National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Selects [...]

📅 November 6, 2001 - WorldCom (worldcom.com), a leading global business data and Internet communications provider, recently announced that the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) has selected WorldCom to provide managed Web hosting solutions.

Created in 1987, NBPTS is an independent, non-partisan and non- governmentalorganization with a mission to strengthen the teaching profession and toimprove student learning. The National Board accomplishes its goals byestablishing high and rigorous standards for accomplished teachers,providing a national voluntary system to assess and certify teachers whomeet these standards, advocating related education reforms to integrateNational Board Certification(R) in American education, and to capitalize onthe expertise of National Board Certified Teachers.
In November, thousands of teachers across the United States are expected tovisit the National Board's Web site (www.nbpts.org) when the organizationposts the names of teachers who have achieved National Board Certificationfor the 2000-2001 academic year. National Board Certification is the highestpossible credential available in the teaching profession. By outsourcing itsWeb hosting needs to WorldCom, NBPTS will be able to reliably respond tospikes in Web site visits as well as launch new Internet initiatives in amore streamlined and cost-effective environment.
"We chose WorldCom because the company offers the strongest in theessentials -- technical knowledge, reliability and scalability," says NBPTSChief Technology Officer Floyd Matsuda. "As we continue to outsource moreand more of our online initiatives, it is important to have a strong, stablerelationship with a provider like WorldCom."
WorldCom will provide NBPTS with advanced Web site security, back-up,reporting, administration, hosting management and monitoring -- with thesupport of its high-end managed Web and application hosting affiliate Digex(www.digex.com) -- backed by industry-leading performance guarantees, andthe unmatched reach and performance of WorldCom's global IP network andstate-of- the-art Internet data centers.
"Like NBPTS, WorldCom is focused on excellence," said Ron McMurtrie, vicepresident of WorldCom Global e-Services. "Outsourcing its Web operationsmanagement to WorldCom allows NBPTS to concentrate on its mission to improvethe quality of education in America."