<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Campus Technology</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/</link><description><![CDATA[Campus Technology Feed]]></description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:21:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>0</ttl><item><title>Higher Ed Growing into BI, Data Warehousing</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66538/</link><description><![CDATA[As a long-time expert in data warehousing and business intelligence (BI), David Wells has seen the technologies gradually come into their own in higher education. Now a consultant--Wells was formerly director of education for The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), a sister institution of Campus Technology--he continues to advise colleges and universities on data warehousing and BI issues.]]></description><author>Linda L Briggs</author><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>LectureShare Updates Free Course Management System</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66598/</link><description><![CDATA[LectureShare has released an update to its free online course management system at lectureshare.com. New features include enhanced compatibility with common file types, a new student comments feature, and new gradebook functionality.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Coverity Offers Java Code Readiness Service</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66569/</link><description><![CDATA[San Francisco-based Coverity recently announced the release of Coverity Software Readiness Manager (SRM) for Java, a tool to help assess code readiness. This tool is mainly geared toward managers, providing dashboard-type reporting for determining software availability and maintainability before release.]]></description><author>Will Kraft</author><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft Unveils 'Ultimate' Support Service</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66570/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft Monday rolled out the highest level of its enterprise support programs to date, adding a new offering called "Microsoft Services Premier Ultimate." The offering builds upon the company's existing Premier services program. ]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Digital Arrays for Evidence-Based Learning</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66513/</link><description><![CDATA[Our culture is redefining itself and we are redefining how we see learning. It is time for educators to get out of the box of seat time, finally, and consider evidence-based learning.]]></description><author>Trent Batson</author><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>'That Which Weaves Together': The NSF Cyberlearning Report</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66514/</link><description><![CDATA[Trent Batson takes a look at the National Science Foundation's Report of the NSF Task Force on Cyberlearning, "Fostering Learning in the Networked World: The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge."]]></description><author>Trent Batson</author><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Power of Wikis in Higher Ed</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66505/</link><description><![CDATA[Over the last six years, Stewart Mader has staked his career on the power of wikis. Mader first worked on wiki adoption initiatives in the IT department at Brown University, becoming fascinated by their power and potential. In this first half of a two-part interview, Mader talks about powerful ways to use wikis in education, content ownership issues, and how wikis tend to be used--and why.]]></description><author>Linda L Briggs</author><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sakai 2.5.2 Gets Performance Boost; New Modules Released</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66474/</link><description><![CDATA[The Sakai Foundation has released the Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment 2.5.2, the first maintenance update to the open-source learning management system since the 2.5 release in March. The new version includes performance enhancements, as well as a number of bug fixes and other enhancements.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft Changes Virtualization Licensing Rules</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66566/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has made substantial changes to its virtualization licensing program, changes that will lower the cost of using virtualization for many customers.]]></description><author>Keith Ward</author><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vorex Upgrades Web-based Data Collection Tool for Schools</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66473/</link><description><![CDATA[Vorex has released an update to its Vorex Online Survey, a Web-based data collection tool designed to allow schools to collect information and gather feedback from education stakeholders.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia Virtual Tech Moves to Angel LMS for Web-based Instruction</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66407/</link><description><![CDATA[Georgia Virtual Technical College has selected the Angel Learning Management Suite (LMS) as the platform for its portal to deliver Web-based instruction to Georgia's 33 technical colleges and one Board of Regents college.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Video Spotlight: Campus Technology 2008 Keynote Address</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66143/</link><description><![CDATA[Adrian Sannier, technology officer for Arizona State University, discusses strategies for putting in place ground-breaking plans that will serve the next generation of students. These are actionable visions that include strategic technology choices--advancements that may be unfamiliar or even unpopular at first, but which carry enormous potential.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report Finds Dip in Microsoft's Browser Share</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66410/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft lost browser market share over the last year, and the company's Windows Vista operating system has had "slow" market adoption among individuals and enterprises, according to a report issued by management consulting firm Janco Associates Inc.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AT&amp;T 'Big Mobile' Grant Extended</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66472/</link><description><![CDATA[AT&T has extended the deadline for its first-ever Big Mobile On Campus Challenge, a competition that calls on college and university faculty and students to develop apps for mobile devices. The top prize includes $10,000 and a trip to the October Educause 2008 conference for the winning individual or team.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U Illinois Implements New StorMagic SAN in 15 Minutes</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66408/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has chosen the StorMagic SM Series, an iSCSI-based storage area network (SAN) designed for small and medium organizations. The new implementation allows the 40,000-user university to manage and protect its data while preparing for future growth.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Colorado State Launches New Online School</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66406/</link><description><![CDATA[Colorado State University has selected Campus Management Corp. to provide the infrastructure for its new online campus, known as CSU-Global Campus. The technology the Ft. Collins campus will use includes CampusVue, a student information system, and CampusPortal, an integrated, configurable Web site software.