Downtown
Shreveport offers the region's most advanced telecommunications
infrastructure. High tech firms in the Central Bandwidth District
are supported by multiple fiber optic providers offering state
of the art, high bandwidth voice and data telecommunications
services and hardware.
Redundant
loops and self-healing Sonet rings are available through Bell
South and KMC Telecom.
Join
these new media, telecommunications and technology companies
that make downtown their home.
- Advantage
Tech
- AT&T
- Bell
South
- Bowman
Internet Services
- Communications
Unlimited Security
- Computer
Visual Systems
- Espire
Communications
- Foremost
Technologies
- Gateway
Long Distance
- Intermedia
Communications
- KMC
Telecom
- MCI-Worldcom
- Praeses
Technology Group
- RBM
Computer Services (Sage)
- ShreveNet
- Softdisk
- Systems
Technologies
- U.S.
Unwired
- World
Net Communications
- Xspedia
Corp.
www.bellsouth.com
BellSouth
Business Service Office: (318) 557-6000
For calls originating outside of Louisiana: call (800) 238-5501
For other information call Dwayne Stephens: (318) 673-2007
BellSouth offers a full range of traditional, wireless, and
high bandwidth telecommunications offerings, voice and data
equipment, and a full suite of E-Business products and services,
all delivered with a commitment to customer service that has
earned the J.D. Power and Associates #1 ranking in Customer
Service four years in a row.
The BellSouth E-Business suite includes dial and dedicated Internet
access service (recently rated number 1 in overall customer
satisfaction by Inter@ctive Week magazine); Shared and Dedicated
Web Hosting; Lan Design and Planning services; Network Design,
Planning, and Management; and a full compliment of Managed Security
Services including penetration tests, threat assessment, vulnerability
assessment, and security policy review and development. BellSouth's
network is designed for redundancy and survivability with approximately
600 sheath miles of fiber deployed in the local area with multiple
"self-healing rings" located in downtown Shreveport.
Among the advanced telecommunications service offerings are:
ISDN Basic Rate (Two 64 Kbps B Channels + One 16 Kbps D channel)
ISDN Primary Rate (T1 service, 1.535 Mbps of bandwidth.
Twenty Three 64 Kbps B Channels + One 64 Kbps D Channel) NI-1
ISDN networked to all interexchange carriers in Shreveport
Frame
Relay - Handles low-to-high speed LAN interconnection (56/64
Kbps, F T-1, T-1, 3 Mbps 6 Mbps and 45 Mbps) and facility concentration.
BellSouth has taken traditional Frame Relay service, originally
designed for bursty data only applications, and moved it to
a fully integrated voice and data wide area network solutions
with first-to-market Intelligent Permanent Virtual Circuits
features and equipment options from the leading manufacturers.
Intelligent PVCs, another industry first, literally monitor
your network primary links continuously for loss of connectivity
and automatically reroutes service to your backup site.
SynchroNet®
Service - end to end, digital, private line communications
(2.4, 4.8, 9.6, 19.2, 56 and 64 Kbps)
FlexServ®
- network control service that allows remote configuration,
monitoring and diagnosis of their special service networks without
going through the service order process. DS0 DS1, DS3 and Sonet
2/12 rings.)
LightGate®
Service - fiber-based private line service allows high volume
voice and data service compatible with the most advanced hardware
and information applications. Equivalent to 672 voice or data,
private line or dial-up circuits.
MegaLink®
Service - A full duplex intraLATA private line digital transport
service operating at 1.544 Mbps. Can be leased on a point-to-point
basis, stand-alone local channel or interoffice channel for
link connection to other products and services.
MegaLink®
Channel Service - Accommodates large circuit concentrations
from a single location to a single central office within a LATA.
Up to 24 DS0 services equivalents may be multiplexed into a
single 1.544 Mbps MegaLink Channel Service offering. The DS0
services can be any combination of local exchange, foreign exchange,
toll terminals, voice private line, analog data, or digital
data services.
SmartRing®
Service - Dedicated, high capacity fiber network designed
to provide increased reliability and functionality via a self-healing
ring topology between multiple customer designated locations
and telephone company central offices. This network consists
of fiber facilities that transmit DS1, DS3, STS-1, OC-3 and/or
OC-12 channel services simultaneously over primary and alternate
paths. This ring topology will continually monitor service quality,
detect any failure within the system, and automatically self-heal
itself around a point of failure to assure the flow of services
between locations within the self-healing network.
SmartPath®
Service - Premium high speed digital T-1 transport, monitored
24/7 to ensure 99.99% availability, 99.95% error-free transmission
and service continuity. Uses multiple rings to connect customers
to more than one serving central office, thereby allowing automatic
rerouting in case of the loss of the primary serving central
office.
CrisisLink®
Service - Enables customers to redirect incoming calls to
a pre-selected site or sites in a declared emergency. Integrated
into the network in the form of a customer-specific "emergency
plan" that can be activated by the customer with one call to
the BellSouth service center.
- Voice
and data transmission
- ISDN
- DSL
- Fiber-based
Sonet ring service
- Broadband
capacity from T-1 - OC48 and all ranges in between.
Lucent
5ESS switching.
T1= 1.54 megabits/second
T3= 45 megabits/sec.
OC48=2,500 megabits per second… or the equivalent of 1,600 T1
lines
http://www.kmctelecom.com/cities/index.cfm?fuseaction=citydetail&cityid=20
Redundancy, Reliability and Quality…We’ve Got the Power! AEP/Southwestern
Electric Power Co. Contact Malcolm Smoak at amsmoak@aep.com.
