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News Update
May 27, 2008
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- News: Microsoft Shuttering Book Digitization Efforts
- Office Live Workspace Beta Released Internationally
- College Students Prefer Online Banking to Paper Checks
- Moodle 1.9.1 Gets Performance Improvements, Minor Fixes
- Columbia School of Public Health Hires Magazine Site Designer To Revamp Web Site
- Randolph College Virtualizes on SAN
- Microsoft’s High Performance Computing Server 2008 Beta 2 Debuts
- Microsoft To Adopt ODF, Take Role in Format Development
- BYU Applies Software to Job of Integrating Output from IT Management Tools
- Events:Keep up with your peers!
- Online Resources:Whitepaper: Blocking a New Blend of Content Security Threats.
News
Microsoft Shuttering Book Digitization Efforts
Following on the heels of Microsoft’s announcement that it would pay customers who search for and buy products through Microsoft Live Search cashback, the company’s Microsoft’s Live Search team announced on its blog that it would be taking down its Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects Web sites in coming days.
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Office Live Workspace Beta Released Internationally
Microsoft this week released an international beta of its Office Live Workspace (OLW) suite of productivity tools. The company also quietly launched an Office Live Update last week that takes on performance issues and brings in some additional functionality when working with Office 2007, XP, and 2003.
College Students Prefer Online Banking to Paper Checks
According to a new survey of 1,547 college students nationwide, debit cards and online tools are the backbone of students’ money management. Eleven percent reported they have never been to a physical bank to make a transaction. Seven out of 10 prefer to use a debit card when making a purchase. Only 16 percent are likely or very likely to use a credit card.
Moodle 1.9.1 Gets Performance Improvements, Minor Fixes
Moodle has released Moodle 1.9.1, the first maintenance update to the popular open-source learning management system since the 1.9 launch in March. The new version includes a number of minor fixes, as well as performance improvements and some new functionality.
Columbia School of Public Health Hires Magazine Site Designer To Revamp Web Site
Columbia University has selected Format-Studio to develop a new website strategy and design for the Mailman School of Public Health. Format has designed websites for major magazines, including New York Magazine, Prevention Magazine, Glamour and Field & Stream.
Randolph College Virtualizes on SAN
Randolph College, formerly Randolph-Macon Women’s College, has upgraded its storage to an IP-based storage area network (SAN) from StoneFly. The Lynchburg, VA-based school implemented the StoneFly Hybrid Storage Concentrator (HSC), an iSCSI SAN with 8 TB of capacity, after evaluating solutions from several vendors.
Microsoft’s High Performance Computing Server 2008 Beta 2 Debuts
This weekend Microsoft announced the release of High Performance Computing Server 2008 (HPC Server 2008) Beta 2, the next-generation version of Compute Cluster Server 2003.
Microsoft To Adopt ODF, Take Role in Format Development
Microsoft Wednesday posted plans for expanding file format support in the next major revision of Office 2007. The move follows charges from the ODF Alliance and the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) that Microsoft has been stifling options for users by favoring its own OOXML format.
BYU Applies Software to Job of Integrating Output from IT Management Tools
Brigham Young University (BYU) has implemented Managed Objects BSM (business service management) from Managed Objects to strengthen its adoption of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework. BYU tapped the software to integrate, correlate and model data from multiple IT management tools in order to understand the relationships and dependencies among the school’s IT components from a comprehensive service perspective.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
CIC: Workshop for Department and Division Chairs
Chicago, IL
May 28-30, 2008
SANS WhatWorks in Web Application Security Summit
Las Vegas, NV
May 31-Jun 9, 2008
WhatWorks in Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Summit 2008
Las Vegas, NV
May 31-Jun 9, 2008
CIC: Workshop for Department and Division Chairs
Albany, NY
Jun 3-5, 2008
Portal 2008 Conference: Measurement and Assessment
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA
Jun 3-6, 2008
SANS Rocky Mountain Bootcamp 2008
Lakewood, CO
Jun 8-13, 2008
Reinventing Enrollment Leadership: Creative Thinking for Challenging Times
Fairport, NY
Jun 9-11, 2008
ONLINE RESOURCES
- Whitepaper: Blocking a New Blend of Content Security Threats.
Sponsored by Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Texas A & M’s Manuel Lujan presents the university’s methodology of selecting and deploying CRM within their enrollment services and shares results from their case study. Tune in to hear how their CRM strategy enabled them to boost application submission by more than 100 percent in a single year. Register now! - Webcast: Document management case study
Webcast: Integrated ERP and Imaging Solutions for Immediate ROI
Sponsored by ImageNow
Explore ways your campus can boost workflow and eliminate cumbersome paper processes with an integrated document management solution. Chapman University and Southern Maryland College detail the successful implementations that integrated ImageNow with Datatel Colleague, providing greater efficiencies on their campuses, in this free, hourlong Webcast moderated by Campus Technology’s Matt Villano and sponsored by ImageNow and Datatel. Sign up now! - Helpdesk case study: Indiana Business College enables users to help themselves
Sponsored by Parature
Discover how Parature’s helpdesk software enabled Indiana Business College to improve service to their users while creating a more efficient system for their support desk. - Next Gen Tech & Inspiring Vision for the Web 2.0 World at Campus Technology 2008
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Access the latest technologies and research arcs at Campus Technology 2008, July 28-31, at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. In addition to workshops and breakouts, general sessions will focus on the latest innovative projects on campuses across the U.S. Keynote speaker Adrian Sannier, of ASU, will articulate the challenges and opportunities available on campuses. Sannier is a bold, outspoken campus technology leader whose opening address articulates a campus future radically different from the past. Come hear Sannier’s strategies for putting in place ground-breaking plans that will serve the next generation of students. - More resources
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