Information Technology


4 Ways To Augment Campus IT Budgets

Here's a handful of places CIOs will want to explore as they move their IT infrastructure projects off of the drawing board this year.

HP Thin Clients Get Improved Security and Graphics Capabilities

HP is gearing up to ship two new thin clients, both with dual-core CPUs and support for multiple monitors and remote connections.

North Carolina State Rolls Out Experimental Open Source WiFi Network

North Carolina State University's (NCSU) Centennial Campus has implemented one of the country's first large-scale, outdoor, experimental wireless networks using open source software.

Open University's Knowledge Media Institute Expands SAN for Academic Computing

The Knowledge Media Institute (KMi), part of the Open University (OU), is upgrading its storage infrastructure to support the growing needs of academic researchers at the institute.

Carnegie Mellon Developing Vendor-Neutral Cert Exam for Kenyan Coders

Carnegie Mellon University is working with the government of Kenya to develop a certification exam that aims to prove the expertise of the African country's software developers and help potential employers identify candidates with the right skills. With time the test may become available worldwide.

Cisco Ships Quad-Antenna Aironet 3600 Wireless AP

Cisco has launched its new Aironet 3600 Series Access Point, which provides 802.11n connectivity over four antennas and three spatial streams.

5 Tips for Securing IT Funding

Campus Technology offers up a handful of tactics from three Campus CIOs for funding your IT infrastructure projects this year.

Arizona State Hack Brings Online Activities to a Halt

Arizona State University shut down all of its Web services for about two days during January to address a security breach. That included shutting down online classes for the duration of the outage.

U Puget Sound Adopts New Operations Management Applications

As part of its "Optimize Puget Sound" initiative, the University of Puget Sound is overhauling its student, financial, and human resources systems.

DeviceExpert Adds Automated End-of-Life Management for Network Equipment

ManageEngine has released the latest version of its network configuration and change management software. DeviceExpert now includes automated device end-of-life (EOL) management, which monitors equipment vendor Web sites and bulletins for EOL status updates and notifies network administrators so they can take appropriate action.