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OOXML Reaffirmed, ISO/IEC Reject Appeals</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66471/</link><description><![CDATA[The boards of the ISO and IEC standards bodies Friday rejected the appeals of four participating members (Brazil, India, South Africa, and Venezuela) that had questioned the process by which Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format specification was approved as an international standard, called "ISO/IEC 29500."]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Butler U Deploys Virtual Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66405/</link><description><![CDATA[Butler University said it has deployed the Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway-Virtual Edition as a hybrid solution with the Messaging Security Gateway appliance to address anti-spam and anti-virus protection. The school has actually used the Messaging Security Gateway hardware appliance since 2004 to defend against inbound messaging threats such as spam, viruses, and denial-of-service attacks.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NSBA '20 To Watch' Nomination Deadline Nears</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66470/</link><description><![CDATA[Nominations for the National School Boards Association's "20 To Watch" program are coming to a close within the next two weeks. The program aims to recognize innovators in the field of education technology in both higher education and K-12.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>VMware's Updates Cause Problems, CEO Apologizes</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66409/</link><description><![CDATA[Aug. 12 was a blow-out day for some users of VMware's ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 virtualization products, especially if they had applied the latest product updates called "Update 2."]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Intel Releases Interface for USB 3.0</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66401/</link><description><![CDATA[Intel Corp. this week shared technical plans for an important element needed to develop the Universal Serial Bus 3.0 (USB 3.0) specification. The company has made its Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) draft specification revision 0.9 available to hardware manufacturers and software providers.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Linux Application Checker Brings Distro Help</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66305/</link><description><![CDATA[Linux application development has always been a tricky business. Although Linux is a solid platform, it is often hard for independent software vendors to develop and maintain packages for all distributions. In response, the Linux Foundation this month released an open beta of Linux Application Checker (AppChecker). The utility, now at Beta 3, helps work through differences between Ubuntu, SuSE, Fedora, and more.]]></description><author>Will Kraft</author><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wayne State Deploys Q1 Labs QRadar to Manage and Secure Network</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66304/</link><description><![CDATA[Wayne State University (WSU) has chosen Q1 Labs' QRadar to analyze, visualize, and assess their networks, all while adhering to specific compliance regulations. WSU is a research university with 33,000 graduate and undergraduate students.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SunGard HE Releases New Unified Digital Campus</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66367/</link><description><![CDATA[SunGard Higher Education announced Monday the newest release of Banner Unified Digital Campus (UDC), which includes the Banner 8 administrative suite. ]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Higher Education Fertile Ground for 802.11n WiFi, ABI Reports</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66301/</link><description><![CDATA[ABI Research has forecast that WiFi will be available in 99 percent of North American universities in 2013. Much of that penetration will be in the form of 802.11n equipment: Higher education is clearly the No. 1 market for early adopters of 802.11n.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U New Hampshire Consolidates Backup and Recovery Environments</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66298/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of New Hampshire will deploy a new backup solution integrating a Sepaton virtual tape library (VTL) and DeltaStor software for data deduplication. The migration is part of a consolidation effort combining two separate backup and recovery environments into one disk-based storage infrastructure.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>System Center Update Promises Energy Savings</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66306/</link><description><![CDATA[As the summer heats up, and icebergs melt, maybe it's time for system admins using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to consider adding a little eco-friendliness to their networks. ]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stephens College Automates Campus Administration with PowerCampus UDC</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66300/</link><description><![CDATA[Stephens College, located in Columbia, MO, has chosen to replace its legacy administrative software with the PowerCampus Unified Digital Campus (UDC) from SunGard Higher Education. Built on Microsoft technologies and integrated with Microsoft Dynamics GP, PowerCampus UDC automates processes such as admissions, academic records, advancement, billing and cash receipts, financial aid, finance, and human resources, and provides portal and self-service tools.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U Colorado and Quest Get $1 Million Grant for New Digitally Controlled Endoscopes</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66303/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Colorado at Boulder and Quest Product Development have been awarded a $1 million Small Business Technology Transfer grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue the development of a next-generation endoscope. MicroFlex technology, derived from aerospace engineering, uses shape metal alloys and micro-actuators that allow active control over the shape of the scope for minimally invasive surgery.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chapman University To Deploy Campus-wide WiFi</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66241/</link><description><![CDATA[Chapman University in California has announced plans to deploy Xirrus WiFi Arrays across its campus. The implementation started in Chapman's film school and then will move to student housing, which consists of five three-story buildings. Following that, wireless will be added to classroom, student and administration buildings campus-wide.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ERP: More Than System Functionality</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66350/</link><description><![CDATA[An ERP implementation is a massive undertaking. At Missouri State University, a culture of strategic planning is ensuring success -- two campus leaders explain how.]]></description><author>Kent Thomas, Jeff Morrissey</author><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Open Source Brings Down Cost of Wireless Rollout</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66307/</link><description><![CDATA[As any IT administrator knows, wireless deployments can be costly. On the other hand, with students demanding on-the-go access, pervasive WiFi networks are a must on campus.]]></description><author>Linda L Briggs</author><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Polytechnic Institute of NYU Deploys Array Networks' SSL VPN</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66351/</link><description><![CDATA[Polytechnic Institute of NYU, an affiliate of New York University, has deployed Array Networks' SSL VPN solution to provide secure Layer 3 remote access to network applications for its approximately 5,000 faculty, students, and employees.