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““Multi-Services Platform for Multi-Services Platform for Remote and Rural Remote and Rural
Communities”Communities”
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Karim LakhaniKarim LakhaniPresident & CEOPresident & CEO
Advanced InteractiveAdvanced Interactive
““Multi-Services Platform for Multi-Services Platform for Remote and Rural Remote and Rural
Communities”Communities”
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Karim LakhaniKarim LakhaniPresident & CEOPresident & CEO
Advanced InteractiveAdvanced Interactive
INTERNET
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A Canadian R&D-based solution that addresses the connectivity
challenges of digitally underserved communities, in Canada, and
around the world
A Canadian R&D-based solution that addresses the connectivity
challenges of digitally underserved communities, in Canada, and
around the world
L-Band Receiver
Internet
Low Speed orNo Connection
High SpeedConnection
ISP provider
SatelliteUplink
1-way or 2-waySatellite service
Education, Healthcare,organization, or Community
Ai’s Ai’s KDEKDE Technology Technology“Knowledge Delivery Engine”“Knowledge Delivery Engine”
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Our Installations
● Over 150 installations worldwide– American Samoa, Canada, Dubai – Ghana, India, Jordan,– Kenya, Pakistan, Nigeria, – Senegal, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland,– Tahiti, Turkey, Tonga, Uganda, – USA
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Recognized By IndustryResearch Institutions
● Invited to speak by the Federal Communication Commission Forum on “Making the Rural Connection” on “Distance Learning and Telemedicine”, Jan 27, 2004 (http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/rural/ruralforum.html)
● Invited to speak by Communication Research Center Canada at the “Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Telecommunication Conference”, April 25, 2006 on “The Next Generation of Information Technologies.”
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Student
Infrastructure
Content Training
Community
ICT Dilemma(Information and Communications Technology)
ICT Dilemma(Information and Communications Technology)
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Consolidating multiple Servers into oneone totally integrated ICT Server (Information and Communications Technology)
Consolidating multiple Servers into oneone totally integrated ICT Server (Information and Communications Technology)
Internet
Management Console
PSTN
RemoteManagement
Ethernet LAN
Network Printer
Ethernet LAN
Network Printer
File &Print Mail Caching
Web &Proxy
Streaming Backup &Storage
VLAN'sVPN SQL
File &Print
Caching
Web &Proxy
Streaming
Backup &Storage
VLAN's
Firewall
FirewallServer
LinuxDesktop
WindowsPC
Mac
AccessRouter
100 MB Switch
VOIPNetwork
ASP
VOIPPBX
VPN
ALMS
DualFirewall
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CommunityAxxess A financially self-sustainable solution
CommunityAxxess A financially self-sustainable solution
Internet
College
Wireless Base Station
UNIVERSITY
BAND OFFICE
CommunityServices
Telco2-way Satellite
RemoteManagement
TeleCenter or Internet Cafe
Homes
Homes
Businesses
Health Centre
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Gilgit. Pakistan
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AKDN Institutions Connected in Gilgit
● AKCSP, AKESP, AKHSP, ● AKHSS, AK Hospital, AKPBS, ● AKRSP,CLRC, DJ Girl’s High School, ● ICT, PDCN, Serena Hotel, ● Shah Karim Hostel
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AKDN Institutions BeforeCommunityAxxess in Gilgit
● Each institution had subscribed to their own low speed Internet connection;
● Limited number of services at each institution (low speed browsing, E-mail, some institutions had file services and internal web hosting);
● No collaboration between IT staff of different institution;
● No professional support services.
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AKDN Institutions AfterCommunityAxxess in Gilgit
● One high speed satellite/fiber Internet connection shared by all Institutions thereby reducing cost and providing high speed access to information and services;
● Wireless connection between all institutions;● Huge number of services available to each institution (External Web Server,
Internal Web Server, Web Filtering, Secure Web Server signed by Ai, E-Mail Server (SMTP, POP3, IMAP, Webmail, Anti-Spam Filter, Anti-Virus), Web Pages for all users, Proxy/Caching Server, PBX, File Server, DHCP, DNS, LDAP, Advanced Learning Management System);
● IT staff collaborating with each other;● Access to 24/7 professional support services;● Overall benefits include reduced costs, increased services, and most
important of all, high speed access to Interactive Multi-Media Rich Educational Information.
