SchoolWeb Solution

Karim Lakhani President & C.E.O

Advanced Interactive, Inc.http://www.advancedinteractive.com

Tel: 1-604-685-4011

“Give a man a fish, and you feed him

for one day.

Teach a man to fish, and you feed

him for a lifetime." Lao Tzu

“Give the African nations a cost effective, self managed, self sustaining ICT

architecture and they can be empowered to address the social and economic problems

that plague the Continent”

“Give the African nations a cost effective, self managed, self sustaining ICT

architecture and they can be empowered to address the social and economic problems

that plague the Continent”

Cost-Paying through the nodes

http://www.infosat.com/main.htm

Africa

South Africa

Rest of Africa

Communication and Infrastructure

• Telephone Lines per 100 inhabitants– USA 66.45

– Canada 65.51

– Europe 40.54

– Americas 35.4

– Asia 10.84

– Africa 2.62Source-: International Telecommunication Union 2001

Connectivity

Internet Users per 10,000 inhabitants• USA 4995 or 49.95%• Canada 4352 43.52%• Americas 2165 21.65%• Europe 1804 18.04%• Asia 444 4.4%• Africa 85 0.85%Source-: International Telecommunication Union 2001

SchoolWeb Overall Concept

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http://www.infosat.com/main.htm

SchoolWeb Librarian-Web Ordering

SchoolWeb Librarian-Search Engine

WorldSpace -Satellite Coverage

WorldSpace System

Ethernet LAN

Internet

Complete Solution in a Single Server

Access Router

SchoolWebOld

File,Print/Mail /Cache,Web/StreamingServers

HP Laser Printer

Storage

A B C D E F G H

SELECTED

ON-LINESwitch

Management Console

VPNFireWall

Remote Management

SchoolWeb

• High Reliability HP Server• Linux Operating System• File Server (WinNT, AppleTalk, NFS)• Network Services (FTP, Printer

Server, DHCP, DNS)• Roaming & Web E-Mail Server• Broadcast Caching/Dynamic Caching

Server• Local Search Engine• Web Server(s)• Streaming Server• Automatic On-Line Backup• Redundant System• Network Security (Firewall, VPN)• Automatic Power Failure Safeguards• Remote Monitoring/Maintenance

Ethernet LAN

I nternet

Complete Solution in a Single Server

Access Router

SchoolWebOld

File,Print/ Mail / Cache,Web/ StreamingServers

HP Laser Printer

Storage

A B C D E F G HSELECTED

ON-LINESwitch

Management Console

VPNFireWall

Remote Management

SchoolWeb

I nternet

UNIVERSITY

HP NetServer

Switch

Band Council Offi ceSchoolCollege Social Development

Band Store

RAS Dial up

Homes

SubNet 1 (25 NT PC's 2-3 Printers)192.168.1.xxx eth1

SubNet 2 (90 PC's) 10 printers10.10.10.xx eth0 SubNet 3 25PC's 3 NT

10.13.10.xx eth3

(SubNet 310.13.11.xx eth3)

RemoteManagement

School Offi ce

Ai's Remote CommunityLink

Band Fuel

Culture Center

2nd I nternet eth5

(SubNet 310.13.10.xx eth3)

500 Kbps downstream/128 Kbps upstream

Homes

(SubNet 210.10.10.xx eth0)

(SubNet 310.13.10.xx eth3)

SubNet 410.14.10.xx eth 4

Health Centre

(SubNet 3 10 Pc's 3 printers10.13.11.xx eth3)

Umax Router

Ai’s Remote CommunityLink

Benefits• Increases Economic Growth • Creates Opportunities and Empowerment

• Improves Delivery of Social Services

• Improves Efficiency of Government Services

Examples

• Trains farmers how to grow crops in the drylands

• Instructs micro-business owners about market prices

• Provides training materials for the general educational benefit of a community

More Examples•Health-- Kenya doctor solves life threatening disease of malaria complications through Ai’s HealthWeb

•Travel Marketing -- Zimbabwe has put a complete tourism guide on-line

•Education -- 45 teachers and students in 18 schools are participating in a World Bank initiative to connect schools to

the net and develop collaborative projects

More Examples

• Trade and Commerce -- Craftsman market products worldwide. www.unicc.org/itc/virtexib/vexhib1.htm

•Journalism www.zamnet.zm/zamnet/post/post.html

• Gender www.africaonline.co.ke/AfricaOnline/woman.html

Our Four-Pillar Philosophy

• Components

• Connectivity

• Content

• Care

Components (Computers)

Components (Wireless)

Connectivity

Connectivity

Connectivity

Potential Content PartnerThe Commonwealth of Learning

Content PartnerAfrican Digital Library

Care• Technology Transfer to Local

Partner

• Installation & Training

• Remote Monitoring/Maintenance

• Technical Support

• Tools for Creation of Local Content

• Continuous Content Update

• Provide a Sustainable Business Model for Communities

• Provide Content for the Health and Education sectors

Advanced Interactive