Campus Technology

An Electronic Newsletter for IT Professionals in Higher Ed

9/2/2010

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IT 'Insourcing' at Creighton U
Instead of looking outward for a vendor-supplied solution, Nebraska's Creighton University tapped into its own staff's brainpower to develop a consolidated calendaring system from scratch. The result was not only an initial cost savings--even with a financial incentive offered--but also the addition of a new revenue stream for the school as third-party organizations became interested in using the internally developed code.
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Delaware State To Outsource IT Services
Delaware State University has outsourced its IT services to SunGard Higher Education. SunGard HE will manage the IT organization, including providing 24/7 help desk support and other support services. The goal: to improve IT performance and better serve the university's community of users.
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U North Texas Dallas Shifting to Virtual Desktops
Imagine grappling with the growth challenges of the University of North Texas at Dallas. This campus plans to grow from a 3,000-student enrollment to 30,000 students over the next decade as part of an ambitious transition from being a branch campus of University of North Texas to being a stand-alone institution.
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Gartner: Microsoft 'Dominates' E-Mail Market
Microsoft received a "strong positive" rating in a study of e-mail system vendors by Gartner, which was released in mid-August.
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TeamDynamix Launches Free Project Management Tool for Higher Ed
TeamDynamix has released Task Manager, a free stand-alone application for higher education project management.
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Microsoft Releases 'Fix it' Help for DLL Security Flaw
Microsoft updated its security advisory this week concerning a dynamic link library issue and published a "Fix it" solution to help address the problem.
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Citrix To Acquire VMLogix
In a move aimed at extending its Open Cloud infrastructure, Citrix Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire VMLogix Inc.
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Colleges Continue Adding Emergency Notification Service
A lengthy list of institutions has signed on for emergency notification services from Omnilert this summer, among them, Central Texas College in Killeen, TX; Hanover College in Indiana; Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN; and Palo Alto University in California.
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