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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

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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

Mail

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

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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