Category Archives: information technology

Demystifying Cloud Computing for Higher Education

September 23, 2009 – 2:21 pm

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Abstract: This ECAR research bulletin is the first in a series of bulletins devoted to cloud computing in higher education. It summarizes insights and a framework for thinking about cloud computing, and it touches on potential emergent roles for public and private clouds. The findings draw from spring 2009 interviews with industry and university information [...]

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EDUCAUSE Review September-October 2009, v. 44, no. 5

September 11, 2009 – 10:24 am

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Keeping the Guard Up in a Down Economy:Investing in IT Security in Hard Times; Brian D. Voss and Peter M. Siegel
With difficult economic times causing many in higher education to question investments in information security—at just the time when cyber attacks are increasing in number, scope, and sophistication—institutional leaders need to consider ways to make [...]

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Whatever It Takes: Supporting Higher Education Executives 24 x 7 x 365

September 9, 2009 – 3:30 pm

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This ECAR research bulletin discusses the decision by the information technology organization at Indiana University (IU) to form an IT team dedicated to VIP support. It reviews the challenges of establishing the team without significant capital investment, and the principle of leverage that made it possible. IU’s decisions along the way suggest some strategies other [...]

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Emerging Technologies – Annual report

September 4, 2009 – 7:57 am

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The SICTAS Annual Report on Emerging Technologies: Planning for Change draws on the investigations undertaken for the Strategic ICT Advisory Service (SICTAS) that Education.au is providing to the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR).
The SICTAS reports into collaborative learning, workforce capability, and national software infrastructure provide evidence to support a role [...]

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Beyond the Help Desk: Creating a Culture of Service in the IT Organization

August 26, 2009 – 7:00 am

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This ECAR research bulletin describes strategies used by the IT organizations at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Dickinson University to develop a plan for improving the culture of service within those organizations. Inspired by Mark Sheehan’s 2007 ECAR study, Service on the Front Line: The IT Help Desk in Higher Education, the authors explore [...]

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Alternative IT Sourcing Strategies: From the Campus to the Cloud

August 20, 2009 – 8:36 am

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Philip J. Goldstein. 152 pages
This 2009 ECAR research study explores a multitude of strategies used by colleges and university information technology organizations to deliver the breadth of technologies and services required by their institutions. Findings illustrate that although total outsourcing of institutional technology organizations is rare, so is self-operation of all IT functions and services. [...]

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7 Things You Should Know About Cloud Computing

August 18, 2009 – 10:41 am

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Cloud computing is the delivery of scalable IT resources over the Internet, as opposed to hosting and operating those resources locally, such as on a college or university network. Those resources can include applications and services, as well as the infrastructure on which they operate. By deploying IT infrastructure and services over the network, an [...]

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Gaming & Libraries Library Technology Report

August 11, 2009 – 3:08 pm

Jenny Levine has written another comprehensive Library Technology Report on the topic of gaming in libraries. Gaming & Libraries: Learning Lessons from the Intersections takes a look at common themes being shared by librarians and includes five case studies.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Lessons We’ve Learned from Society
Chapter 3: Libraries, Videogames, and Civic Engagement
Chapter 4: A [...]

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Updated ICT Energy and Carbon Footprinting Tool now available

August 11, 2009 – 7:33 am

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An updated version of the SusteIT ICT Energy and Carbon Footprinting Tool is now available, designed to be more user-friendly and incorporating feedback from institutions which have used the tool. Click here to download the tool and user guide.

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JISC TechWatch publishes new report on Enterprise Architecture

August 10, 2009 – 11:00 am

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TechWatch is pleased to announce the publication of a new report on Enterprise Architecture (EA) and its role in the higher and further education sector. EA is a high-level, strategic technique designed to help senior managers achieve business and organisational change and to help align strategic goals with supporting information systems. Although largely unknown in [...]

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