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Transforming Education for the 21st Century

Technology is not a panacea for the problems facing K-12 schools today. However, when intelligently applied, it can empower education leaders to deliver the 21st-century skills that students need to succeed in today's world. This webcast shows why and how schools need to change, discusses ways to achieve this goal,...

Tags: K-12, Education, School, Cisco Systems Inc.

Webcasts 2007-12-01

Cisco Video Applications in K-12 - Washington Township Independent School System

Washington Township Independent School District ISD in Sewell, New Jersey is a vibrant community in the southeastern suburbs of Philadelphia. Washington Township ISD did not have a strong record of maximizing their technology ROI. Expenditures were made on certain technologies that did not meet expectations and new equipment was under...

Tags: K-12, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Corporate Communications, Roi/Tco, Marketing, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Case studies

Cisco Video Applications in K-12 - Denton Independent School District

Denton Independent School District ISD borders the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. Teachers and administrators, concerned for their students and families, felt isolated and did not have access to breaking news and video. The superintendent had limited communication channels to reach out to staff and students to calm nerves and...

Tags: K-12, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Denton Independent School District, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Case studies

Obtain Grants and Cisco Systems Capital Leasing to Fund Your K-12 Technology Purchases

Although state budgets have increased, educational technology funding within the federal education budget is rapidly dwindling. Many schools confront the challenge of finding money to make strategic technology purchases. This webcast shows how to find and use grants and leases to fund the technology investments. Technology can help to achieve...

Tags: K-12, Grant, Leasing, Cisco Systems Inc.

Webcasts

Unified Communications for Today's K-12 Schools

This webcast will focus particularly on SchoolMessenger for Cisco Unified Communications, part of the Cisco Unified Communications for Schools solution. SchoolMessenger for Cisco Unified Communications is an advanced automatic communication solution that gives schools the ability to notify parents quickly and easily through voice messages, text messages, and emails about...

Tags: K-12, Unified Communications, Cisco Systems Inc.

Webcasts

Additional Resources

What's up, what's down on our warming planet?

Glaciers are down, the ocean is up. Here are some details: Europe is losing its Alpine snowmass. Glaciers in Europe have lost 25% of their snowmass since 1980. It's more than agony for skiers. Huge sections of rock and rubble are leaving...

Tags: Meter, Glacier, Business Ethics, Government, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-09-06

The WOA story emerges as better outcomes sought for SOA

Over the summer the enterprise IT blogosphere was swept up in a conversation around the concepts that many are calling Web-Oriented Architecture, or WOA. A different way to think about service-oriented architecture, WOA extolls a different but related set of technologies, in particular how to apply them in specific ways...

Tags: Web, Business, SOA, Organization, WOA, WOA Story, REST, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-09-06

Good news on the Dell netbook front

Just a quick update now that I have a minute to sit down tonight. I heard from my Dell rep this afternoon that, although it's not available on the Dell K-12 education pages, the Inspiron Mini 9 is available to all education customers in quantity. Here's...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blogging, Notebooks, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Photos: Future Combat Systems, here and now

The U.S. Army has ambitious plans for a widespread high-tech refresh of its vehicles and other soldier gear. It's also finding a way to make some parts happen sooner rather than later. by CNET News.com

Tags: U.S. Army, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-09-05

Mainstream media writes Windows obit

Mainstream media writes Windows obitMS should have never...killed off XP. Especially when such a huge segment of the market is tired of being forced fed what they do not want.This article makes a good point about users beginning to realize that as long as they can hit the web rather...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), LIKE IT, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co., mainstream media, Windows obit, Microsoft Windows Vista, obit, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Mainstream media writes Windows obit

Wow, a tough day for Windows. BusinessWeek reports that HP, the world's biggest PC company, is so troubled by Vista's 'tepid reception' and Apple's resurgence that it is developing its own operating system. Meanwhile a New York Times columnist writes on his blog that Windows is "already...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Mainstream Media, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet

Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnetLike Facebook, MySpace Cares?Cost to much to do it the right way.They might have to hire real systems management and security staff.RE: Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnetSod the DoS - look at the cute little picture of the chick!! So cute! I WANT ONE!I...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, SECURITY, Facebook, botnet, DoS botnet, DOS

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up

[ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...

Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-05

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureOverbroadYou wrote:[The appliance computing culture’s interactive] applications model drives almost everything, from processor and OS evolution to appropriate management structure - and even the conflicts with traditional business systems experts whose internal model of “automatic data processing” is broadly unrelated to the needs and...

Tags: Mainframes, Operating systems, Processors, business systems expert, appliance computing culture, mainframe, best practice, Windows PC

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Microsoft exec rebuts hypervisor security claims

Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has answered claims that the company's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's TechEd conference in Sydney to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Hardware, Liam Tung ZDNet Australia, rootkit, hypervisor, Joanna Rutkowska, security

News items 2008-09-05

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlightis Flash chopped liver?I don't get it... Flash is ubiquitous.. it's on almost every PC out there and has a huge developer base behind it, yet these people are implying Silverlight is THE platform to beat. What does Silverlight have that Flash doesn't (besides a...

Tags: Scripting languages, Adobe RIA, SWF, Chrome, WebKit RiA, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, WebKit, Microsoft Office, SVG, Adobe Systems Inc., developer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

My Awesome IT Job: Senior IT Manager, Cisco

Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that loves their work. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?

Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?Microsoft is also airing the Mojave experiment ads. nt.RE: Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?That add is really stupid . . . but, if you're totally incapable of building a quality operating system, why not try comedy?Best marketing for...

Tags: Operating systems, Branding, Microsoft Windows, advertisement, Windows Gurus, Windows brand, Microsoft Corp., brand, Seinfeld

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

End of an era: Dell may dump its factories

End of an era: Dell may dump its factoriesRubbed up the wrong way?"The rub: It’s unclear whether contract equipment manufacturers would want to buy Dell’s manufacturing hubs. Do contract manufacturers really want to take on Dell’s capacity?"Don't CEM's want to take on everyone's capacity ... I mean isn't their model...

Tags: Manufacturing, Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., End-Of-An-Era

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Dell repair adventure, conclusion

Well, our hero's story had a happy ending. The service tech came out to my office and replaced both the motherboard and the screen on my Dell laptop. After than magic was performed, the system booted up and ran just as it did before. I appreciate the help provided by...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Supplier, Digital Equipment Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-05