News 01-03-2003
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U. Illinois Collaborates on Open Software Initiative
The University of Illinois and the OpenEAI Software Foundation said they would
form the OpenEAI Project, an open source initiative to develop standards-based
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) technologies. The Project will explore
the principles of EIA and present its findings in the form of OpenEAI methodology,
software and documentation. "The OpenEAI methodology and work products have
the potential to drastically reduce the costs and time involved in integrating
systems at the University of Illinois," said Richard Mendola, associate vice-president
for administrative information technology services at the University of Illinois.
The Project will focus on six areas: OpenEAI methodology, application foundation
APIs, message object API, message definitions, messaging infrastructure applications,
and deployment and administration.
For more information, visit: www.OpenEAI.org
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Higher Ed Software Award Finalists Announced
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) released its list of
finalists for the 2003 Codie Awards, including five applications in the category
of Best Postsecondary Education Instructional Solution. The software association's
awards showcase the software and digital content industry's best products and
services. In the higher education category the finalists are: Seminars on Science
from the American Museum of Natural History; USMLE Step 1 Online from the Princeton
Review; WebCT Campus Edition from WebCT; WebCT Vista from WebCT; and XanEdu
CoursePacks from ProQuest/XanEdu. Winners will be presented on May 6 during
the SIIA annual conference in San Francisco.
For more information, visit: www.siia.net/codies2003/finalists.asp
N.C. State Signs Intellectual Property Accord
North Carolina State University has set up a joint licensing and commercialization
partnership with the Semiconductor Research Corp. that would commercialize selected
inventions arising from SRC-sponsored university research. Historically, in
return for sponsoring research at a university, SRC-member companies are granted
a royalty-free, non-exclusive, worldwide license to intellectual property developed
by the university. The new partnership presents an optional licensing relationship
between SRC and NCSU for mutually selected inventions developed under SRC sponsorship.
"This is an excellent opportunity for NCSU and SRC to leverage technologies
that many companies would like to access, but don't have the infrastructure
to produce," said Michael Batalia, interim director of NCSU's Office of Technology
Transfer. "We are confident this model will provide opportunities unavailable
under previous arrangements".
For more information visit: www.ncsu.edu/ott
Ca. School Wins Performance Excellence Honors
National University, the second largest private university in California, won
an award for performance excellence from the California Council for Excellence
(CCE). The school became the first university-level participant to win the Council's
Eureka award, the highest honor offered in the program. CCE's mission is to
help California organizations achieve world-class service and products through
the principles of the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. "The mere process
of applying for (the award) has benefited National University by providing staff
and faculty the opportunity to assess themselves in a comprehensive manner,"
said Dr. Jerry C. Lee, chancellor of the University.
For more information, visit: www.calexcellence.org
Deals, Awards, Contracts in Higher Education
NETWORK SERVICES—The University of Louisville renewed a multiyear,
multimillion-dollar communications services agreement with Sprint. The agreement
delivers a wide range of communications technologies, including data services,
dial IP services and collaborative services. The University will use Sprint
fiber services to consolidate its existing networking backbone into a single
infrastructure. The network enhances the university's ability to transport mission-critical
data such as payroll and transcript information. The school is also considering
implementing videoconferencing over IP.
HARDWARE—The University of Notre Dame picked GovConnection, Inc.,
a subsidiary of PC Connection, Inc. as a preferred supplier of notebook computers,
printers, peripherals, and software to the university. The contract also calls
for GovConnection to supply IBM-brand laptop computers to the school, as well
as directly to its students and faculty. GovConnection is a rapid-response supplier
of IT equipment to federal, state and local government agencies and educational
institutions.