Higher-Education Technology News

All news articles from the CT editorial team, in chronological order.


Windows Azure (Finally) Takes Infrastructure into Cloud

Microsoft wants to stop giving Amazon headway in the cloud race. The Redmond company announced live production of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services, first previewed starting in June 2012.

Windows PCs See Steepest Decline Ever

The market for Windows-based PCs has declined faster than anticipated. According to two independent reports, PCs fell off 11.2 percent to 13.9 percent in the first quarter of 2013 -- the steepest decline in the history of the PC.

Adapteva Unveils $99 Linux-Powered Supercomputer

Adapteva has completed its first Parallella parallel-processing board designed for Linux supercomputing.

Enterprise IT Security Capabilities Begin Slow Shift to the Cloud

Identity management, vulnerability assessment, and other forms of enterprise IT security technologies are slowly moving to the cloud. According to a report released this week, just about 10 percent of all enterprise security product features will be delivered via the cloud.



Echo360 Acquires Social Study Startup ThinkBinder

Echo360 has acquired education startup ThinkBinder, a social study service, to integrate into its lecture capture application.

Howard Community College Future-Proofs LAN with Fiber

Howard Community College in Columbia, MD has completed deployment of a passive optical LAN solution in its new Health Sciences building.

Flip-top Desk Accessory For iPads Offers Enhanced Security Features

New built-in desk accessory for iPads delivers always-on power capability and locked storage.

Integration of Library Research Services Aims at Ease, Depth of Discovery

Researchers at libraries subscribing to both Credo and EBSCO Discovery Services (EDS) will now see Credo topic pages and full-text reference entries within their EDS searches, via new integration technology deployed by Credo.

Parchment Launches Transcript Exchange Platform

Parchment has released an upgraded platform designed to make sending and receiving secure academic transcripts between students and institutions an easier and more efficient process.

Georgetown U Launches Student-Driven Solar Energy Project

Georgetown University student solar initiative "Solar Street" has partnered the university with SolarCity to install 75 solar panels atop six university-owned townhouses on the Washington D.C. campus.