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Skoobit Launches Online College Textbook Rental Service</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66302/</link><description><![CDATA[Skoobit has developed a textbook rental system to allow college students to rent text books for months, semesters, or the year. College students will be able to rent any textbook for as long as needed with the simple commitment of returning it once they're done using it.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>KU Medical Center Installs Real-time Beacon System</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66299/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Kansas Medical Center has installed a new system from Alertus Technologies that notifies students, faculty, staff and visitors on campus in the case of an emergency. The primary communication tools in the new system are wall-mounted "beacons," which function as a way for the KU Medical Center Police Department to communicate with the campus in real time. The units are located in every classroom and on every floor in university buildings. If activated, the beacons display flashing red lights and sound sirens, and directions are given on the units' text boards.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Virginia Tech Tries 'Compliance Sheriff' To Improve Web Site Accessibility</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66242/</link><description><![CDATA[Virginia Tech has selected HiSoftware's Compliance Sheriff to address management of its Web site accessibility. Compliance Sheriff is a browser-based service that crawls a Web site and compares pages against a user-defined set of criteria. The tool will compare the school's site against world-wide accessibility guidelines such as the federally-defined Section 508, which addresses how technology should be designed to enable its use by people with physical impairments, and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0/2.0, from the World Wide Web Consortium, which address Web content and mobile Web applications.
]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ultimus Releases New Version of Adaptive BPM</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66246/</link><description><![CDATA[Ultimus has announced the release of Adaptive BPM Suite 8.1, the latest version of its business process management software. Topping the list of new features is a migration tool, allowing current users to upgrade business processes to the new version.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U Toronto Team Wins 2008 Innovate Canada Competition</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66232/</link><description><![CDATA[A team of students from the University of Toronto took first place in the IEEE "Innovate Canada Program" contest by creating an object-recognition system. The university competition challenges students to use embedded processors, a variety of custom field programmable gate array (FPGA) hardware modules, and combined hardware and software co-design methods to create embedded systems. ]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Utah Education Network Selects To Deliver High-speed Internet Access and Metro Services via XO</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66234/</link><description><![CDATA[The Utah Education Network has signed a three-year agreement with XO Communications to provide high-speed dedicated Internet access and metro private line services to the not-for-profit consortium of higher and public education, libraries, state government and business with headquarters on the campus of the University of Utah.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Collexis' Lawriter Debuts Social Network for Law Students</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66240/</link><description><![CDATA[Collexis' Lawriter division has launched a social network for law students. The site, CasemakerX.com, was demonstrated in beta format at the American Association of Law Librarians Conference in Portland in July. A full launch is expected in early fall 2008 to coincide with the incoming class of new law students. Along with the social networking site, CasemakerX will provide free access to the Casemaker Suite of Applications for the American law student community.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Video Spotlight: Google, Microsoft Go Head to Head in Edu Space</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66331/</link><description><![CDATA[IDG News Service is shedding some light on the current efforts of Microsoft and Google to gain acceptance in the education market. Both offer free services for institutions like mail and storage, along with free collaboration tools for students and faculty. Watch this video to see what representatives from the two companies had to say at the recent Campus Technology 2008 conference in Boston.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Promethean, Simtrol Use Activeboard To Manage Classroom Devices</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66245/</link><description><![CDATA[Promethean and Simtrol have announced an exclusive partnership that will integrate device management software from Simtrol with Promethean's Activeclassroom technology. The partnership will give classroom teachers the ability to control a variety of separate devices from a single interface on Promethean's Activeboard, doing away with the need for multiple remote controls.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>vmSight Launches Connector ID For Thin Client VDI Deployments</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66249/</link><description><![CDATA[vmSight has announced the availability of its Connector ID platform for thin clients used in virtual desktop environments. The solution is intended to help IT administrators manage virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments, as well as provide detailed virtual desktop user tracking.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NComputing Device Addresses Budget and Tech Support Crunch at 3 Colleges</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66233/</link><description><![CDATA[A number of colleges have gone public with their deployments of the NComputing multiuser system, among them Fresno Pacific University in Central California, Florida Atlantic University  in southeast Florida; and Palm Beach Community College in Florida. The NComputing access device allows a single PC to serve multiple users, each with his or her own monitor, keyboard, and mouse.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eclipse 'Lynchpin' for Maven</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66152/</link><description><![CDATA[Eclipse developers will soon have an easier time integrating with Maven, the popular Java open source build framework.]]></description><author>John K. Waters</author><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft, BearingPoint Team Up To Provide Risk-Based Compliance Solution</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66243/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has teamed up with BearingPoint to create the BearingPoint Enterprise Governance, Risk, and Compliance (EGRC) solution. The platform is built on Microsoft technology and capitalizes on the companies' long-standing relationship.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Terracotta Integrates Sun's VisualVM</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66151/</link><description><![CDATA[Java enterprise infrastructure software maker Terracotta recently announced it will soon be integrating Sun Microsystems' new Java VisualVM technology with the Terracotta management console.]]></description><author>John K. Waters</author><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Cheapskate's Guide to Free Security Software</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66154/</link><description><![CDATA[Free is an attractive price. Read which packages were deemed "most useful" by a handful of experts.]]