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4/29/2010

Case Study

Florida State U Transforms Reporting with Business Intelligence
When Florida State needed to change its transaction systems for running finance and HR, it took advantage of new business intelligence tools to get IT out of the report generation business and to enable campus users to produce their own reports with limited IT involvement.
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IT News

Web Security Threats on the Rise, Report Finds
Vulnerabilities in browser-based applications represent the fastest-rising information security flaws anywhere, according to a new report, wich also showed that the United States is once again No. 1 with the most malicious activity on the Internet.
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Stony Brook Lays in Motorola Passive Optical Network
Stony Brook University in New York has deployed a passive optical network (PON) in its Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology.
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IE 8 XSS Vulnerability To Get Fixed in June
Microsoft is preparing a security update in June for the IE XSS filter in Internet Explorer 8. The update will address a flaw in IE 8 that could enable cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by hackers.
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Jenzabar Offers Higher Reach Module for Departmental Data Parsing
Jenzabar has released a new add-on to its continuing education administration application that allows for a separation of data and workflow by business unit. Content Level Security for Higher Reach lets colleges and universities manage data and content at the organizational level, rather than at the institutional level.
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Microsoft Security Report Points Fingers at ISVs
The overall number of Windows security holes has declined in the last year by 8.4 percent to about 2,500 vulnerabilities, according to a new Microsoft report.
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New API Helps Admins Locate E911 Callers
Two companies are working together to deliver a WiFi emergency call location service for campuses.
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U Cincinnati and OhioLINK Research Digital Textbook Adoption
An Ohio research project is investigating just how students would prefer to get the text for their courses--whether in hard copy form, in versions suitable for mobile devices, or in some other digital format.
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Microsoft Reissues Windows 2000 Server Security Fix
Microsoft this week released an updated critical fix for Windows Media Services on Windows 2000 Server.
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Andover Newton Streamlines Operations with ERP
Andover Newton Theological School has adopted technology to streamline its academic and business operations.
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