A comprehensive change-management solution from SunView is helping a giant community college district get a handle on its production system.
San Jose State University's developing new courses on big data that aim to get "students hired and working creatively with data," thanks to a new partner program from data management software provider Cloudera.
The University of Texas at San Antonio has implemented an advanced academic research software platform based on OpenStack technologies.
Internet2, a technology community formed by research institutions, will soon be adding a new vendor to its video service offerings for use in research, virtual classrooms, telemedicine, and business communications.
Hartnell College has embarked on a solar energy project expected to save the community college more than $11 million by improving energy efficiency and replacing 90 percent of its electricity use at its Alisal campus with solar power.
Allegheny College, a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, plans to implement a cloud-based constituent relationship management solution in its admissions and financial aid departments to support and develop students' "unusual combinations" of interests and talents.
U Tennessee's $3.5 million extreme makeover of its Humanities and Social Sciences building has created new classrooms designed to accommodate different learning styles, better integrate technology into instruction, and emphasize the value of on-campus learning.
Cornell University Graduate School has implemented a software-as-a-service application processing system to increase efficiency and reduce paper consumption.
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.
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.