></description><author>Doug Gale</author><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IBM Touts Linux Strategy with New Virt, SuSE, Supercomputer Intiatives</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66150/</link><description><![CDATA[IBM made several announcements Tuesday at the annual LinuxWorld conference, introducing a new series of products, services and initiatives that the company says will "further expand IBM's commitment to Linux and open source by enabling the next generation of Linux."]]></description><author>John K. Waters</author><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Collaboration Key to Security, Microsoft Says</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66147/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft ratcheted up its PR and client communications efforts to demonstrate that it's serious about security. On Monday, in time for this week's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft's Security Response Center (MSRC) launched a new ecosystem strategy team blog outlining its more collaborative approach to software security issues.]]></description><author>Jabulani Leffall</author><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Open Source: A 'Growing Challenge' to Microsoft</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66148/</link><description><![CDATA[Open source software topped the list of business "risk factors" outlined in Microsoft's annual 10-K report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, published last week. The emphasis seems a little surprising. For instance, global open source Linux use currently trails at 0.82 percent, while Microsoft Windows dominates the operating system market at 91 percent, according to stats from Net Applications' Market Share.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Drexel Sees 802.11n as Logical Leap</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66129/</link><description><![CDATA[For colleges and universities considering a wireless network upgrade anytime soon, whether or not to go with the new, not-yet-final 802.11n standard is a tough call.]]></description><author>Linda L Briggs</author><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Internet Freedom: Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Near Agreement</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66145/</link><description><![CDATA[Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are "close to agreement" on a code of conduct for Internet technology companies that are doing business in countries restricting citizen dissent and speech rights, according to an announcement issued Monday by United States Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pepperdine U Upgrades WiFi with Xirrus Arrays</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66127/</link><description><![CDATA[Pepperdine University has deployed 161 Xirrus XS8 WiFi Arrays (1,288 radios) at its 830-acre Malibu, CA campus. The XS8 WiFi Array integrates eight radios and high-gain directional antennas in one device, along with an onboard gigabit switch, WiFi controller, firewall, and dedicated WiFi threat sensor, which, the vendor said, dramatically reduces the number of devices, cables, and switch ports required to achieve a comparable range of WiFi service.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IBM To Team with Linux Vendors on 'Microsoft-Free' PCs</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66146/</link><description><![CDATA[IBM and name-brand Linux operating system distributors Red Hat, Novell, and Canonical/Ubuntu have disclosed their intentions to join forces with their hardware partners to create what they are calling "Microsoft-free personal computing choices." ]]></description><author>John K. Waters</author><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IBM Unveils New Software Designed To Streamline eDiscovery</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66153/</link><description><![CDATA[IBM has announced the release of new Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software specifically designed to meet the needs of clients dealing with complex legal discovery requirements. The eDiscovery solutions expand on IBM's ECM platform and are intended to give organizations greater control of digitally stored documents in an effort to reduce costs and streamline the discovery process involved in litigation.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 to Manufacturing</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66185/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has released  SQL Server 2008 to manufacturing (RTM) and, as an evaluation edition, to subscribers of its Microsoft Development Network and TechNet services, the company announced Wednesday.]]></description><author>Joab Jackson</author><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Security Woes Up, as PHP and OSS Make the List</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66149/</link><description><![CDATA[Software vulnerabilities are up this year, especially Web browser-based ones, according to a new report from IBM Internet Security Systems. The X-Force 2008 Mid-Year Trend Statistics Report, released in late July, defined the problem broadly. A vulnerability is anything that results "in a weakening or breakdown of the confidentiality, integrity, or accessibility of the computing system."]]></description><author>Jabulani Leffall</author><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Textbook Publishing in a Flat World</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66066/</link><description><![CDATA[According to the National Association of College Stores in a 2007 survey, the average cost of a new college textbook was $53. The founders of Flat World Knowledge, which launches with its first run of college textbooks this fall, consider that too high--so high, in fact, that they'll be offering textbooks for free, at least in versions that can be read online.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CourseCast 2.0 Adds Podcasting, Streaming Media Features to Free Lecture Capture System</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66128/</link><description><![CDATA[Panopto has released CourseCast 2.0, an update to the company's classroom capture system that's available free to academic users. CourseCast 2.0 had previously been available as part of Panopto's beta program for educators since June.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>It IS about Technology: Integrating Higher Ed into Knowledge Culture</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66114/</link><description><![CDATA[For more than twenty years, we educational technologists have talked about "integrating information technology into higher education." The implication was that education would stay the same and information technology would benignly slip in and cause no ruckus at all. This rhetoric no longer applies, if it ever did, and does a disservice to us as we work through the intricacies of this age.]]></description><author>Trent Batson</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roanoke College Gets Personal with CRM</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66124/</link><description><![CDATA[Roanoke College has selected Talisma's Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) solution to personalize constituent communications in an effort to increase enrollment and forge stronger relations with current students.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Web Bazaar: The Problem of Abundance</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66108/</link><description><![CDATA[Walking in the old part of Istanbul, the narrow street awash in shops, each with its appealing bins of gorgeous goods, I kept expecting to find a super market of some sort. But no supermarket ever appeared, just more miles of tiny shops. Welcome to Web 2.0.]]></description><author>Trent Batson</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NEC Debuts Mobile DLP Projectors</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66084/</link><description><![CDATA[NEC this week introduced two new single-chip DLP projectors that it will ship in the fall. The NP41 and NP61 are both mobile models, weighing in at 3.5 pounds, but offering brightness ratings of up to 3,000 ANSI lumens.