An IT college in Brazil educates students with a collaborative social network built on IBM technologies.

Validated on 28 Jul 2011

"With the help of the e-learningplatform, our students will enter the job market with a better understanding of how collaborative technologies and communities are used in the real world." - Celso Poderoso, director, International Education, Faculdade de Informática e Administração Paulista

Customer:
Faculdade de Informática e Administração Paulista

Industry:
Education

Deployment country:
Brazil

Solution:
Smart Work, Smarter Planet

Smarter Planet:
Smarter Education

Faculdade de Informática e Administração Paulista (FIAP) is a college located in São Paulo, Brazil, focused on training the next generation of IT workers. More than 3,000 students attend the school.

Business need:
FIAP tries to mirror the technologies and practices of the modern job marketplace for the benefit of its students. Because workforces both in and out of IT are increas­ingly asked to work outside of traditional office environments, FIAP needed to adopt collaborative technologies to address the reality of this new job marketplace.

Solution:
FIAP engaged IBM to implement a new e-learning platform that students can use to effectively collaborate with one another and their teachers. Using the new technology, users can create blogs and virtual communities as well as organize online activities.

Benefits:
• Simulated real job marketplace experience for remote workers • Allowed students to collaborate with one another and their teachers • Enhanced control and security-rich access to information, applications and assets

IBM products and services that were used in this case study.

Hardware:
BladeCenter S Chassis

Software:
WebSphere Application Server, Tivoli Directory Integrator, Lotus Connections, IBM Connections

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