Nuventive

Expedient Passes the Test with Nuventive

Nuventive Offers Students a Means of Collecting and Sharing Academic Data via a Robust Internet-based Portfolio that Requires Zero Downtime and Maximum Accessibility.

Nuventive is an Allison Park, Pennsylvania-based software developer that designs solutions for institutions of higher learning. Among its clients are Western Michigan University, West Virginia Wesleyan College, and Plymouth State University. The company's mission is to provide students, educators, and organizations with tools to effectively examine, manage, and demonstrate achievement throughout the lifelong learning process. Nuventive offers two products, iWebfolio and TracDat.

Both products are designed for the education market; however, iWebfolio is used by a wider audience of both students anrs to control which individuals or groups can access their portfolios, what they can see, and for what period of time.

The lifeblood of this solution is its accessibility. It therefore requires the support and managed services of a reliable internet connectivity partner to keep it accessible at all times. That's why, explained Gary Choban, CTO at Nuventive, when the company decided to improve upon its technology platform in 2006, it looked to Expedient for the services it required. Expedient provides hosting services for iWebfolio at state-of-the-art data center facilities that provide a world-class physical environment to ensure uninterrupted technology operations.

"When we decided to update our technology platform, we searched for a provider that could offer some additional services. We were looking for a stable, knowledgeable staff, and proven technology to support our needs, and we appreciated the fact that Expedient offered different types of back up services and the potential ability to scale up or down based on our needs," he explained. "Expedient has more than one facility, so if we wanted to expand our services we have the ability to scale pretty easily using its network, that was an attractive option for us."

"Expedient had the services we were looking for specifically with regard to project planning. When we actually made the change they helped us plan the move; it's the simple but very important activities like that that are really helpful to us," said Choban. "We are also very appreciative of Expedient's automated notification system. When there is planned maintenance we get notification, if we have any issues with it, we call them and they make adjustments."

Choban says the partnership with Expedient has been beneficial in unexpected ways. "As CTO, it's great to note that we haven't had any problems. In fact, not too long ago we had some issues with our back up, we were exceeding our quota, and Expedient worked with us and helped us make adjustments. We came up with a new backup strategy that cut our backup in half. It's that kind of service that really sets them apart for us."

Nuventive utilizes Expedient's Ethernet Anywhere Internet connectivity to stay online, and houses a number of its mission-critical servers in Expedient's state of the art data center in Pittsburgh. Ethernet Anywhere takes established Ethernet technology and extends it beyond the LAN environment into a Wide Area Network. Its internet bandwidth selections begin at 3Mbps of service and scale to 40Mbps, with tiered options in between.

About Nuventive

Nuventive is a leading provider of comprehensive, integrated real-time solutions that enable its customers to support the continuous process of assessing, managing and improving learning. Nuventive customers are institutions, faculty, administrators, students and private sector users in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific. Institutional customers include Western Michigan University, the 14 campus Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, Delgado Community College and Providence College. Nuventive maintains strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as the European Institute for E-Learning (EIfEL).Thousands of users around the world have licensed Nuventive products and the Company has received industry as well as customer recognition for its innovative solutions. Nuventive is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with distribution in Europe, and Asia Pacific regions. For more information, please visit www.nuventive.com or call +1.412.487.8700 or 1.877.366.8700.

About Expedient

Expedient manages one of America's largest all-Ethernet networks, delivering advanced internet, voice and managed services to commercial and government entities throughout the United States. Through the power of its carrier-class Ethernet IP network and class one data centers, Expedient provides innovative and cost-effective networking solutions engineered to meet even the most demanding business needs. Expedient is a proud member of the Continental Broadband family of commercial internet data service providers wholly owned by Landmark Communications. Privately owned Landmark Communications' companies are a diverse group of award-winning publications and media outlets, including newspapers, television broadcasting, cable TV programming (The Weather Channel), and electronic publishing. To learn more about Expedient and Ethernet Anywhere, please log on to expedient.com, ethernetanywhere.com or call 866-276-2973, toll-free.