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hobart and William Smith Colleges Wrap First Phase of CRM Implementation</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66126/</link><description><![CDATA[Consulting firm BearingPoint said it has completed the first phase of an implementation of the Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM for Higher Education for the Admissions Office at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sun To Open Source Java System Web Server and Web Proxy Technologies</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66059/</link><description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems recently said it will soon open source the core components of Sun Java System Web Proxy and Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 under the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) license. The Web and Proxy source code will be released later this year.]]></description><author>John K. Waters</author><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U Illinois Urbana-Champaign To Establish Experimental Computing Cluster</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66063/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is collaborating with the National Science Foundation, HP, Intel, and Yahoo! to establish an experimental computing cluster. The resulting "HP, Intel, Yahoo! Cloud Computing Test Bed" will be managed by UIUC and made available to academic users from other institutions for research in data-intensive computing.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Higher Ed Least Likely Sector To Adopt Energy Management Policies</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66092/</link><description><![CDATA[Information technology leaders in colleges and universities are more concerned about environmental issues than their counterparts in every other sector--corporate, state/local, federal, and higher education. But they are also least likely to have formal policies in place for addressing energy efficiency, according to a new survey released Monday by CDW Government (CDW-G).]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Katana Brings Education Content to Sakai Open Source LMS</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66064/</link><description><![CDATA[Sakai, a popular open source learning management system, is adding content from McGraw-Hill Higher Education to its repertoire of educational tools. Through a technology called Katana, developed by McGraw-Hill Learning Solutions and The ETUDES Consortium, Sakai users will be able to tap directly into McGraw-Hill's electronic learning resources, including online courses, digital media, and curricula.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Utah Named CUDA Center of Excellence</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66062/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Utah last week was named a CUDA Center of Excellence for adopting parallel computing strategies and applying them to research and integrating them into the curriculum. ]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Model-Driven Development Cuts the Coding</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66058/</link><description><![CDATA[Want to build custom Web applications without writing a single line of code? That's the promise of Model-Driven Development (MDD), and the objective of Intelliun's MDD-based Virtual Enterprise (VE) toolset.]]></description><author>John K. Waters</author><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MIT Researchers Take Solar Power Where the Sun Doesn't Shine</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66060/</link><description><![CDATA[Researchers at MIT announced last week that they've cracked the solar power nut by finding a method to squirrel away energy for use when the sun isn't shining. Unlike existing techniques, this new one is efficient, inexpensive, and clean, researchers said, relying on resources that are abundant and lend themselves to easy manufacture.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Universities in Indiana, North Dakota, New York Deploy Oracle Software</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66018/</link><description><![CDATA[Four institutions of higher education--Anderson University, the North Dakota University System, Indiana University, and City University of New York--have gone public with their deployments of software from Oracle. They're among 13 colleges and universities that have recently implemented or selected applications from the vendor.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Apple Reacts to Spoof Threats, Issues DNS Hotfix</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66061/</link><description><![CDATA[Apple took action Friday to address the infamous Domain Name System (DNS) problem. And none too soon.]]></description><author>Jabulani Leffall</author><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2008 Campus Technology Innovators: Business Intelligence</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65877/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2008 Campus Technology Innovators: Collaboration Tools</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65883/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2008 Campus Technology Innovators: Digital Media Training &amp; Support</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65880/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2008 Campus Technology Innovators: Emergency 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CT Solutions</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65866/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HR, Streamlined</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65869/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author>Rama Ramaswami</author><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MUVE-ing Forward</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65868/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author>Matt  Villano</author><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Strategic BI for All</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65867/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author>David Raths</author><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Virtualization Showdown at Black Hat</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66056/</link><description><![CDATA[Next week at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, security researcher Joanna Rutkowska promises to demonstrate how a malicious attacker, working remotely, could take control of the open-source Xen virtualization software.]]></description><author>Joab Jackson</author><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>You're Only Human</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65863/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author>Katherine Grayson</author><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Schedules Road Trip To Show Off Google Apps Education Edition Tour</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66017/</link><description><![CDATA[Loyola Marymount University, University of San Diego, Kent State University, and University of Virginia are among a dozen schools that have gone public with their adoption of Google Apps Education Edition. At the Campus Technology Conference in Boston Google announced that it counts a million users worldwide on campuses--both K-12 and higher education--using its suite of online services.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Does Microsoft Have an Open Source Heart?</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66020/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft's open source outreach effort, which started just a few years ago, isn't dead on arrival, if you hear Sam Ramji, Microsoft's senior director of platform strategy, talk about it. Rather, it's coming alive.