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- Can Moblin wean universities from Microsoft?
- I read a very interesting email today that came through the Moblin developers list serve. It resonated with another comment I received from yesterday's post on university IT. Both related to a "forced diet" of Microsoft products in many universities and the role that open source software can play...
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- So how 'bout them universities?
- By and large, this blog focuses on K-12 educational issues, mostly because I live, eat, and breath K-12 educational technology. While I may talk about broader issues in technology (social media, for example, or Google's latest and greatest), it's usually in the context of how they might impact students...
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- Will Windows Vista live to die another day?
- After spending most of the morning on the phone to a number of UK universities (due to the time difference, many US universities were still sleeping), the general consensus is that Windows 7, when released, will not be the first upgrade they roll out to their networks. ...
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- Universities should promote students' resumes
- With an ailing worldwide economy, job losses left, right and center, and an increasing difficulty to step up to the careers ladder, universities should employ more funding and better efforts into increasing their students' potentials; publishing resumes and curriculum vitaes on their own public sites. With websites...
- Blog posts 2009-04-25
- Conficker hits US university; why it wouldn't happen in the UK
- Conficker, potentially one of the most underestimated threats that face networks today, has spread to the University of Utah's computer network. The university, which also houses a medical school, two hospitals and vital systems for life support, spread to approximately 700 machines on campus. Hype over the...
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- Student free speech vs. taxpayer rights
- While this is only peripherally related to educational technology, the recent uproar over free speech at the University of Maryland is worthy of consideration; it certainly appears that both sides of the debate have reasonable points that could have long-term impacts both IT and the humanities at the university (and...
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- University Boosts PC Security, Manageability to Support Growth in Online Learning
- Liberty University is growing rapidly, especially in the technology-heavy online-learning sector. To support that growth, the university needed to upgrade the security and manageability of its personal computers. A key part of that upgrade has been the shift from McAfee antivirus software to Microsoft Forefront Client Security. The university gets...
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- Living with the Eye of the Storm - an Entuity customer profile
- Although I find conversations with representatives of technology suppliers to be useful and interesting. Having an opportunity to communicate with people actually putting the technology to use is even better. Typically these customers will present their experiences and highlight the strengths of a product and where it needs improvement. Recently,...
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Windows 7 (build 7057) screenshot gallery
- A detailed look at what's new in the latest leaked build of Windows 7, build 7057. by Zack Whittaker
- Image galleries 2009-03-14
- Researchers use Half Life to simulate fire evacuations
- Durham University researchers use the Half Life engine to simulate evacuations from burning buildings by Zack Whittaker
- Image galleries 2009-02-06
- Universite Laval Ensures High Availability of Mission-Critical Applications and Enhances Reporting
- Universite Laval wanted to ensure high availability of the university's mission-critical PeopleSoft Enterprise financial applications, which must be available 19 hours per day, seven days a week and gain an easy-to-use and maintain middleware infrastructure - reducing IT requirements and costs for the university's limited number of IT staff members....
- Case studies 2009-02-01
- Setting up your Skype wake-up call
- Want to get up on time for lectures? Set Skype to ring you when you need it by Zack Whittaker
- Image galleries 2009-01-29
- DocFinity + Datacap = Smart Document Processing for Large Midwestern State University
- A Midwestern university with a growing enrollment exceeding 50,000 annually faced increasing challenges managing multiple accounts payable offices across its main and branch campuses. With a rapidly growing number of invoices to support the institution's campus and community-based programs, A/P processing had become very complicated. Too much time was being...
- Case studies 2009-01-20
- Can we rely entirely on Google and Wikipedia?
- After spending two years now as a student at university, I've come to the sound conclusion that yes; yes you can survive entirely on Google and Wikipedia for essays and research. Don't be so hasty to shoot me down just quite yet... "Wikipedia" you might question, but...
- Blog posts 2009-01-19
- Brigham Young University-Idaho Builds a Roadmap for Student Growth With Predictive Analysis Tool
- Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-Idaho) wanted to evaluate the risk involved in revamping the university's admissions and enrollment structure to accommodate its shift from a two-year to a four-year institution and implement a forecasting system that allows the university to determine how many offers to make to prospective students. The challenge...
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- Korean University Upgrades to World-Class 10-Gigabit Network With 3Com Switch 8800 Terabit Switch
- Preparing South Korea for the future is Kyonggi University's heritage and its mission. Founded in 1947 to train kindergarten teachers, the school has grown to include undergraduate and graduate programs ranging from the arts and humanities to architecture and engineering. University needed to upgrade its data infrastructure. Data bottlenecks interfered...
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- Award Winning Australian University Chooses 3Com as It Expands Into Dubai Knowledge Village
- In 2000, the University of Wollongong won Australia's most prestigious higher education award, 'University of the Year.' The university is acclaimed for its effective application of digital technologies in preparing students to enter an e-world. Its Dubai Campus maintains exemplifies the quality of education the university provides. University had have...
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- The University of Florida and the Google Search Appliance
- The University of Florida UF is a public research university in Gainesville, Florida. Founded in 1853, UF is Florida's largest and oldest educational institution and is among the nation's most academically comprehensive public universities, with programs in fields ranging from agriculture to law. Providing fast and accurate access to relevant...
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- Interoperable Supercomputer Attracts Wider User Base at Leading University
- Scientists at the University of Cambridge rely on High-Performance Computing HPC, but only specialist researchers used the existing system based on Linux - other researchers used desktop systems running familiar Windows software. With its partner Cluster Resources, the university created an interoperable HPC environment running Windows HPC Server 2008 and...
- Case studies 2008-12-01
- University Researchers and Students Use Solution to Simplify High Performance Computing
- The Technical University of Berlin used a range of predominantly UNIX-based HPC solutions. But, in keeping with the university's policy of adopting the latest innovative technology, executives were keen to test a Windows-based HPC environment for staff and students. In April 2008, Microsoft and Dell took the chance to offer...
- Case studies 2008-12-01
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