Brookside Technology Holdings Corp., Standard Tel Networks subsidiary, announced that it has secured a contract with San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) to implement new communications technologies for its three community colleges in the San Diego, Ca. area: San Diego City College, San Diego Mesa College and Sand Diego Miramar College.

The Digital Marketplace, an initiative of the California State University Office of the Chancellor, announced plans to launch a pilot to license digital course content from Bedford/Freeman/Worth, Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill Education, Pearson, and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Park University announces the selection of a new leasing agent and a new property manager for the Parkville Commercial Underground. Hakes Real Estate, based in North Kansas City, Mo., is the new leasing agent for the PCU.

Elsevier announced it will provide four key electronic textbook titles for UC Irvine School of Medicine's new program that gives Apple iPads to its first-year medical students.

BOSS SOFTWARE announced their newest client, Austin Peay State University. Austin Peay State University will be using BOSSCARS and BOSSCOPS for campus parking and incident management software solutions.

FileMaker announced that more than 200,000 templates have been downloaded from the Bento Template Exchange since its launch on June 16, 2009. The Bento Template Exchange now offers more than 400 templates for Bento, the personal database for Mac.

it's learning, inc. recently formed a strategic partnership with Embanet, a global online learning services provider, to provide all students, faculty, and staff using the it's learning platform with unparalleled technical support services.

National Instruments announced the release of the NI myDAQ portable instrumentation device for students in university engineering courses. The device is designed by National Instruments and features Texas Instruments analog circuits including data converters, amplifiers and interface and power management components.

SMARTdesks announced the launch of the FFITness (Floor and Furniture Integration Technology) Program, an exclusive service that expands the scope of flexible interactive space beyond "rearranging the furniture."

Equitrac announced the availability of Equitrac Express and Equitrac Office version 4.2. With this update, Equitrac strengthens its solution for education providers and commercial enterprises who are looking to reduce document costs, increase document security, and eliminate waste through print management.

Facebook is launching the “Universities on Facebook” Page, which will help students and campus organizations discover how to take full advantage of Facebook’s features to publicize events, distribute content, foster community and school spirit.

Apple announced the new iPod touch, packed with new features including Apple’s Retina display, FaceTime video calling, HD video recording, Apple’s A4 chip, 3-axis gyro, iOS 4.1 and Game Center—all combined in the thinnest and lightest iPod touch ever.

NIIT announced that they have released a new eBook to assist higher education institutions looking to overcome the challenges of increased enrollment, attrition, and changing learner preferences. To celebrate the release, NIIT Enterprise Learning Solutions (ELS) Business will be giving away free copies of the eBook to those who join their Virtual Book Club and LinkedIn Group before September 21.

Premier Mounts introduces the complete answer to compactly and securely storing a Mac mini behind any of Premier Mounts’ CTM, PCM and PRO Tilt Series of flat-panel mounts.

Echo360 announced the formation of an expanded client services team responsible for the post-sale experience of its growing roster of higher education institutions.