Campus Technology

An Electronic Newsletter for IT Professionals in Higher Ed

4/7/2011

Feature

WiFi Overhaul
What do you get when you cross students' expectations for ubiquitous, high-performance wireless network access with stone and iron buildings constructed in the early-1900s? You wind up with a "harsh" WiFi environment where thick walls and ancient construction methods thwart attempts to create an all-access environment.
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IT News

Campuses Begin Shifting UC to the Cloud
Universities in the United States have quadrupled their adoption of unified communications over the last year. And, according to new research, many are moving their UC implementations to the cloud.
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California Community Colleges Turn to Business Process Management for Grant Distribution
The California Community College system is turning to business process management software to streamline the work behind issuing grants to schools to help students in healthcare fields.
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Oracle Enterprise Gateway 11g Secures SOA and Cloud Environments
Oracle this week announced Enterprise Gateway 11g, part of their Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g application infrastructure foundation. Enterprise Gateway 11g provides enhanced security for service-oriented architecture (SOA), either on-premises, across domains, or in the cloud.
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SunGard HE Opens Up Shared Code Repository
SunGard Higher Education has introduced a repository where customers can share functional enhancements, scripts, tools, and other contributions with each other. The Shared Code Repository is part of SunGard's Community Source Initiative and will include contributions from the company as well.
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Security Researchers Compile Data Breach 'Champions'
In an idle moment, security researchers from Application Security put together “brackets” to examine what a Final Four would look like if it were done for data breaches. A clue about the winner: This university’s basketball team was knocked out in game three of this year’s NCAA men’s championship.
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Genetec Plan Manager Ties Video Operations to Digital Maps
Genetec, a security products vendor, recently launched a new application that enables users to tie operation of their security cameras to their maps. Plan Manager is an add-on module for Genetec's video surveillance system, Omnicast.
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Omnilert Adds TTY and Call-in Services to Emergency Notification
Omnilert has widened the reach of its emergency notification service with a couple of new addons. e2Campus uAlert version 3.4 adds an option to broadcast mass alerts in text telephony (TTY) to devices for the deaf and hearing-impaired.
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