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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
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"Bantu addresses the critical enterprise concerns for instant messaging - security, integration and access from anywhere."
- George Washington University
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"With Bantu, students, faculty, and staff can see each other's online presence and instantly collaborate - regardless of their locations."
- Blackboard
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Education
Gets Smarter with Instant Collaboration
More and more education institutions are turning to Bantu
to promote collaboration across their institutions and beyond,
and enhance online learning initiatives.
Bantu’s
real-time capabilities are well-suited to the particular needs
of students, faculty, staff and IT administrators:
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Students:
Because Bantu EIM requires only a web browser to use –
and no installed client software, students can use it anywhere
that has Internet access. And because Bantu works with the
major consumer IM services, students can easily keep in
touch with other students, faculty, friends and family -
securely and on their terms. The Bantu Platform is also
an effective tool for connecting current – and prospective
– students to campus resources and applications, including
online learning courses, while fostering stronger relationships
between those who share classes, lectures, degree paths,
and more.
- Faculty
and Staff:
Education institutions have large numbers of faculty and
staff who need to continually collaborate with each other—and
with other experts—who are located across campus,
throughout the country, and around the world. Bantu’s
real-time Presence and Messaging makes it easy for staff
to instantly communicate. And, the Platform’s ability
to integrate seamlessly with existing business applications
improves the way faculty and staff collaborate on projects.
- Technology
Professionals:
Bantu is easy for an institution’s IT staff to implement
and support. It can be implemented in as little as two weeks.
And, because it is delivered as a Web application it requires
virtually no support costs.
Examples
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Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University
Embry-Riddle
is focused on moving course offerings and day-to-day
business operations to an online model. The university
integrated Bantu EIM into its online virtual campus,
ERAU Online, and into administrative applications across
the 20 Embry-Riddle campuses. Bantu’s EIM plays
an integral role in enhancing the online course experience
and maintaining the high standards of education and
student support for which ERAU is known. Embry-Riddle
selected Bantu in part because it provides the security
and integration they need on a flexible platform that
can keep up with the changing requirements of students,
faculty and staff.
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The
George Washington University
More
than 25,000 students, faculty and staff have access
to the Bantu EIM through The George Washington University’s
GWeb intranet portal. Bantu’s IM and Presence
enable GWeb users to interact dynamically and collaborate
more efficiently on everything from team projects and
research discussions, to online office hours and administrative
activities. Bantu is integrated into the GWeb online
IM directory, enabling users to display their online
status and availability to others within the portal.
GWeb members can search the directory for students,
faculty, and staff, and if the parties sought have chosen
to appear as visible, they can be sent an IM with a
simple mouse click.
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Johns
Hopkins University
Bantu
enhances real-time collaboration for the John Hopkins
University Bloomberg School of Public Health, the world's
largest stand-alone school of public health in terms
of students, faculty, and research funding. It is an
integral part of the Bloomberg School’s Citrix
Systems portal, which is deployed as its global research
and collaboration intranet. The fact that Bantu is Web-based,
secure, and extremely quick to implement, as well as
easily integrated into Citrix portals, made it the ideal
EIM for the Bloomberg School.
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