IT Trends :: Thursday, April 19, 2007

  • 04/19/07

Opinion

Once More unto the Breach
By David Nagel

The announcement earlier this month of a potential data security breach at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) may have come as a shock to the 46,000 individuals who received notification that their personal information might have been compromised. But for industry observers, this latest revelation was just another in a long string of security incidents impacting institutions of higher learning.

Last week's announcement of a potential data security breach at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) may have come as a shock to the 46,000 individuals who received notification that their personal information might have been compromised. But for industry observers, this latest revelation was just another in a long string of security incidents impacting institutions of higher learning....

IT News

Texas A&M Demo Adapting Lawful Intercept for VoIP
Texas A&M University recently demonstrated how institutions can implement Voice over Internet Protocol communications while complying with federal requirement of Lawful intercept (LI) without expensive adjustments to their current network's infrastructure....
National University of Singapore Deploys Secure Access SSL
The National University of Singapore has deployed Secure Access SSL VPN, a security technology from Juniper Networks. The University will use the security platform to establish an electronic examination portal for online testing....
Campus Technology Webinar: Recruiting, Retention, and Relevance
Higher education is saturated with gee-whiz gadgetry that offers fleeting public interest, but many question the long-range impact on student learning outcomes. What technologies are passing fads? And which ones promise improved student performance?...
Campus Technology Webinar: Unexpected Quick Wins in 802.1X
802.1X is gaining momentum in higher education. Driven by ever-growing user demand for ubiquitous network access, many of today's colleges and universities are adopting 802.1X as the authentication and access control framework to secure wired and wireless networks....
Drexel Online Reaches, Teaches Hospital Staff
Philadelphia, PA-based Drexel University Online, a subsidiary of the well known Philadelphia technical university, has begun providing special-rate distance learning services to Montgomery Hospital Medical Center (MHMC), a 210-bed hospital serving central Montgomery County, PA....
Microsoft Partners with REN-ISAC for Higher Ed Security
Microsoft and the Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC) have entered into an alliance to expand Microsoft's Security Cooperation Program into higher education. The announcement came yesterday at the Educause/Internet2 Security Professionals Conference 2007 being held in Denver, CO....
CA Launches Higher Education Initiative
CA recently announced a new Academic Initiative program for higher education institutions to bring new technology into the classroom. The program is designed for computer science, information systems, software engineering and business courses....
Campus Technology 2007 Innovators Nominations
You’re doing great things with technology on campus—we want to know about them. We seek exemplary colleges and universities, their visionary technology project leadership, and their innovative vendor partners who have deployed extraordinary campus technology solutions to campus challenges.

Could you be one of this year’s recognized technology leaders? CT’s 2007 Innovators will be featured in the August issue and recognized at the Campus Technology 2007 conference in Washington, DC, July 30-Aug. 2, 2007....

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