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>3PAR Releases Virtual Desktop Solution for VMware VDI</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65984/</link><description><![CDATA[3PAR has announced a new virtual desktop provisioning and management solution for VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). ]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Colorado State-Pueblo To Install Megawatt Solar Electric System</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65937/</link><description><![CDATA[Colorado State University-Pueblo soon will be the home of a solar electric system in excess of one megawatt, one of the largest such systems for an education facility in the United States. Under an innovative arrangement with Black Hills Energy (formerly Aquila) and BP Solar, the system is estimated to contribute at least 10 percent of the University's electricity needs. Installation of the ground- based solar array begins this summer with full operation scheduled for late fall.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bentley College Deploys Infor Software to Help Reduce Energy Consumption</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65950/</link><description><![CDATA[Bentley College of Waltham, MA is deploying Infor EAM Asset Sustainability Edition software to monitor and reduce energy consumption throughout its campus. The school currently runs Infor's EAM Enterprise Edition, which monitors the maintenance and repair of the college's assets.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft Launches Free Collaboration Tools for Researchers</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65992/</link><description><![CDATA[This week, during a summit of researchers in Redmond, Microsoft announced a set of free software tools for helping researchers publish, preserve, and share data. The utilities include an authoring add-in for Word 2007 for capturing document metadata; a Creative Commons add-in for Office 2007; an e-journal service for self-publishing of online-only journals; a research output repository platform; and a collaborative workspace for researchers.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>StreamLine: Educate Integrates Learning Management</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65991/</link><description><![CDATA[Digital media software developer Stream57 has released a new version of StreamLine, the company's Webcasting solution. The new 2.8 release adds a suite of e-learning features, including course management and assessment functionality.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft Joins Apache Software Foundation</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65951/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft inched closer to open source with a couple of announcements made last week at the OSCON open source conference in Portland, OR.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Enterprise Adoption of Vista at 'Single Digits,' Report Says</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65952/</link><description><![CDATA[The Windows Vista operating system has been "rejected," or is not widely adopted in the enterprise segment, according to a Forrester Research report released last Wednesday that describes enterprise software adoption trends for the desktop.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus Technology Announces 2008 'Innovators' at Boston Conference</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66011/</link><description><![CDATA[Today Campus Technology magazine unveiled its 2008 slate of technology "Innovators" at the 15th annual Campus Technology Conference in Boston, MA.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SUNY's Herkimer County CC Adopts Angel LMS for Online Program</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65773/</link><description><![CDATA[Herkimer County Community College (HCCC) has adopted the Angel Learning Management Suite (LMS) to deliver its online courses. The college, which has about 3,300 students, is a two-year unit of the State University of New York (SUNY). HCCC offers 40 traditional degree programs and 20 online degree programs.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Camtasia Relay Lecture Capture System in Beta</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65954/</link><description><![CDATA[At the Campus Technology 2008 conference being held this week in Boston, TechSmith launched a limited beta of its new lecture capture system, Camtasia Relay. The beta is open to the first 100 institutions that sign up for it.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Texas State Tech To Deliver Digital Media Program via Second Life</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65936/</link><description><![CDATA[This fall Texas State Technical College (TSTC) will be offering a Digital Media certificate focused on virtual world technology using Second Life as the primary delivery method. An associate degree Digital Media will be offered in spring 2009.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First Look: Zimbra Web-Based E-Mail for the Desktop</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65896/</link><description><![CDATA[Zimbra, a Yahoo-owned company, last week released a beta of the open source Zimbra Desktop solution, which is meant to be an alternative to more traditional e-mail/groupware applications such as Microsoft Outlook.]]></description><author>Will Kraft</author><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tacoma CC Bolstering Recruitment Efforts with Azorus CRM Software</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65824/</link><description><![CDATA[Tacoma Community College in Washington State said it will be deploying customer relationship management software from Azorus to track and manage potential students from the initial point of contact through enrollment.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U Minnesota Researchers Create 'Safe Road Maps' Mashup</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65822/</link><description><![CDATA[Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a Google Maps mashup, called SafeRoadMaps, which pinpoints the location of every fatal accident that has happened in the United States using data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reflex Security Releases Virtual Security Center</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65889/</link><description><![CDATA[Reflex Security has released Reflex Virtual Security Center (VSC). The solution is intended to enhance security by providing greater visibility and control over virtualized environments and integrates with Reflex Security's Reflex Virtual Security Appliance (VSA), as well as with VMware's VirtualCenter.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Angel Expands ePortfolio, Integrates Coursework with LMS</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65897/</link><description><![CDATA[Angel Learning has released a new version of ePortfolio, bringing it up to version 2.1. The new release expands integration with the Angel Learning Management Suite and includes new usability features.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Purdue U Signs On for Web-based Student Organization Management</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65818/</link><description><![CDATA[Purdue University has selected StudentLink from CollegiateLink to manage its 840 student clubs, organizations, and fraternities and sororities. StudentLink will allow individual organizations at the 39,000-student university to conduct online surveys and elections, recruit new members, manage membership lists, and plan events.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Survey: Vista Adoption Weakens as IT Pros Eye Apple</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65772/</link><description><![CDATA[A KACE-sponsored survey on Windows Vista adoption represents more bad news for Microsoft's flagship operating system, even as Microsoft prepares to pour an estimated $300 million into a new Vista marketing campaign -- news that was announced at Microsoft's 2008 Worldwide Partner Conference.