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Internet
Web Server 1
Web Server 2
Web Server 3 Web Server 4
Non-Caching ModelNon-Caching Model
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Localized ContentLocalized Content
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Internet
Web Server 1
Web Server 2
Web Server 3 Web Server 4
Sites Requested from Web Servers 1,2,3,4 are cached locally, effectively delivering the cached sites at LAN speeds
Internet sites are effectively delivered at LAN speeds
Policy Based CachingPolicy Based Caching
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Serv er
Serv er
Serv er
Serv er
Serv erServ er
Several technical service personnel
Traditional School Network
Internet
District Office SeversSchool 1
School 2
Centralised Network ModelCentralised Network Model
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Monitoring System
District Office
Ai Consolidated Server –all Server types eg Webserver, DNS Server, Mail Server File Server caching Server etc, are incorporated into 1 box
Internet
Server
Server
Server
Server
ServerServer
Distributed Network ModelDistributed Network ModelDistributed Network ModelDistributed Network Model
Server
Server
Server
Server
ServerServer
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Local Search EngineLocal Search Engine
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Delivery of Content
Traditional
The Sage on the Stage Model
21st Century The Guide on the Side Model
Delivery of ContentDelivery of ContentDelivery of ContentDelivery of Content
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● Moodle is an alternative to proprietary commercial virtual learning environments, and is distributed free under open source licensing
● Similar feature set to proprietary packages● Uses a browser based interface
modular object-oriented dynamic learning environment
Learning Management System (LMS)Learning Management System (LMS)Learning Management System (LMS)Learning Management System (LMS)
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•Assignment
•Choice
•Dialogue
•Forum
•Glossary
•Chat
•Journals
Range of activities and resources
Brief OverviewBrief OverviewBrief OverviewBrief Overview
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Brief Overview
•People
•Group assignment
•Logs
•Calendars
•Files
•Help
•Enrolment keys
Management of learning
Brief OverviewBrief OverviewBrief OverviewBrief Overview
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Brief Overview
•Labels
•Lessons
•Quizzes
•Resources (any electronic file, or range of embedded formats)
•Surveys
•Workshops
Range of activities and resources
Brief OverviewBrief OverviewBrief OverviewBrief Overview
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• Provides the optimal teaching & learning experience for Learners-• Delivers cultural based local
curriculum• Providing optimum learning
experience by delivering information in interactive multi-media format. Learners retain and process information better through Interactive Media
• Empowers local teachers and allows them to manage and control content
• Optimizes skills and passion of local educators
• Faculty / students have high-speed access to all kinds of multi-media resources
Specific benefits for EducationSpecific benefits for EducationE-LearningE-Learning
Specific benefits for EducationSpecific benefits for EducationE-LearningE-Learning
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● Providing the optimal teaching & learning experience
– Delivers “master” teachers globally
– Empowers local teachers/faculty
– Optimizes skills and passion of local educators
– Students graduate with a “differentiated” accreditation
● Building a virtual campus model – narrowing the divide – Facilitates new international educational relationships
– Fosters global view with traditional values
– Partner university retains control without taking controlretains control without taking control
– Faculty / students have high-speed access to all resources
Enabling Distributed Distance Learning PartnershipsEnabling Distributed Distance Learning Partnerships
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● Community empowerment● Community media centre
– Radio broadcast– Cultural preservation– Emergency broadcast
● Employ local resources● Sensitive to local requirements: for example, Education &
Tourism● OffNet/OnNet solution
– Local voice, video, data routing● Minimizes Backhaul expense through caching● Can facilitate remote management
Local/Regional ServerLocal/Regional Server
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BusinessAxxess can securely extend Post Office, Banking, or Retail Branch networks
BusinessAxxess can securely extend Post Office, Banking, or Retail Branch networks
Mac
Network Operations
Center
ATM
Ethernet
PC
POS
ATM
Linux
Telephone
Fax
Ai Axxess Server
DVB TDMA
INTRANET
PBX
DataServer
Telephone
INTERNET
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- Affordable
- Totally integrated solutions from off-the-shelf elements
- Developed for digitally underserved communties
- Reliable – highly available, accessible anytime
- Flexible:
- Adapts to dynamic needs of education, healthcare, businesses
- Leverages existing PC’s and peripherals (wherever possible)
- Supports differentiated experience for students, faculty, partners, and business customers
- Sustainable – Local people trained to operate the system – remotely managed, monitored, and content can be encrypted
● Replicable – easily duplicated in other organizations or remote communities
● Scaleable – each solution configured to local needs and scales across Linux- based Intel & RISC processors for the needs of larger institutions
Ai Ai AxxessAxxess - low-cost Distributed Delivery model - low-cost Distributed Delivery model
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● Local Entrepreneur becomes ISP (wireless, wires, and dial-in) to its local residents
● VoIP provides community-tariffed long distance voice services● Local, VOIP phones in the community. Become alternative to
Telco.● Telecenter and Internet Café create drop-in center for youth
to meet and work together– Every community member has email account and web
page– Every subscriber has a personal folder to store digital
objects● Providing services to all members of the Community (Council
Office, School, College, Health Center, Police, Businesses, Homes)
Services for Financial Self-SustainabilityServices for Financial Self-Sustainability
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● Internet - E-mail, Browsing etc● Telecommunications- Telephone, VoIP, Fax, Printing● Distance Education via Learning Management System● Health Care Services● Tele-Justice-Police Services, Virtual Court● Internet Café-Drop in center, Youth Centre● Programming specifically designed for each community● Local FM Radio Station with Emergency Broadcast● Wireless Coverage Over a Huge Area
Summary of CommunityAxxess FeaturesSummary of CommunityAxxess Features
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Features of Ai’s KDE ServersFeatures of Ai’s KDE Servers
Educational LMS
remotelymonitored &
managed for a reliable userexperience
All-in-Onetotally integrated server resides
locally unifiedvoice, data,
Internet,messaging
affordable,sustainable,
available,all the time
flexible,Internet dialing
using VoIP
All-in-OneAll-in-OneKDE-basedKDE-based
serversservers
Delivery of Telemedicine Learning
Management System
Delivery of Tele –Medicine and Tele
-Justice
Locally provided Telco services with VoIP calling rates for long distance services
Unifiedvoice, data,
Internet,Messaging over a 30km radius
Local FM Radio Station
Telecenter and or Internet cafe
All-in-Onetotally
integrated server resides
locally
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Thank You
Advanced InteractiveProviding the Knowledge Delivery Engine
for the global information age