videoconferencing. California Community Colleges' investment in videoconferencing will expand the students' access to valuable resources that may not have been available in the past with so many campuses spread across such a large state," said Dom LaCava, President and COO of PictureTel. "The global nature of videoconferencing will open up a world of collaboration and information to both students and faculty members. As the world leader in videoconferencing used for distance learning, we are proud that the country's largest, most diverse community college system chose PictureTel videoconferencing for its new network. "

PictureTel has approximately 7,000 systems used every day by customers around the world for distance learning activities in higher education, K-12 schools, and corporate training departments. PictureTel videoconferencing will bring together the more than 1.3 million students and 16,000 faculty members at 106 CCC campuses. According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Education, 10 percent of all college students in the United States and 27 percent of all community college students in the United States attend a California Community College.

"We are impressed with PictureTel's experience and reputation in distance learning and product support," said Jose Michel, Coordinator of Educational Technology for the California Community Colleges. "We plan to construct our videoconferencing network to promote activities in distance learning, staff development, and economic development to take full advantage of the vast resources of the California Community Colleges system."

PictureTel Corporation is the world leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a full range of videoconferencing solutions. The company's systems meet customers' videoconferencing needs from the desktop to the boardroom. PictureTel also markets network conferencing servers and a comprehensive portfolio of enterprisewide services. Additional PictureTel information is available on the Internet at www.picturetel.com.