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UC Irvine Extension Partners with Brazilian College for Free Online Courses</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65821/</link><description><![CDATA[UC Irvine Extension, the continuing education arm of the University of California, Irvine, has announced a joint educational venture with Brazil-based Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV). Through the partnership, FGV--a nonprofit higher education institution and the largest provider of online education in Brazil--has created free online courses, presented in Portuguese, as part of the UC Irvine Extension's OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moravian College Turns to Appliance To Deter Malware and Botnet Activity</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65776/</link><description><![CDATA[Moravian College has deployed a Webgate appliance from Mi5 Networks to protect the campus network from Web threats including spyware, botnets, viruses, and other malware. Moravian also selected Webgate for its ability to identify and quarantine botnet-controlled machines and perform unattended disinfection of compromised systems.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ed Map Inks Deal with CourseSmart To Deliver College Textbooks Online</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65894/</link><description><![CDATA[Ed Map has announced an agreement with CourseSmart that will allow the company to deliver an expanded list of electronic textbook titles to higher-education students around the country.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CalTech Implements Wireless Network Funded by Anonymous Gift</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65774/</link><description><![CDATA[California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has gone public with its deployment of an Aruba Networks wireless LANs across its Pasadena campus. According to the school's Web site, the wireless network was paid for by an anonymous donor and consists of four Aruba 6000 Modular Mobility Controllers and over 700 access points. The campus encompasses 124 acres and has 2,000 students and 5,700 faculty and staff.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U Kentucky Re-Enrolls 200 Students Identified through Hobsons Retention Service</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65775/</link><description><![CDATA[When University of Kentucky (UK) administrators implemented Hobsons Student Retention Solutions last semester, they didn't foresee the re-enrollment of 200 former students, potentially equating to more than $1 million in tuition returns.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sophos Upgrades Web Security Appliance</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65764/</link><description><![CDATA[Security solutions provider Sophos has released a free upgrade to its WS1000 Web security appliance. It includes expanded protection against a variety of data security threats and new enforcement and reporting improvements.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Most Malware Found on Trusted Web Pages, Report Says</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65711/</link><description><![CDATA[Five seconds into reading this story, a Web page somewhere will become infected with malware or some other malicious code. That's one of the conclusions of U.K.-based IT security firm Sophos in an IT security report released Wednesday.]]></description><author>Jabulani Leffall</author><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Myth and Reality of Risk</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65712/</link><description><![CDATA[The hackneyed advice from IT consultants and columnists is that security is all about risk management.  But do our traditional measurements of risk reflect reality?]]></description><author>Doug Gale</author><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sacramento State Admissions Stays in 'High Touch' with Constituents via CRM</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65760/</link><description><![CDATA[The Executive MBA program at the California State University, Sacramento said it has dramatically improved its constituent relationship management processes since implementing Intelliworks CRM last January to track its sales cycles and manage prospects. Formerly, the small admissions department, which also handles admissions for the institution's master's programs in accountancy and advanced business studies, had been managing contacts through a spreadsheet. Communications weren't being tracked at all.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New England School of Comm Takes TV Production on the Road</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65761/</link><description><![CDATA[The 400-student New England School of Communications (NESCom), which shares a campus with Husson University in Bangor, ME, has added a mobile television production facility to its curriculum. The facility is housed in a 32-foot truck that's equipped with Compact Routers and Synapse modular terminal gear from Nvision.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U Wyoming Students Vote To Implement Sonic Foundry's Mediasite for Lecture Capture</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65678/</link><description><![CDATA[An overwhelming student vote for Mediasite will put the Webcasting platform from Sonic Foundry into University of Wyoming lecture halls this fall. Mediasite is a presentation capture tool that records and synchronizes audio, video, and slides and then allows the presenter to provide it online for on-demand viewing or in podcast form. The tool also enables the presenter to make the presentation available online as it happens.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DNS Flaw Unfixed as Experts Argue Protocol</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65676/</link><description><![CDATA[Speculation continues as to what the ultimate systemic Domain Name System (DNS) flaw could be. This flaw apparently allows Web surfers to be spoofed, directing them to fake Web sites to gain passwords and load malware on their computers.]]></description><author>Jabulani Leffall</author><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IT Cost Cuts in 2008 May Be a Trend, Study Says</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65674/</link><description><![CDATA[A first-quarter 2008 survey conducted by Computer Economics suggests a possible slowdown in IT spending and staffing lies ahead.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft Revamps Its Platforms Division, Loses Kevin Johnson</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65710/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft announced late Wednesday a reorganization of its Platforms & Services Division (PSD), as well as the departure of Kevin Johnson, a 16-year Microsoft veteran and president of the PSD.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft's DNS Fix Leads to More Problems</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65675/</link><description><![CDATA[The blogosphere is awash with talk about the possible overall weakness of the Domain Name System (DNS) architecture. For its part, Microsoft's released a DNS fix in its patch slate for July, but Redmond seems to have problems just getting it to end users. Moreover, some users of the DNS fix have experienced additional difficulties.]]></description><author>Jabulani Leffall</author><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>D2L Launches Mobile Learning Environment</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65673/</link><description><![CDATA[Desire2Learn this week announced a new mobile application of its Desire2Learn Learning Environment. Called Desire2Learn 2GO, the application ties in with Learning Environment 8.3 to provide access via Blackberry. The company also announced that it's streamlining integration Respondus 3.5, a quiz- and test-building application.