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Where Green and IT Meet

6/26/2006

Wireless: What Works?

2/3/2006

Developing a Strategic Support Plan

10/20/2005

There are many arguments for campuswide help desk consolidation; herewith, a few of the best.

Networking/Innovators

10/20/2005

Two innovative institutions move toward 21st-century networking and create models for other colleges and universities to pursue.

Should We Outsource IT?

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.’

Where Is Away? Or, What Happens When You Flush the Toilet.

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.

Organizational Change: Model Citizens

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.

COVER STORY: Enterprise Systems: Risky Business?

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.

Digital Tweed: Shameless Self-Promotion

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.

Peer Pressure

9/19/2005

When one Georgia school opted for VoIP, the new telecom initiative sparked precedent for a whole university system.

Katrina: What Can We Do to Help; This Time and the Next?

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.

IT from the Ground Up

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.

Telecommunications: The Next Legacy?

8/22/2005

As universities discover the benefits of wireless, telephone systems just might become yesterday’s news.

IT from the Ground Up

8/19/2005

CIO Rich Kogut’s visions materialize as the first new UC campus in nearly 40 years opens this fall.

Campuses Getting Greener: IT has a Role to Play

8/17/2005

IT people and sustainability coordinators work across the boundaries between departments and disciplines a lot!

The NSF May be Measuring Your Institution’s Computing Power

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.

INNOVATOR 2005: Arizona State University

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.

Do You Believe in Magic? Why Millennials Show Little Interest in IT Careers

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.

Strategic Planning for Information Technology: Steering the Ship or Being Driven?

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.

Driving IT Innovation and Network Innovation

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.

Networking: Striving for QoS

7/21/2005

In the new converged network world, achieving true quality of service is our goal.

“Hitting the Ground Walking”

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.

CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS 2005

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.

The Supremes Dance their Way to a Narrow Decision

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.

Special Series: Technology and the CEO >> [Part 3] Technology Conveniences

6/28/2005

In this third part of our series, a look at the basic needs for a campus community in the 21st century.