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Executive View

Leading the Next Era of Internet2
CT asks Tripti Sinha about her first year as president and CEO of Internet2: meeting with the membership and R&E community — now as CEO; initiating a new strategic plan; and leading in the next era of breakthrough technologies.
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Worth Noting

Survey: Lack of Specialized Infrastructure Is a Top AI Adoption Challenge
Enterprise AI projects are running into infrastructure questions as organizations move from planning toward deployment, according to a recent Digital Realty survey.
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Report: AI Ambitions Are Running Into a Network Infrastructure Trust Problem
Network-provider trust concerns are impacting enterprise AI plans, with AI and data-driven projects the most affected initiatives among respondents reporting disruption.
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Report: Convergence of AI, Quantum Risks Impacting Cybersecurity
New research from Thales highlights how AI adoption and emerging quantum computing threats are putting pressure on existing security measures.
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Survey Reveals Data Governance Enforcement Gap for Agentic AI Tools
According to a new report, 99.7% of IT and security leaders surveyed by identity security company Delinea said their organization has a formal policy governing what data AI tools and agents are permitted to access. Yet only about 51% said AI access is checked against those policies in real time.
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OpenAI Discontinuing Custom GPTs and Moving to Plugin Architecture
OpenAI has announced it is preparing to retire Custom GPTs and move the specialized workflows built around them to a new plugin architecture spanning ChatGPT and its Codex coding agent.
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OpenAI Introduces Dots, AI Agents that Continue Working Between User Conversations
OpenAI has announced Dots, GPT-6 Astra-powered agents that run on their own cloud computers, using connected applications to carry on with assignments between conversations and incorporating users' feedback as they go.
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Claude Sonnet 5.5 Offers Model-Switching Cybersecurity Safeguards
Anthropic's latest Claude release, Sonnet 5.5, brings cybersecurity safeguards that can change which model handles a request during a Claude conversation. Higher-risk tasks can fall back to Sonnet 5.
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AI's Productivity Gains in Science Tempered by Time Spent Validating Outputs
Artificial intelligence is saving scientists substantial amounts of time, but researchers are giving some of those gains back by checking the technology's work, according to a new study involving Google, Google DeepMind, and MIT.
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Advancing the Modern Campus
Higher education is evolving rapidly — and your technology strategy must keep pace. This curated collection delivers expert insights, forward-looking research, and practical strategies to help you strengthen IT operations, advance AI readiness, and build critical tech skills. From cybersecurity, cloud, and data trends to actionable guidance on cross-skilling and workforce development, you’ll gain the tools to drive innovation, support student success, and confidently lead what’s next.
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Upcoming Award Opportunities
- Campus Technology Product of the Year Awards
  Deadline: Oct. 16, 2026
Upcoming Events
- Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo
  Oct. 19–22, 2026
  Orlando, FL
- EdgeCon Autumn
  Oct. 22, 2026
  Montclair, NJ
- Internet2 Technology Exchange
  Oct. 26–30, 2026
  Minneapolis, MN
- QM Connect
  Oct. 26–28, 2026
  Jacksonville, FL
- SC EdTech Conference
  Oct. 27–30, 2026
  Myrtle Beach, SC
- Textbook Affordability Conference
  Nov. 3–4, 2026
  Chicago, IL
- OLC Accelerate
  Nov. 16–19, 2026
  Orlando, FL
- HESS Consortium National Conference
  Nov. 16–18, 2026
  Louisville, KY
- Digital Teaching Symposium
  Nov. 19, 2026
  Online
- MEMS: Marketing, Enrollment Management, and Student Success Conference
  Nov. 30–Dec. 2, 2026
  Orlando, FL
- Digital Education Council Global Summit
  Dec. 7–8, 2026
  Madrid, Spain
- SANS Cyber Defense Initiative
  Dec. 14–19, 2026
  Washington, DC
Upcoming Webinars
- No Link, No Attachment, No Problem: How Modern Attacks Slip Into Email Inboxes
  This session walks through the attacks schools are actually seeing, using real examples of business email compromise, account takeover, and payroll fraud. Abnormal AI will break down how each attack works in plain terms, why traditional defenses miss it, and what education leaders can do about it right now.
