It's Not Simply Infrastructure

"The regional build out of optical networking has really been impressive over the last couple of years," says Duke University’s VP for IT and CIO Tracy Futhey. "For me, one of the key elements in participating and moving those initiatives forward is providing faculty on our campuses with the best access to research capabilities and the fewest barriers to collaboration as possible."

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Futhey is keynoting at Syllabus2005 later this month. Find out more, click here.

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