Unicon and Kaltura to Feature Mobile and Video Solutions for Higher Education at EduComm 2011 Conference

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unicon, Inc., a leading IT consulting services provider specializing in open source for the education market, today announced its collaboration with Kaltura for the upcoming EduComm 2011 Conference, June 13-15, Orlando, Fla. Kaltura, creator of the leading open source video platform for education, and Unicon will be on hand at booth #612 to discuss mobile, video and other learning technology solutions for higher education institutions. Visitors are invited to view a demo of the Kaltura Video Tool for Sakai at a demo station located inside the booth.

In partnership with Kaltura and major universities, Unicon developed the Kaltura Video Tool for Sakai. The tool provides users with a full video solution that, once installed, is completely integrated into the Sakai system and existing work flows. It provides users the ability to upload, catalog, edit, share, and publish video and related content.

Representatives from both companies will be available to discuss the technology and answer questions.

To learn more about Unicon’s services for the Kaltura Video Platform, please visit http://www.unicon.net/services/Kaltura. For a complete schedule of upcoming Unicon events, see http://www.unicon.net/company/news/events.

About Kaltura

Kaltura provides the world's first Open Source Online Video Platform. Over 100,000 media & entertainment companies, enterprises, SMBs, educational institutions, service providers, platform vendors and system integrators use Kaltura’s flexible platform to enhance their websites, web-services and web-platforms with advanced customized video, photo and audio functionalities. Kaltura’s features and products enable easy deployment of custom work-flows involving video creation, ingestion, publishing, management, syndication, engagement, monetization and analysis. The free community-supported self-hosted software and source-code is available for download at www.kaltura.org. A commercial version of the software can be obtained at www.kaltura.com, along with Kaltura services such as streaming, hosting, transcoding, analytics, ad serving, support and maintenance packages, and professional development. Founded in 2006, New York-based Kaltura is a founding member of the ‘Open Video Alliance’ (www.openvideoalliance.org), a coalition of organizations dedicated to fostering open standards for online video. For more information: www.kaltura.com, www.kaltura.org and http://exchange.kaltura.com/.

About Unicon

Unicon, Inc. is a leading provider of IT consulting services for the education market. Unicon works closely with colleges, universities and corporations to find the best solutions to meet their business challenges. Unicon specializes in using open source technologies to deliver flexible and cost-effective systems in the areas of enterprise portals, learning management systems, identity and access management, online video, calendaring, email and collaboration. Unicon is a Sakai Commercial Affiliate; an InCommon Affiliate; an Industry Member of Internet2; a Jasig and VMware Partner; an authorized Solution Provider for CAS, uPortal and VMware; a services partner and reseller of Kaltura, Liferay and Zimbra; and a Contributing Member of the IMS Global Learning Consortium. For more information, visit: www.unicon.net.

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