(318) 862-2032.
Redundant
Network Reliability
The central business district offers the most reliable electrical
service in the region. The CBD is served by two substations,
offering redundant network power supplies. In addition, the
CBD is less than ½ mile from the AEP/SWEPCO’s Arsenal
Hill power plant, a 110 megawatt power generation facility and
transmission substation.
Arsenal
Hill’s transmission and generation capabilities ensure peak
demand power and a smoother current, or "higher quality" electrical
flow across the downtown network. One of downtown’s two network
substations is supplied through Arsenal Hill via underground
cables, a significant reliability advantage. Further enhancing
reliability, both network substations feed downtown through
underground cables.
Electrical
Power Service:
208V 3 phase
480 V 3 phase
Downtown
high-rise buildings have multiple feeds, some have three.
The
Arsenal Hill Power Plant sits less than ½ mile from the central
business district, providing reliable peak demand power and
exceptionally stable current.
Shreveport
offers high tech and new media companies an excellent employee
training infrastructure. Excellent computer training and software
development programs are available at Grambling State University,
Louisiana State University Shreveport, and Louisiana Tech.
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Grambling
State
University |
http://www.gram.edu/COST/math_&_comp_sci.htm
Dr.
Muddapu Balaram
Head/Professor
Carver Hall - Room 137
P.O.Box 1191
balaram@alpha0.gram.edu
318-274-6177
(318) 274-6177 or 2232
FAX: 318-274-6388
The
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science attempts to give
its majors and all others it serves a firm foundation in computation,
comprehension, and logical reasoning. This is done with the
hope that its clientele will perform effectively whenever the
discipline relates to their field of endeavor ot to problems
of everyday affairs. The Department offers Bachelor of Science
degree with a major in Mathematics; and the Bachelor of Science
with a major in Computer Science. The Bachelor of Science degree
will be awarded to students who complete the outlined program
of study, pass an English Proficiency Examination, and meet
the requirements of the Department of Mathematics and Computer
Science and the College of Science and Technology.
The
Department offers two areas of concentration in Mathematics
and three areas of concentration in Computer Science as listed
below:
Major
in Mathematics with concentration in
1.
General Mathematics
2. Applied Mathematics - Statistics
Major
in Computer Science with concentration in
1. Application
2. Scientific
3. Software Engineering
Students
should see the advisor for specific course requirements in each
concentration area.
"This
program in computer science is accredited by the Computer Science
Accreditation Commission (CSAC) of the Computing Sciences Accreditation
Board (CSAB), a specialized accrediting body recognized by the
Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the Association
of Specialized and Professional Accreditors (ASPA)."
Louisiana
State University http://www.lsus.edu/
offers both bachelors and masters programs in computer science.
http://www.lsus.edu/sc/csc/
Bachelor
of Science in Computer Science
http://www.lsus.edu/sc/csc/BS.htm
A
competitive 4 year degree program giving the student a firm
foundation in scientific methodologies, software development,
and mathematics. Emphasis is placed on problem definition, problem
analysis, and the design of computer algorithms. To complement
the theoretical aspects of computer science, various business
and science oriented problems are assigned to students for their
computer lab experiences. This degree is accredited by the Computing
Sciences Accreditation Board since 1991.
Master
of Science in Systems Technology
http://www.lsus.edu/sc/csc/MSST.htm
The Master of Science in Systems Technology (MSST) is an interdisciplinary
program with components from the areas of computer science and
management. Emphasis is placed on data modeling, quantitative
decision making, and the structure and administration of technological
systems. The MSST is a "professional" degree program which develops
the skills needed to deal effectively with the complex, technology-based
systems. It is designed for those who have obtained bachelor's
degrees in engineering, science, management, business, or related
areas which utilize technology.
Undergraduate
Requirements in Computer Science http://www.latech.edu/tech/engr/cs/
Computer
Science is primarily concerned with the study of algorithms
and the data structures on which they operate. Topics of interest
include: problem analysis; algorithm design, implementation,
and testing; the definition of programming languages and the
construction of environments for creating software; the study
of computing hardware; the human/computer interface; and the
development of formal techniques for characterizing algorithm
efficiency.
The
computer science curriculum at Louisiana Tech is designed to
provide students with: (1) a general education in mathematics,
science, and the humanities; (2) an in-depth study of computing,
including the practical and theoretical aspects of both hardware
and software; (3) an opportunity for graduate study or a challenging
position in industry. Because of the rapid pace of change in
the field, the program places primary emphasis on fundamental
computing concepts.
Graduate
courses: http://www.latech.edu/tech/engr/cs/
CERT
http://www.cert.latech.edu/
Northwest
Louisiana institutions of higher learning have formed Consortium
for Education Research & Technology (CERT) http://www.biomed.org/consortium.html
.
Universities
and colleges have immense capability to help companies with
advanced education, work force training, technical problem solving,
business services support and other needs, but institutions
rarely make it easy for businesses to access these resources.
North Louisiana's higher education institutions are among the
first in the United States to realize the need to make their
services for business and industry more focused, more visible
and more accessible. Together, CERT Institutions represent a
considerable wealth of resources – in people, facilities, programs
and funding.
- collaborate
in curricula
- develop
joint programs
- coordinate
technology transfer projects
- promote
technology related economic development
- provide
workforce training
A
detailed directory of CERT's resources to serve Business, Industry
and Community is available to businesses upon request. vlewis@biomed.org
