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Cambridge University’s eScience Centre chooses Codian video conferencing for
CancerGrid
One in four people will be diagnosed with some type of cancer during their lifetime. The aim of
personalized medicine and CancerGrid is to help prevent, diagnose and find a cure for this devastating
disease. CancerGrid is a consortium of specialists in oncology and software engineering drawn from five
leading UK Universities, including Cambridge, Oxford, Birmingham, University College London,
and Queens’ University Belfast. The CancerGrid project will deliver a working services-based grid
infrastructure for cancer clinical trials.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s ESnet uses Codian video conferencing to
support over 1,000 subscribers
The Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) is a high-speed network managed and operated by the Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy. The network provides high-bandwidth, reliable connections to thousands
of scientists at national laboratories, universities and other institutions worldwide, enabling them to communicate
and collaborate as they tackle important scientific problems. The ESnet Collaboration Service (ECS) provides more
than 1,000 registered subscribers with collaborative IP- video, audio and data conferencing, including ad-hoc meetings.
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ETH Zurich selects Codian video conferencing for its innovative information
and communication infrastructure
ETH Zurich, The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, is renowned worldwide as a leader in technology and scientific
research. The only university in the German region of Switzerland completely dedicated to technical disciplines,
ETH is truly an international institution, with 20,000 students, faculty and researchers from around the globe.
Consistently ranked among the world’s top universities, ETH offers its students an outstanding teaching staff,
ideal research environment and technologically advanced infrastructure.
Their challenge was to deliver a video conferencing solution that is not only flexible enough to support complicated
ad-hoc collaborative meetings but is also high performance and feature rich to create a quality virtual classroom environment.
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Indiana University uses Codian video
conferencing for collaboration and meetings
Founded in 1820, Indiana University has 78,000 undergraduate students and 17,000 graduate students enrolled
at two primary and six regional campuses. The University’s Information Technology Services Department supports
its community of over 110,000 students, faculty and staff with computing, informatics, wired and wireless
networking and video conferencing. The University’s IT Services Department has a long history as an early
adopter of advanced media technologies that have improved interconnectivity, increased efficiency and
advanced the University’s research and academic initiatives.
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John Eagle Automotive Dealerships connect their employee base in multiple states using
the Codian video conferencing infrastructure
One of America’s largest privately owned car dealerships, John Eagle, has been serving customers for over 45 years.
The company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, owns 13 dealerships representing over 10 automotive brands.
Today, the company employs over 1,000 people in nine store locations. Owner John Eagle is actively involved in
the business and has a reputation for being a goaloriented, hands-on manager who enjoys mentoring his
employees. Mr. Eagle holds monthly video conferences with the company’s sales and finance departments at the
satellite dealerships to personally review activities and track performance against company goals.
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Virginia Tech delivers enhanced distance learning with Codian
video conferencing
Founded in 1872, Virginia Tech has over 25,000 full-time students, making it one of the largest universities
in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The university offers 60 bachelor’s degree programs and 120 graduate degree programs.
The school has a long history of providing innovative distance learning to meet the needs of working adults and
nontraditional students. Approximately 85 percent of the school’s departments offer e-learning courses via
VTOnline, which has served some 60,000 students since the school began offering the service in 1998. Over 60
in-classroom courses are part of the VTOnline program, linked by interactive video to over 30 remote classroom
sites. Participants in these video conferencing sessions can see and talk to their instructors and fellow students
in other remote locations. In addition, Virginia Tech uses its interactive video conference capability to promote
communication both among their professors and between their school and others worldwide.
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The Children’s Hospital at Westmead uses videoconferencing
technology to stay connected to patients far and wide
Using Codian advanced videoconferencing infrastructure, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead developed a cost
effective method of providing excellence in education and patient care, even for remote locations.
“The technology beats the competition in ease of use, advanced features and cost”, says Ray Hand, Head of Education
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