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Alamo Colleges in San Antonio, Texas supports more than 65,000 students and 7,000 staff. It's five campuses and smaller regional learning centers connect students and staff, expanding the reach of learning for the community.   Colleges' challenge  Alamo’s challenges included leveraging technology to support its high standards of safety and security as a priority for its campuses. They were tackling a technology gap among users across the diverse landscape of the larger San Antonio area and also wanted to support an effective work-life balance by transitioning faculty and staff from desktop to mobile devices. Action taken  To ensure accessibility for all, Alamo deployed secure, high-performance Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch® platforms A long-time customer of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Alamo Colleges has stayed focused on providing a secure, reliable, and accessible network for learning. To ensure accessibility for all, Alamo deployed secure, high-performance Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch® platforms and Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess® Stellar wireless networking across its campuses. They expanded the reach of the OmniAccess Stellar Access Points to develop Park and Learn, enabling students to connect and complete their studies from the parking lots without the need to physically be on campus.   Alcatel-Lucent solution Security and safety are of the utmost concern, and Alamo has leveraged its Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX® phone system to make emergency calls to Alamo Colleges dispatch, 911, and local Bear County authorities. They recently added the Alcatel-Lucent Visual Notification Assistant (VNA) solution, which can pick up a call from a user on a mobile device and provide their location, expediting response time. To manage all these systems, Alamo uses Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista® Network Management. With one view of all the networks, Alamo’s IT staff can monitor the network during the ongoing construction of centers and provide maintenance remotely across its far-reaching network.    Products and solutions Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX® Enterprise Alcatel-Lucent 8128 MIPT handsets  Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch® 6900-X72-F Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch® 6960E-U28 Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch® 6860E-P48 Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch® 6450E-P48 Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess® Stellar AP1101 Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista® 2500 Network Management System Alcatel-Lucent Visual Notification Assistant (VNA)  Results obtained Technical benefits Delivers redundant, reliable networks and high data transfer rates with OmniSwitch layer 3 and chassis solutions. Provides consistent and complete Wi-Fi across campuses and parking lots with OmniAccess Stellar wireless network. Advanced phone system supports 911 calls and notifies college security and county authorities with Alcatel-Lucent VNA solution. Simplifies monitoring with a unified view of the network and visual maps showing the status of switches in all college facilities. Financial benefits Saves on recurring service costs with the ALE solutions. Network Management single view shows how many switches and how many ports are in use, which helps in decision-making.  User experience benefits Provides messaging notification services, conferencing capabilities, and broadcast alerts during a crisis on campus with VNA connected with Rainbow™ by Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise. eSports' popularity with students is growing thanks to high-performance networks. “The Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise products are reliable and just work. What I like best about the partnership with Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise is they’re always there for us,” said Christopher Delgado, Senior Manager of Network Operations, at Alamo Colleges.

Kepler Vision Technologies has announced its 20th patent for its innovative fall-detection technology. The patent reinforces Kepler’s commitment to providing trusted and proven technologies that secure care availability and better support for healthcare workers.  The newest patent granted is Kepler’s first patent in Japan. The Dutch health-tech company also has eleven patents in the United States with the others being granted in Europe, specifically in Germany, France, and Great Britain. In addition, Kepler has nine other patents pending. Kepler Vision team The picture on the wall or a television screen may confuse a computer vision-based AI app The 20th patent achieved by Kepler covers how innovative AI and machine learning technology can categorize and detect a scene comprising of other fictional images. The method solves real problems encountered in practice. For example, in a long-term care facility, a picture on the wall or a television screen may confuse a computer vision-based artificial intelligence application. This could cause the system to alert care staff because of movement or actions on television instead of patients in the room, thus causing false alarms.  The problem could be more harmful for self-driving cars. A billboard placed alongside the road that’s advertising a fast-approaching car may force the autonomous car to break. However, the new technology created by the Kepler Vision team and now patented helps prevent these unwanted issues. Future patent infringement claims Kepler’s robust international patent portfolio highlights that the company’s solution has become the dominant design in the rapidly growing market for smart sensors in long-term care facilities and hospitals. “We are proud of our patent portfolio, which is crucial for our internationally operating partners who value the protection it offers against future patent infringement claims,” said Harro Stokman, CEO of Kepler Vision Technologies. “Our technology is designed to ensure the highest level of reliability and security, and our patents are a testament to our commitment to this goal.” Kepler’s smart sensor technology These and many other integration partners provide supporting products and reliable support Kepler’s smart sensor technology is currently embedded in the Mobotix C71 camera but can be run with any camera using on-premise servers. The product is shipped internationally by Konica Minolta, Alcatel Lucent, Ascom, and others. These and many other integration partners provide supporting products and reliable support. The care industry faces increasingly difficult challenges due to an aging population and workforce. While the 65+ population continues to grow, the workforce sustaining care for this demographic is shrinking. Use of AI in innovation With the rise of AI, there has been a rapid acceptance of its benefits and use—albeit with some trepidation. In healthcare, this acceptance of AI has shifted how operations are run, with facilities increasingly valuing the use of AI in innovation, such as the Kepler Night Nurse. With AI still in its infancy, there is high potential for further growth.  Utilizing AI and computer vision learnings, Kepler Vision’s Night Nurse solution brings an exceptionally reliable fall detector to the staff of the hospital. This allows the hospital to better manage the workload of care workers and overcome any staff shortages.