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IT Trends :: Thursday, September 14, 2006

  • 09/13/06

Deals, Contracts, Awards

Prototype Educational Facility Opens in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia school district, the seventh largest in the country due to its 278 schools and over 210,000 students, enlisted the services of Meru Networks to develop a district-wide WLAN system. One particular school, a West Philadelphia secondary school, is "a state-of-the-art facility where technology will permeate the entire educational milieu. The expectation is that students will be better prepared for their continued college-level educational experience as well as for their future entry into the workforce."…

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Qatar University to Deploy Digital Campus Solutions from SunGard Higher Education

The Middle East moves to enterprise systems for universities: Or, at least Qatar University is planning to replace its legacy administrative systems with SunGard Higher Education. The university has embarked on an ambitious project to replace its legacy student management system with a unified solution from SunGard to help support the institution’s vision of becoming a model national university…

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    Student Readiness: Learning to Learn

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    2026 Cybersecurity Trends to Watch in Higher Education

    In an open call last month, we asked education and industry leaders for their predictions on the cybersecurity landscape for schools, districts, colleges, and universities in 2026. Here's what they told us.