White Papers
Higher education white papers and case studies from our sponsors. Click a title to read more or download.
Higher education has always been about transformation, even as that pace has recently accelerated. This is especially true in cybersecurity, as institutions are working to protect an uncertain new normal. The challenges of 2020 have illuminated risks—some old, some new—that continue to stand in the way of mastering whatever comes next.
Sponsored by Palo Alto Networks
With hardware aging out and their existing co-location agreement up for renewal, Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina decided to migrate their backup, archive, and disaster recovery data to the cloud. Catawba, ranked fourth among the best regional colleges in the South by U.S. News & World Report, originally went with one of the leading cloud service providers. However, the college quickly became annoyed with all the extra transaction fees, and overall costs that were higher than they expected. That’s when they turned to Wasabi.
Sponsored by Wasabi
As campuses return to fall operations, it’s time to dismantle what no longer works and reset expectations. Download this full Snapshot report to learn more about the Digital campus transformation, how IT and finance are stronger together, why specialization matters with software, how to make your travel easier, and how medium-sized campuses face down major worries.
Sponsored by SAP Concur
UC San Diego was focused on securing, ensuring the integrity of and maximizing visibility into its network. It also needed to make operations more efficient and cost effective while delivering an optimal customer experience.
Sponsored by Infoblox
Legacy operations just don’t make sense anymore. Here’s why it’s time to move on.
Sponsored by SAP Concur
While ERP systems offer amazing benefits for managing the overall back-office operation on campus, there are still reasons to choose specific applications for strategic purposes.
Sponsored by SAP Concur
Colleges and universities have an opportunity to make learning more accessible than ever—but first, they must solve a technology problem. Many campuses use outdated legacy identity systems with sprawling, open-source software. As a consequence, these institutions experience a great deal of technology debt, making a transition towards modern systems disruptive and costly. It’s time to change this approach: the results must justify the expense.
Sponsored by Okta
Over the past decade, technology has radically transformed the higher education experience. Learning has moved out of the classroom, and students expect to be able to pursue their education from any location at any time. This paper presents guidelines for colleges and universities considering bring-your-own-device (BYOD) support models and presents guidelines for implementing mobility programs to modernize your IT strategy and improve the working and learning environment for students, faculty and staff.
Sponsored by Dell | Microsoft