• Budgets | Feature

    10 Tips for Controlling IT Costs

    Ideas for cutting costs, improving efficiency, and optimizing service delivery in the midst of never-ending budget cuts. Read More

  • Log In | Feature

    Groundhog Day

    When it comes to IT budgets, the "new normal" is looking a lot like the "same old, same old." Read More

  • Product Development | Feature

    Taking Homegrown Products to Market

    Universities are wrestling with the possibilities and pitfalls of making homegrown IT products available beyond their campuses. CT spoke with John Campbell, associate vice president for academic technologies at Purdue University (IN), about the school's decision to choose a commercial partnership over an open source approach when marketing Signals, its student-retention program. Read More

  • Community Colleges | Feature

    Fostering a Culture of Evidence: Business Analytics at the Virginia Community College System

    The Virginia Community College System--one of the largest in the country, with 23 colleges on 40 campuses--has leveraged business analytics to help streamline information processes, achieve cost efficiencies, encourage data and information sharing and transparency, and identify ways to offer improved service to the community. Here, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Institutional Effectiveness Catherine Finnegan talks with Campus Technology about VCCS's use of business analytics. Read More

  • Open Source | Feature

    Industry-Funded Software Research Goes Open Source

    The idea of attracting a vibrant community of developers is prompting some companies to pursue open source research. Read More