News
- Blackboard Opens Data Center for Delivery of Managed Services
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2/27/2008
Education software company Blackboard has opened its fifth international data center. The latest one is located in Sydney, Australia, to host software services for higher education clients based in Asia Pacific time zones. The company said it currently has 520 clients that use hosted services, in sizes ranging from a few hundred end users to a million.
- Blogs and Streams From Sun's WWERC Annual Conference
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2/26/2008
This week in San Francisco, Sun Microsystems is bringing together thought leaders in education from more than 30 countries for its annual Worldwide Education and Research Conference, this year themed, "The Power of Communities." Conference organizers are maximizing the reach of the conference through live broadcasts and blogs...
- Sun Completes MySQL Acquisition; Universities Deploy Sun Infrastructure
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2/26/2008
Sun Microsystems Tuesday completed its $1 billion acquisition of MySQL AB, a decision that was announced back in mid-January. Coinciding with the completion of the acquisition, Sun also made available MySQL's complete portfolio of products through its global sales and services organization. The company also recently announced several new universities deploying its systems.
- Canadian University Offers Students Ability To Highlight Lecture Videos
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2/26/2008
Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada has deployed an online video portal that lets students view, index, annotate, remix, search, and share class lectures. Although the school has been offering streaming video for three years, the new portal, run on the Gotuit platform, implements more interactive features.
- Pasadena CC Signs Verizon to Build Voice-Data Network
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2/26/2008
Pasadena City College in Los Angeles County has signed a contract with Verizon Business to implement a voice over IP (VoIP) communications and wireless Internet access under a two-year, $6.7 million agreement.
- Report: EU May Be Planning Billions in Fines Against Microsoft
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2/26/2008
The European Union may hit Microsoft with a record $2.2 billion (1.5 billion Euros) fine as early as tomorrow for not complying with parts of the EU's antitrust ruling from 2004, according to a published report.
- Microsoft Releases System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1
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2/26/2008
Microsoft this weekend released an update to its System Center Operations Manager 2007, the company's infrastructure management solution. The final Service Pack 1 release has gone to manufacturing, and the update is also available for download online.
- Bungee Offers Platform-as-a-Service Dev Beta
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2/26/2008
Bungee Labs last week rolled out the full public beta of a hosted service designed to provide a complete Web-based application development environment. The new Bungee Connect service includes development tools and staging platforms for creators of browser-based business apps.
- U Pittsburgh Automates IT Support
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2/25/2008
The University of Pittsburgh has signed on with Alloy Software to automate technical support across multiple departments. The deal equips the university's Financial Information Systems (FIS) department with Alloy Navigator, which provides a centralized platform for IT service management. It replaces the department's previous home-grown system.
- University or Oregon Dedicates Nanoscience Research Center
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2/25/2008
The University of Oregon has joined the fast-growing nanotechnology industry with the dedication last week of a new science and technology research complex. The new underground Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories building is a signature research center associated with the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute, a consortium that includes the University of Oregon, Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon State University, Portland State University, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories and the region's high-technology companies.
- Adobe Releases AIR Runtime for the Desktop, Opens Flex
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2/25/2008
In a move that will let Web developers use their existing skills to build rich Internet applications for the desktop, smart clients and browsers, Adobe Systems Monday released the first version of its widely anticipated AIR cross-operating system runtime, along with updates to its Flex framework for Windows and Mac OS X platforms.
- Unify Offers Enhanced RIA Dev Tool for SOAs
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2/25/2008
Unify Corp. has released the next version of its rich Internet application (RIA) development and portal integration platform. The product, NXJ 12, is based on Java 1.5. It includes enhancements designed to speed application deployment and better integrate with third-party application servers, according to the company's Web site.
- Blackboard Wins Lawsuit Against Desire2Learn
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2/22/2008
Blackboard has prevailed in an e-learning patent dispute against Desire2Learn. A federal jury in Lufkin, TX made the determination Friday afternoon, following a two-week trial. Blackboard was seeking $17 million in lost revenue, as well as an injunction against the company, which is based in Canada.
- University of AZ Wireless Voice-Data LAN Deployment Hits Milestone
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2/22/2008
The University of Arizona (UA) has completed two major phases of its wireless LAN deployments for voice and data, according to the company managing the project. Today, UA's wireless network--dubbed UAWiFi--spans more than 7 million square feet, 4,500 wireless access points, and 22 buildings. Upon completion, the initiative, which is being managed by systems integrator NEC Unified Solutions and using Cisco equipment, will comprise more than 6,000 access points and 12 million square feet on two campuses.
- Automated RBAC Java Security Tool Released
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2/22/2008
McLean, VA-based Advanced Modeling Concepts recently released a Java security tool designed to help developers add security to existing Java applications. The product adds role-based access control (RBAC) security via a tool called AfterthoughtSoft-Secure.
- NetBeans Giving Away $100K+ in Open Source Grants
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2/22/2008
Earlier this month, NetBeans announced its Innovator Grants program designed to award "ideas on how to improve the NetBeans Project."
- Print-Limit Pro 8 Adds Leopard Support, Group Management
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2/22/2008
GenevaLogic this week released an update to Print-Limit Pro, the company's system for managing the use of printers in K-12 schools and higher education. The new version 8.0 adds native support for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and includes expanded management and administrative functionality.
- ASR Launches Accountability Framework for Higher Ed
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2/22/2008
Education consulting firm ASR Analytics has debuted a new suite of services focused on the reporting and analysis of accountability data in colleges and universities. The new Accountability Framework for Higher Education (AFHE) is designed to provide a "sustainable reporting foundation for decision making" using BI methodologies.
- Rave Upgrades Guardian Mobile Campus Safety System
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2/22/2008
Rave Wireless this week introduced an upgraded version of Rave Guardian, a personal safety system designed for college and university students. The forthcoming update, due this spring, expands cell phone and carrier options at participating universities.
- Microsoft Takes Bold Steps Toward Open APIs and Publishing Tech Specs
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2/21/2008
In a major shift in its business model, Microsoft Thursday said it is placing a significant emphasis on standardization and interoperability, saying it will share its APIs and release extensive documentation of its protocols. The company is also promising not to sue open source developers who use Microsoft's patented protocols for non-commercial implementations.
- Texas University Adopts SaaS for Admissions Management
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2/21/2008
Concordia University Texas is working with Intelliworks' Orion software service to manage its admissions programs. Concordia said it plans to use the solution to manage online event registration and prospect inquiries, track interactions with prospective students, and create targeted e-mail marketing campaigns.
- Microsoft D Latest Piece of Oslo Initiative
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2/21/2008
As part of its broad Oslo initiative, Microsoft is developing a new declarative programming language, code-named "D," that is expected to serve as a textual modeling language that will let business managers and non-technical stakeholders manipulate digital assets.
- Silverlight 2.0: The Wait Is Almost Over
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2/21/2008
The first public beta of Silverlight 2.0 is expected from Microsoft in the next few weeks. By all accounts, those that have seen the private beta report that the features outlined by the General Manager of Microsoft's Developer Division, Scott Guthrie, in a November blog posting are pretty much on track.
- Ingres and Pentaho Partner on Open Source BI
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2/21/2008
Ingres Corp. and Pentaho Corp. formed a partnership this month to address market demands for open source business intelligence (BI) products and services.
- Red Hat's JBoss for Enterprise SOAs Coming This Month
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2/21/2008
Last week Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat announced that its new JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform will debut by the end of February.
