6/26/2006
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.
7/28/2005
Challenge: Arizona State University (ASU) needed to provide a full life cycle, chemical material management system that could be widely used by the university research community, provide increased control over laboratory materials, aid investigators in their research efforts, and comply with federal and state mandates on chemical and biological safety.
7/27/2005
There was a sixty percent decline during 2000-2004 in the number of freshmen planning to major in computer science. Bill Gates was recently quoted as saying that he was baffled by that declining enrollment, especially since those same young people just love all of their technology toys.
7/26/2005
Planning for technology advancements in any industry is a monumental challenge today and a particularly demanding one in higher education. As a learning enterprise we are concerned with both process and outcomes, and our ear must be to the ground well beyond the campus environment.
7/21/2005
As CIO and vice president for Information Technology at Duke University (NC), Tracy Futhey oversees technology projects that have far-reaching impact on instruction, research, and the way people live and work on campus. While recently she is most often cited for her work with Duke’s iPod project ), dubbed the iPod First Year Initiative, Futhey’s professional interests have spanned a range of innovative technologies, especially networked and mobile technologies.
7/21/2005
In the new converged network world, achieving true quality of service is our goal.
7/11/2005
I joined the ranks of CIOs in April of this year, taking up my first CIO appointment here at LSU after nearly 20 years in IT at Indiana University. After my first two months in the role – yes, all of two months! – I’d like to offer a perspective to those of my colleagues to whom this might be useful.
7/11/2005
The institutions we highlight here have pursued their technology challenges with the kind of doggedness that should serve as a model to other institutions wondering just how far they can push their own envelope.
6/29/2005
What happened? Reports from those who monitor file sharing indicate that Internet traffic was indistinguishable Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from the previous week, so consumer behavior is unchanged. Grokster and StreamCast owners, staff, and investors are in a world of hurt, of course, and lawyers have a new way to earn their hourly fees. Many of us are relieved that the decision was narrow enough to not affect the technology (software and hardware) of file-sharing, just the marketing and the business plans of those who provide services based on it.
6/28/2005
In this third part of our series, a look at the basic needs for a campus community in the 21st century.