Napster, Dell in college alliance
Dell Inc., the world's largest personal computer supplier, and Napster Inc. on Wednesday said they will provide colleges with a legal online music hardware and software package.
The offering combines Napster's digital music service with Dell's PowerEdge 1855 servers that will boost network bandwidth at schools. Colleges will be able to use the servers to store music from Napster's library locally, allowing network processing speed to remain fast while hundreds of students simultaneously download music.
The University of Washington is the first school to sign up for the package, set to launch this fall, the companies said.
This partnership will augment Napster's previous university initiative, which provided the service at 13 universities.Under the deal, Dell will sell Napster subscriptions to additional colleges and universities at a discounted academic rate and also offer special prices on bundles that include Dell's digital music players.
posted by Fergie @ 7/06/2005 08:15:00 AM
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