  Date: Oct. 21, 2026
  Time: 11:00 AM PT
  Sponsor: Abnormal AI
- Modernize Without Multiplying Risk: Balancing Connectivity, Security, and Simplicity
  In this fireside chat, experts from Lumen will explore how Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) can help institutions modernize connectivity while reassessing security needs, adapting protections to a changing environment, and aligning network spend with actual usage to get more value from their infrastructure investments.
  Date: Oct. 22, 2026
  Time: 11:00 AM PT
  Sponsor: Lumen
- Ask Us Anything: Securing Data, Code, and the Modern Cloud at AI Speed
  In this Ask Us Anything webcast William Patton, a security expert with Wiz, will take audience questions on the cloud and AI security challenges facing colleges and universities — from AI-generated code and emerging development practices to sensitive data spreading across AI workloads and cloud services.
  Date: Oct. 29, 2026
  Time: 11:00 AM PT
  Sponsor: Wiz
- No New Budget, No Added IT Staff: AI Agents at St. Petersburg College
  In this fireside chat, Campus Technology Editor in Chief Rhea Kelly talks with Kellie Ziemak, Associate Vice President for Student Success Strategy at SPC, and Clay Stout, Solutions Consultant at Druid AI, about how the college launched its AI initiative and what's next.
  Date: Nov. 4, 2026
  Time: 11:00 AM PT
  Sponsor: Druid AI
- Getting Ahead of Student Risk with Proactive Support
  In this fireside chat, Campus Technology Editor in Chief Rhea Kelly will talk with experts from Gravyty about how colleges and universities can rethink student support around earlier insight and intervention, utilize AI to connect information across systems, and determine the right actions to help keep students on track.
  Date: Nov. 19, 2026
  Time: 11:00 AM PT
  Sponsor: Gravyty
Webinars on Demand
- Cyber Resilience in Higher Education: Protecting the Data Layer and Keeping Learning, Research, and Campus Operations Moving
  Sponsor: Everpure
- Building Digital Resilience in Education: A Framework in the Face of IT Complexity
  Sponsor: Kaseya
- Back to School, Back in the Crosshairs: What Higher Ed Security Teams Need to Watch This Fall
  Sponsor: Abnormal AI
- Securely Adopting and Scaling AI with Okta in Higher Education
  Sponsors: Okta and Carahsoft
- Governing AI to Close the Authority Gap
  Sponsor: Okta
- From Fragmented to Future-Ready: Modernizing Travel, Expense, and Invoice Management at ASU
  Sponsor: SAP Concur
- A Small Team With a Big Mission: How Southeastern University Built Email Security That Works
  Sponsor: Abnormal AI
- Trailblazers in Ed: Navigating AI Initiatives in Student Support
  Sponsor: Canyon GBS
- Always On: How Lynchburg Built an AI Agent that Answers, Assists, and Adapts at Scale
  Sponsor: Druid AI
- Defending the Inbox Part 1: A Cybersecurity Playbook for Higher Education
  Sponsor: Abnormal AI
- Defending the Inbox Part 2: A Cybersecurity Playbook for Higher Education
  Sponsor: Abnormal AI
- What Early Adopters Are Learning About AI in Student Services
  Sponsor: Comm100
- The Quiet Phase-Out of POTS Lines and Its Impact on Campus Operations
  Sponsor: Ooma
- Designing the Next Generation of Student Support: How Colleges Are Connecting Services, Data, and AI to Improve the Student Experience
  Sponsor: Canyon GBS
- Beyond Compliance: Building a Culture of Accessibility in Higher Education
  Sponsor: Echo360
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