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Evolution of Digital Learning Systems Through Customization</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65657/</link><description><![CDATA[The changes and challenges that new technology has brought to teaching and learning are well documented. New technology has changed how people receive, understand, and apply new information and ultimately has changed student expectations and thinking skills.]]></description><author>Ruth Reynard</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>VMware To Give Away Hypervisor</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65672/</link><description><![CDATA[VMware has launched its first counter-attack to Microsoft's pricing structure for its virtualization products, announcing that ESXi, its lightweight hypervisor, is going to be given away for free.]]></description><author>Keith Ward</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A New Form of Business for a New, Socially Conscious World</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65659/</link><description><![CDATA[A recently retired CIO reflects on a new "socially conscious" way to do business.]]></description><author>Diane Holmes Barbour</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mercyhurst College To Reach Out with CRM</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65617/</link><description><![CDATA[Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA will be implementing customer relationship management (CRM) and digital recruiting tools from Azorus. Mercyhurst, with about 3,000 students, is the first institution to use the Digital Recruit solution in the United States. The service optimizes recruiting efforts by delivering personalized communications to students interested in attending the college.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bridgewater College Implements Nevis Appliance for Network Security</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65677/</link><description><![CDATA[Bridgewater College has selected the LANenforcer security appliance from Nevis Networks to secure its campus networks. The school chose the Nevis LANenforcer for access control, policy enforcement, and regulatory reporting. The appliance blocks malicious code and scans endpoints prior to granting network access.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cdigix Brings Digital Media Platform to Blackboard Courses</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65679/</link><description><![CDATA[Digital media developer Cdigix has expanded its C-Labs digital media platform to provide support for Blackboard environments on the course level.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>St. Louis U Heartland Centers To Deploy Meridian LMS Service</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65616/</link><description><![CDATA[The Heartland Centers at Saint Louis University School of Public Health will be implementing the software-as-a-service (SaaS) version of Meridian Learning Management System (LMS) from Meridian Knowledge Solutions. The Heartland Centers chose the Meridian LMS to provide preparedness training, among other types of education, for first responders and health workers in Missouri and nationwide.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Grambling State Implements IP-based Surveillance System</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65535/</link><description><![CDATA[Grambling State University in Louisiana has upgraded from an analog security camera system to one using network cameras from Axis Communications and video management software from Genetec.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AVST, Mirapoint Team Up To Provide Unified Messaging</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65554/</link><description><![CDATA[Applied Voice & Speech Technologies (AVST) and Mirapoint announced they've formed a strategic partnership to deliver a unified messaging solution that addresses the needs of both the enterprise and education sectors.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Yahoo Ends Proxy Fight With Icahn</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65615/</link><description><![CDATA[Yahoo partly acceded to the demands of corporate raider Carl Icahn by agreeing to seat Icahn and two of his proxy-slate candidates to Yahoo's board. The about-face move by Yahoo is a surprising turn in the ongoing harsh wooing of the company, which began in January with an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Microsoft.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus Technology 2008 Pre-Reg Up 25%</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65655/</link><description><![CDATA[Attendee pre-registration for Campus Technology 2008, the 15th annual higher education technology conference and expo, has jumped more than 25% over registration numbers for last year’s conference. Nearly 800 higher education technology leaders have already registered and totals are expected to climb through the end of this week.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Researchers at U Washington and UCSD Test New, Free Laptop Tracking System</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65533/</link><description><![CDATA[A new and free open source system from researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego promises to track down the location of a lost or stolen laptop without requiring the use of a proprietary or central service.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Desire2Learn in the Clear? Blackboard Says 'No'</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65613/</link><description><![CDATA[Desire2Learn is reporting the first bit of (tentatively) good news to come out of Texas since Blackboard initiated its patent-infringement suit against it almost two years ago to the day. According to Desire2Learn, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Lufkin Division, has denied issuing sanctions in Blackboard's motion for contempt. But Blackboard told us Desire2Learn definitely is not in the clear.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Infinity Learning Uses Amazon Web Services, Takes Moodle to the Cloud</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65553/</link><description><![CDATA[Infinity Learning Solutions (ILS) said it has used the Amazon Web Services  (AWS) platform to develop a cloud computing solution for the open source learning management system Moodle.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Omnilert Expands Emergency Notification with  e2Campus</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65537/</link><description><![CDATA[Omnilert has added scrolling LED signs to its mechanisms available for emergency notification through its e2Campus network. These LED displays are powered by their network connection using standard Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology. ]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Research in Motion Issues Fix for Blackberry PDF Bug</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65589/</link><description><![CDATA[Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the popular BlackBerry handset, on Friday issued a patch to plug a vulnerability in its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) solution. The vulnerability could allow hackers to enter into a network via a maliciously crafted PDF file.]]></description><author>Jabulani Leffall</author><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Drexel U Upgrades to Aruba 802.11n Wireless Network</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65541/</link><description><![CDATA[Drexel University has begun deploying an Aruba Networks 802.11n wireless network at its Philadelphia campus. Drexel is replacing its second-generation wireless LAN to gain the improvements in speed and range brought by 802.11n.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>	TOLIS Partners with Parallels, Provides Server Backup Solution for Mac</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65523/</link><description><![CDATA[TOLIS Group has partnered with virtualization software provider Parallels to provide solutions that integrate with the Parallels platform.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>