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iSwat 1.1 (Mobile)

iSwat is a source of information for both current students, and prospective students of Swarthmore College. This application features five useful sections directory, campus events, campus map, the dash, and about. In directory get the information on faculty and staff and plot office locations on map. Campus events tell about...

Tags: Mobile, Swarthmore College, Campus, BocoSoft, iSwat, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-04

Microsoft Builds a Green Campus to Save Costs and Reduce Carbon Footprint

Microsoft planned to expand its facilities in Shanghai, China, beginning in late 2007. It needed to incorporate sustainable building requirements and cost savings into the campus. Microsoft IT worked with other Microsoft teams to build and run a green campus in Shanghai. The teams focused on deriving benefits from the...

Tags: Carbon Footprint, Microsoft Corp., Campus, Team Management, Data Centers, Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Case studies 2009-08-01

Special Report: Tech you need for school

It's that time of year again. Millions of freshman (and some upper classmates, too) are scouring the country for the best gear that could make a student the most admired on campus - or the loser next door.

Tags: Gear, Campus

Articles 2009-07-28

Windows 7 Enterprise: the university edition

We've all heard the stories about Windows 7 - new themes, new wallpapers, better functionality blah blah. I'm just as bored of it as you are. However, on the flip side to all this, I've been delving deep into the specialised university edition - Windows 7 Enterprise....

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server, Campus, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-03-30

New AMD campus in Texas earns Gold-level green building credentials

If you're keeping count on the green credentials of your suppliers, chalk up another point for the in-house green team at Advanced Micro Devices. The company has built itself a compelling case study candidate for green headquarters sites: it has just achieved a Gold-level certification under the...

Tags: Texas, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Campus, Construction, Quality, Team Management, Channel Management, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-01-18

Campus security: protecting our assets and asses

Whichever campus you are at in the world, there will be a fair share of security issues. Where you have thousands of students all in one place, there's going to be crime, disorder and issues which eat away at our overall security. In the UK, because of our stringent firearm...

Tags: Asset, Campus, Reverse-911, Security, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-16

Simplifying the Campus Help Desk

Supporting faculty, staff, and students in a campus setting is no small task. The challenges of supporting end-users in a geographically dispersed and technologically irregular environment may have one feeling like this: "To drive two to three hours plus to just to fix a problem that may only take five...

Tags: Campus, Bomgar, Help Desk, Call Centers, It Operations

White papers 2008-08-05

New Apple campus two years behind schedule

Apple announced plans for a new campus  in Cupertino, CA two years ago to support its growing workforce and even considered abandoning their current digs at One Infinite Loop in the process. They've since decided to stay in Cupertino, using both locations. According to a story in...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple Inc., Campus, Cupertino, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Human Resources

Blog posts 2008-04-04

Making the Grade: Mission Critical Radios Give University Police the Dependable Communications Needed for a Safer Campus

ASU has four campuses. There are currently 65,000 students and there are plans to expand to 90 or 95,000 students in the next 10 to 15 years. ASU had a VHF conventional system originally designed for one campus. It had components that were 20-25 years old. The department started looking...

Tags: Radio, Campus, Motorola Inc., ASU, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Case studies 2008-03-01

Apple's most valuable vendors; New campus on tap; Jobs raise possible

Apple filed its annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday and outlined a few notable items: A list of most valuable vendors, a second corporate campus on tap, component costs and a potential raise for Steve Jobs. Among the highlights: The company outlined its most valuable...

Tags: Apple Inc., Benefits, Business Operations, Campus, Company, Human Resources, Job, Larry Dignan, Manufacturing, Research & Development, Steve Jobs

Blog posts 2007-11-16

Supporting the Campus Remotely

The campus setting presents several unique challenges to providing its students, faculty, and staff with effective IT support, making traditional support solutions futile. Unlike typical support solutions, the Bomgar Box can successfully provide the campus with quality remote support, despite such obstacles as firewalls, NAT, proxies, and differing network topologies....

Tags: Staff, Campus, Bomgar, Firewalls, Remote Administration, Network Security, Security, Networking

White papers 2007-09-24

Photos: Big gadgets on campus

At the head of the class when students get back on campus this fall will be laptops, smart phones and portable printers. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Campus, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-09-04

New green video: students greening their own campus

We now have our own series of Green Tech videos here at ZDnet. Hosted by reporter Sumi Das, this first one follows here backto alma mater. There at U.C. Berkeley, she learns how students are taking the lead in getting their campus to be more green. ...

Tags: Video, Campus, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-08-29

The Green Enterprise: UC Berkeley

In our first installment of the Green Enterprise, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes a tour of green technologies around the UC Berkeley campus, including solar arrays powering the student union, an eco-friendly cafeteria and a prototype of electrochromic energy-efficient windows. She also talks with Dan Kammen, co-director of the Berkeley...

Tags: University Of California At Berkeley, Campus, Construction, The Green Enterprise, Green

Videos 2007-08-28

College Expands Educational Horizons Wirelessly

Founded in 1836, Emory and Henry is the oldest college in southwest Virginia. The company's challenge was to attract new students to the campus through technological leadership; use technology to help facilitate "Active learning" on campus, including outdoor classes; easily manage the wireless network; and mitigate network security risks. A...

Tags: Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Campus, Cisco Unified Wireless Network, Networking, Network Security, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security

Case studies 2007-08-01

University of California at Berkeley CIO - Transcript

Dan Farber: Shelton, Thanks for joining me. Shelton Waggener: Thanks for having me today. Dan Farber: Now you’ve spent your career outside of academia. You were at Lucent, Alcatel, and Sybase and in 2003 you went to the University of California, Berkeley....

Tags: University Of California At Berkeley, Network, Student, Computer Science, Institution, Technology, Computer, Campus, Berkeley, Productivity, Networking, Wireless, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2007-06-19

BITS, Pilani - Goa Campus 1.4.1 (Windows)

BITS, Pilani - Goa Campus is a small nice widget for any bitsian or enthusiast to use. BITS, Pilani - Goa Campus sits pretty on your desktop giving you access to common BITS Goa services and resources. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Enthusiast, Campus, Vishrut Shukla, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-06-18

The Myth About Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

On most campuses, central systems that manage functions like payroll, human resources, development, and registration are backed up every night. So are course management systems, mail servers, and other key systems that run the campus IT infrastructure. Having well-managed processes that include full and incremental backups of data and that...

Tags: Business Continuity, Campus, EDUCAUSE, Backups, Disaster Recovery, Data Management

White papers 2007-06-01

Engineering a Campus Network: IIT Kanpur

IIT Kanpur's 1000-acre campus has a robust network of 5000 nodes on a fiber optic backbone and extends LAN connectivity to every hostel room. The institute had to provide its students the necessary technology skills to upgrade or share their knowledge. There was a need for a robust campus network...

Tags: Network, Fiber-optics, Cisco Systems Inc., Campus, IIT Kanpur, Network Technology, Fiber Optics, LANs, Optical Networking, Networking, Routers & Switches, Telecommunications

Case studies

The Ohio State University Newark and Central Ohio Technical College Share a Campus-Wide Network and the Advantages of Extreme Networks' High Performance Infrastructure

The Ohio State University Newark OSUN and Central Ohio Technical College COTC share a three hundred acre campus in Newark, Ohio, as well as a network that supports 400 faculty and staff and over 5,000 students. In 2001, the campus replaced its network with a new Extreme Networks infrastructure designed...

Tags: Ohio State University, High-performance, Extreme Networks, Campus, Networking, Wireless

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