Cargill Business Telecommunications Lab
Schneider Hall Room 203

Cargill Business Telecommunications Lab provides support for teaching concepts of local- and wide-area-network design, implementation and management. This lab is also used for instruction in network-centric, object-oriented system design and development using graphical integrated development environments.

The lab is configured with 32 Pentium4 workstations and other hardware and software enhancements that enable students to design, develop, and test object-oriented and Web-centric applications as well as connect remotely to computers in the Cargill Business Telecommunications Lab Annex next door.

In 2003, IBM computers and 17” flat panel monitors were added. Summer 2004 saw the installation of new carpet, furniture, and a pair of video data projectors that shine onto a room-wide, state-of-the-art combination screen and whiteboard. Taken together, these improvements dramatically improve visibility and access for both students and faculty.

Lab Software

• ActivePerl, a general-purpose programming language used for a wide range of tasks including system administration, web development, network programming, GUI development, and more
• Apache, an open-source software for web services
• Macromedia Shockwave Player, displays Web content that has been created by Macromedia Director
• Microsoft Office, Professional Edition
• Oracle Client and Developer Tools, a business-class database management system
• Oracle Enterprise Manager, an integrated system for administering and monitoring global e-Business enterprises
• Virtual PC, software that runs multiple PC-based operating systems and applications on a single workstation, resulting in reduced hardware costs and improved productivity
• Visual Paradigm, a cross-platform visual UML modeling and CASE tool
• Visual Studio.NET, an object-oriented application development environment, software used to visually design Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases and create reusable data access queries