1 “Multi-Services Platform for Remote and Aboriginal Communities” by Karim Lakhani President & CEO Advanced Interactive “Multi-Services Platform for Remote and Aboriginal Communities” by Karim Lakhani President & CEO Advanced Interactive INTERNET

2 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 or No Connection High Speed Connection ISP provider Satellite Uplink 1-way or 2-way Satellite service Education, Healthcare, organization, or Community Ai’s KDE Technology “Knowledge Delivery Engine”

3 Our Installations ● 120 installations worldwide ● US (Texas, Hawaii, Alaska), India, Tonga, Tahiti, American Samoa, Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Nigeria ● Canada – British Columbia – Alberta – Manitoba – Ontario – Nova Scotia

4 Student Infrastructure Content Training Community ICT Dilemma (Information and Communications Technology) ICT Dilemma (Information and Communications Technology)

5 one Consolidating multiple Servers into one totally integrated ICT Server (Information and Communications Technology)

6 CommunityAxxess A financially self-sustainable solution CommunityAxxess A financially self-sustainable solution Internet College Wireless Base Station BAND OFFICE Community Services Telco 2-way Satellite Remote Management TeleCenter or Internet Cafe Homes Businesses Health Centre

7 Internet Web Server 1 Web Server 2 Web Server 3 Web Server 4 Non-Caching Model

8 Localized Content

9 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 Caching

10 Several technical service personnel Traditional School Network Internet District Office Severs School 1 School 2 Centralised Network Model

11 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 Distributed Network Model

12 Local Search Engine

13 Delivery of Content Traditional The Sage on the Stage Model 21 st Century The Guide on the Side Model Delivery of Content

14 ● 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)

15 Assignment Choice Dialogue Forum Glossary Chat Journals Range of activities and resources Brief Overview

16 Brief Overview People Group assignment Logs Calendars Files Help Enrolment keys Management of learning Brief Overview

17 Brief Overview Labels Lessons Quizzes Resources (any electronic file, or range of embedded formats) Surveys Workshops Range of activities and resources Brief Overview

18 Provides the optimal teaching & learning experience for Aboriginal Learners- Delivers cultural based local curriculum Aboriginal are a visual culture and tend to learn, retain 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 Aboriginal Education E-Learning

19 ● 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 retains control without taking control – Partner university retains control without taking control – Faculty / students have high-speed access to all resources Enabling Distributed Distance Learning Partnerships

20 ● 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 Server

21 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 Data Server Telephone INTERNET

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24 - 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 Axxess - low-cost Distributed Delivery model

25 ● Band Council 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 account and web page – Every subscriber has a personal folder to store digital objects ● Providing services to all members of the Community (Band Office, School, College, Health Center, Police, Businesses, Homes) Services for Financial Self-Sustainability

26 ● Internet - , 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 Features

27 Features of Ai’s KDE Servers Educational LMS remotely monitored & managed for a reliable user experience All-in-One totally integrated server resides locally unified voice, data, Internet, messaging affordable, sustainable, available, all the time flexible, Internet dialing using VoIP All-in-OneKDE-basedservers 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 Unified voice, data, Internet, Messaging over a 30km radius Local FM Radio Station Telecenter and or Internet cafe All-in-One totally integrated server resides locally

28 Thank You Advanced Interactive Providing the Knowledge Delivery Engine for the global information age