Issue 4, August 2010
NEC Cloud Services Come of Age
NEC Australia has announced an exclusive ICT partnership with Australia’s two aged care peak bodies – Aged Care Association Australia (ACAA) and Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) – to advance the use of Cloud computing in the Aged Care Industry.
The partnership sees an industry endorsed NEC Cloud platform offering leading clinical, residential and community care applications. The offering is complemented with telephony, security, infrastructure and data management solutions. The service is hosted in NEC’s Australian data centres.
David Cooke, Head of Health & Aged Care Solutions, said: “This agreement has the potential to significantly reduce the cost of delivering care to Australia’s elderly – something that is becoming ever more crucial in the face of an ageing population.
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Australia's First Seniors Kiosk Shares Success
Eighteen months ago Anglesea Seniors Centre became the site of Australia’s first Broadband for Seniors Kiosk. Today, the centre is running weekly classes and has helped more than a dozen seniors develop new email and web skills. Trainer Lea Quail, who applied for the kiosk and now leads classes at the centre, spoke to Innovations about his experience and how the kiosk is helping local seniors develop new skills. Apply for a kiosk at: www.nec.com.au/bfs
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Unified Communications: A Local Government Perspective
NEC's Senior Business Analyst David Rout talks about the benefits of Unified Communications to local government. For more information on NEC Unified Communication solutions, and to download a free WhitePaper, visit: nec.com.au/uc
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Australia and NEC 'Flick' the Digital Swtich
Australia has ‘flicked’ the switch marking the start of Australia’s move to digital terrestrial television. As Australia’s first region, Mildura, turned off its analogue signals on June 30, NEC announced all digital services in the region will be delivered by NEC broadcast transmitters.
NEC has powered many of the country's analogue transmissions for nearly forty years and will continue to be the main supplier of high-powered television transmission equipment as Australia goes digital.
David Cooke, Group Manager at NEC Australia said: “Despite the ever growing sophistication of home entertainment...the underlying expectation is that when you turn on the TV you get a broadcast picture. That’s what NEC has been providing in analogue for many years and we’re now delivering the same level of quality and reliability to the digital world.”
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Digital Signage Comes to Life
NEC has officially launched its new digital signage solution – NEC Live. The system is Australia’s first fully-integrated digital signage solution. NEC Live features a suite of Windows-based applications for creating, managing and delivering real-time dynamic video, text and images to displays.
At the heart of the solution is NEC Live Artist which features ‘drag and drop’ usability, making the creation of ads, video or infomercials simple. It is aimed at organisations like schools, conference centres and retail outlets.
Paul Sketchley, Digital Signage Product Manager, said: “NEC Live removes the headache of many systems making it easy to bring multiple information flows together and deliver them to displays in multiple locations.”
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MAC Scoops National Award
NEC Australia has won the 2010 Australian Business Award for its Mobile Access Controller (MAC), in the Product Innovation category. This follows its win at the iAwards where it scooped the Victorian State Communications Award. MAC delivers a smart vehicle platform, allowing organisations with metropolitan and regional fleets to transmit voice and data over multiple networks such as 3G, private radio and satellite.
NEC’s Assistant General Manager Tom Henry said the award reinforced just how innovative the MAC was. “The MAC is unique in its ability to provide continuous voice and data communications regardless of the underlying network. The MAC extends the vehicle network coverage, including duress reporting, out to hand held devices to provide for a mobile workforce. The MAC also provides a single human machine interface to control the underlying communications platforms, be they voice or data, using open industry standards.” he said.
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Five Years Peace of Mind
NEC has launched a special five-year warranty promotion on selected portable projectors. For a limited period, you can benefit from an extended warranty on a range of short throw and widescreen projectors including the NP510G 3000 ANSI lumens portable LCD projector. Our advanced portable projectors are ideal for boardrooms, training facilities and education settings.
This offer is valid until 31 October. For more information, visit: nec.com.au/fiveyearwarranty.
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