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Business Needs

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) takes innovative approaches to education and research. It wanted to build on its existing e-learning platform to heighten learning and communication, by addressing these gaps:

■ Lack of a tool to enable students to work and conduct research

■ Inability to optimize project planning and management using computing technology

■ Poor storage and archiving of educational materials

Solution

NTU Centre for Education Development (CED) has been responsible for developing and spearheading e-learning initiatives since 2000. In 2004, it introduced eUreka, a new online project work management running on Windows Server® 2003 Enterprise Edition and Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000, and powered by Intel® Xeon® processors. The following year it piloted collaborative tools using Instant Messaging (IM) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony using Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2005. These were designed to:

■ Assist staff and students in the planning and management of academic and non-academic projects

■ Provide staff and students with an online repository to safely store and archive all research documents

■ Allow students to manage and protect their intellectual property

■ Foster greater collaboration between students and staff

Benefits

With the new solutions, the campus saw the following improvements:

■ Increased idea generation

■ Time savings through better management of ideas and processes

■ Faster learning and reviews at own pace through online presentations

■ Greater participation of student community in collaborative processes

■ Improved IP protection

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Fast Facts

Customer: Nanyang Technological University

Web site: ntu.edu.sg

Number of Employees: 2,500

Country: Singapore

Industry: Universities

Customer Profile

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a research-intensive tertiary institution working in science and technology. Established in 1955, it has 19,100 undergraduate and 8,600 graduate students, enrolled in Engineering, Business, Communications and Biological Sciences.

Software and Services

■ Microsoft Server Product Portfolio

− Windows Server® 2003 Enterprise Edition

− Microsoft® SQL Server"! 2000

− Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2005

■ Hardware

− Intel® Xeon® Processors

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