Intel, EVA to offer end-user classroom soln

New Delhi

Aug 1, 2008

At the recently held eINDIA 2008, the ICT conference that promotes knowledge
sharing on one platform, Intel along with the members of the newly formed
Ecosystem Vendor Alliance (EVA), demonstrated a broad end-user education
solution optimized for Intel-powered classmate PCs.

Recognizing that educators need more than just hardware and management
software to utilize the benefits of technology-enhanced learning, EVA connects
ICT and education members from around the world by letting them share common
opportunities, resources and experience. The alliance also provides tools,
training, sales and marketing collateral, and online match-making of ecosystem
partners in addition to allowing vendors to list their products or services on
www.classmatepc.com, where educators can search for applications, tools and
content that will meet specific needs by subject, age, language and country.

Intel will ramp up the benefits of the EVA program, the functionality of the
www.classmatepc.com website, and the number of members worldwide in the coming
months. With more configuration designs in the pipeline, Intel plans to deliver
more products that bring PC accessibility closer to end-users the world over.

EVA includes-operating system vendors; independent software vendors;
independent content providers; independent hardware vendors and educational
service providers.

EVA members who participated in eINDIA include Educomp, an education solution
provider (SP); Edurite, provider of technology-enabled education; Edutech, an
e-learning company based in India; HeyMath, a provider of digital Math
curricula; NetSupport, a provider training software solutions; Smart
Technologies, which provides whiteboards and other group collaboration tools and
Sudhiksha, a technology-based SP.