July 15, 2008

• News:
  • St. Francis Xavier U Tackles Recruitment with CRM
  • New U Arizona Prefetching Scheme Saves Computing Time, Energy
  • U of Technology Sydney and Agilent Establish Metallomics Facility
  • Spring Gets Expanded Java Annotation Support
  • Research Center for PlayStation 3 Processor Gains Continued Support at Georgia Tech
  • Microsoft Remedies Windows Server Update Glitch
  • Carnegie Mellon Partners with Lulu.com for New Publishing Imprint
  • Going Green or Hoarding Green?
  • Microsoft Says SQL Server 2008 To Ship This Quarter
• Events:
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• Online Resources:
  • PC Mall: Cost-effective solutions for your campus
  • Webcast: Document management case study
  • Deliver Real-Time IT Services to Remote Users Anywhere
  • Webinar: Reducing Costs Through Strategic Financial Management

St. Francis Xavier U Tackles Recruitment with CRM

Nova Scotia’s St. Francis Xavier University is acquiring the Azorus CRM suite after working with the company’s Digital Recruit system for the last year. With Digital Recruit, students at recruiting events fill out a special form with a digital pen that captures the information being written. Recruiters then upload the data stored on the pen to the CRM system, which initiates a communication plan for the student, including an automatic welcome e-mail message.

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New U Arizona Prefetching Scheme Saves Computing Time, Energy

Most desktop computers today, when not in use, power down their hard drives to save energy. While this may be very green, it also incurs minor, though sometimes frustrating, delays. Waiting up to eight seconds for a hard drive to power back up to fetch some document is not the best use of any office worker’s time. So two University of Arizona researchers have sussed out a way to save energy and keep data coming quickly, through a concept they call context-aware prefetching.

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U of Technology Sydney and Agilent Establish Metallomics Facility

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has partnered with Agilent Technologies, which produces analytical instrumentation, to establish a research facility to study trace metals and other elements in tissue, and their effects on health.

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Spring Gets Expanded Java Annotation Support

When writing a complex Java program filled with many interlocking objects, any automation of routine tasks can be a big help. So Java developers using the Java Spring framework should welcome recent additional support for annotations, which could take care of many mundane construction and configuration duties. Spring is an open source collection of components for developing Java Enterprise Edition-based applications.

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Research Center for PlayStation 3 Processor Gains Continued Support at Georgia Tech

The Georgia Tech College of Computing said that sponsors for one of its research centers have renewed their support. Sony, Toshiba, and IBM initially funded the STI Center of Competence with $320,000 in 2006 to do research into further uses for a new type of microprocessor that initially appeared in Sony’s PlayStation 3 game console.

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Microsoft Remedies Windows Server Update Glitch

Microsoft Thursday confirmed public reports of a distribution glitch preventing patch uploading in certain implementations of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) programs and it also provided a solution to the problem.

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Carnegie Mellon Partners with Lulu.com for New Publishing Imprint

The Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is partnering with self-publishing firm Lulu.com to launch a new academic publishing imprint called ETC Press. All publications will be released under a Creative Commons license and will also have associated Web sites for collaborative authorship and discussion.

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Going Green or Hoarding Green?

Organizations have the desire to reduce their impact on the environment but lack the will to pay a premium for cleaner operations, according to a cross-sector survey released recently by IT hosting solutions provider Rackspace.

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Microsoft Says SQL Server 2008 To Ship This Quarter

After some speculation that the final release of SQL Server 2008 may slip yet another quarter, Microsoft said its next-generation database is on pace to ship in the third quarter.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Stephen Northcutt Presents SANS Atlanta Summer 2008
Atlanta, Georgia
Jul 14-18, 2008

BbWorld ’08
Las Vegas, NV
JUL 15-17, 2008

SCUP-43 Annual Conference
Montreal, QC
JUL 19-23, 2008

Fusion 2008: Desire2Learn Users Conference
Memphis, TN
JUL 20-23, 2008

SANSFIRE 2008
Washington, DC
JUL 22-31, 2008

Fusion 2008 Post Conference
Memphis, TN
JUL 23-25, 2008

Campus Technology 2008: Welcome to Next-Gen.Edu!
Boston, MA
JUL 28-31, 2008

Events Calendar

ONLINE RESOURCES

• PC Mall: Cost-effective solutions for your campus
  Sponsored by: PC Mall
  Visit PC Mall’s online catalog to find products that enable you to lower IT costs while meeting your campus computing needs. From projectors, to notebooks, to servers and networking components, PC Mall can help you find the right budget-friendly solutions for your institution.
• Webcast: Document management case study
  Integrated ERP and Imaging Solutions for Immediate ROI
  Sponsored by ImageNow424
  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!
• Webinar: Reducing Costs Through Strategic Financial Management
  Sponsored by: Oracle
  Integrating budget planning and reporting systems across campus departments enabled Santa Clara University to streamline its financial management processes and get senior management involved in budget planning.
• Secure and Accessible: Mission Possible
  Sponsored by: Oracle
  Discover how Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University manages role-based access and protects sensitive data across multiple locations worldwide-all the while serving the information needs of their users.
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