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3/2/2007
Wilkes University in Pennsylvania said it will be switching over to the Mac OS X platform across the campus.
1/3/2007
Fear, uncertainty, doubt, and hope are reflected in typical teacher stations, podiums, and classroom equipment racks in the form of auxiliary input/output connector panels. Checking the auxiliary connector panel in a college or university classroom will give you some insights about the room’s system designer.
9/6/2006
Information technology is so cool because, among other things, once it becomes an infrastructure for something, there are so many ways for that something to be better than it was before.
8/27/2006
8/21/2006
Fear, uncertainty, doubt, and hope are reflected in typical teacher stations, podiums, and classroom equipment racks in the form of auxiliary input/output connector panels. Checking the auxiliary connector panel in a college or university classroom will give you some insights about the room’s system designer.
8/21/2006
A conversation with Satoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo Institute of Technology.
8/7/2006
Here are some interesting facts you may not know: U.S. colleges and universities spend nearly $2 billion each year on energy, according to the federal government. And the Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that the average PC wastes up to 400 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year simply by running at full power when no user is present.
7/26/2006
When the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) began touting its LEED system of ratings for greener, better designed buildings less than a decade ago, almost no one had heard of global warming. The thought of building a large, functional, office-type building or residence hall that was environmentally friendly wasn’t in a lot of heads. The USGBC aimed at “market transformation.” And it has achieved that goal.
7/22/2006
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2/3/2006
10/20/2005
There are many arguments for campuswide help desk consolidation; herewith, a few of the best.
10/20/2005
Two innovative institutions move toward 21st-century networking and create models for other colleges and universities to pursue.
10/20/2005
Smart schools are discovering that by freeing up IT to focus on core competiencies, outsourcing may be the great higher ed ‘enabler.’
10/12/2005
Why should recycling concern campus IT managers and workers? It’s because we design, manage, and use tools which are relatively small yet contain huge amounts of toxic materials.
10/3/2005
Truly visionary CIOs are now attacking IT reorganization on campus with all the zeal of corporate wunderkinds. Here are three, along with their strategic models. Take notes.
9/23/2005
ERP software partnerships are essential to operating most campuses today. The risk of relying on those partners is real, but it can be managed.
9/19/2005
As The Campus Computing Project turns 15, Casey Green takes stock of the evolution of computing on campus—and the Project’s hand in the changes.
9/19/2005
When one Georgia school opted for VoIP, the new telecom initiative sparked precedent for a whole university system.
8/31/2005
Well, this year it’s not digital viruses hitting higher ed hard, it’s a hurricane – right as the students returned or were about to. It’s nightmarish to imagine your server room under 30 feet of water; or with its interior exposed to wind and rain because a large tree fell on it.
8/23/2005
UC Merced CIO Rich Kogut’s visions and plans from the past three years will materialize as the first new University of California campus in nearly 40 years officially opens in Merced, CA on September 5.
8/22/2005
As universities discover the benefits of wireless, telephone systems just might become yesterday’s news.
8/19/2005
CIO Rich Kogut’s visions materialize as the first new UC campus in nearly 40 years opens this fall.
8/17/2005
IT people and sustainability coordinators work across the boundaries between departments and disciplines a lot!
8/3/2005
Almost exactly two years ago I wrote about a forthcoming survey by the National Science Foundation (NSF) which is a biannual event that historically measures research space on college campuses. In 2003 the NSF added an entire section to measure networking capacity and I anticipated that IT folks on campus would be surprised by the request to provide data that had not previously been asked for.
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