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Tech-Ed: Gates' Farewell to Developers Focuses on Silverlight, Velocity, Oslo

6/3/2008

In what will likely be remembered as his send-off to developers, Microsoft Founder and Chairman Bill Gates today kicked off the annual Tech-Ed Conference with a keynote that took an opportunity to look back on past accomplishments and provide a glimpse into the future of Microsoft technologies. Read More

Cerritos College PeopleSoft Upgrade Comes in on Time and Budget

6/2/2008

Norwalk, CA-based Cerritos College said it has completed a major IT system upgrade--on time and under budget--after partnering with Ciber Enterprise Solutions. Read More

St. John's U Outsources Admissions Document Management to DataBank

6/2/2008

Following on a business process management analysis across multiple school operations, Queens, NY-based St. John's University has decided to outsource its admissions application process to DataBank, a service provider that performs document scanning and management. The school was compelled to find an outside vendor after experiencing a 65 percent increase in admissions applications over a five-year period. Read More

Geeks On Call Partners with Ident-A-Kid

5/30/2008

IT solutions provider Geeks On Call announced Wednesday that it has partnered with child safety provider Ident-A-Kid through the Geeks On Call Endorsed Vendor Program and Ident-A-Kid's Corporate Partner Program. Read More

More VMware Buzz on B-hive Acquisition Announcement

5/30/2008

When you have most of the marbles, it never hurts to have a few more. For industry leader VMware, the challenge is well defined: Stay ahead of the pack by maintaining market share; keep building the value-added areas of virtualization where high growth is most likely to take place; fill gaps in the existing portfolio; and move toward the company's vision of automated virtual data centers. Read More

Rice University Purchases SciQuest eProcurement Service

5/30/2008

Houston-based Rice University has selected SciQuest's electronic procurement service to support its online purchasing program. The technology automates purchases made by all users across a university and addresses the unique needs of researchers who often make individual purchases of complex materials. SciQuest also provides a dedicated marketplace of scientific suppliers. Read More

Stanford University Hires SafirRosetti for Security Consulting

5/30/2008

Stanford University has awarded SafirRosetti's Technology Design Consulting Practice a competitively bid contract to provide security master planning and design and construction administration services as the university implements a new campus-wide security program. Read More

CADsoft Becomes Academic Reseller For Autodesk, Expands Presence In Southwest

5/29/2008

CADsoft Consulting announced last week that it has become authorized to sell and deliver Autodesk Academic solutions to K-12 and higher education institutions in three states: Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico. Read More

Computing Execs Form PAC To Fight Calif. IT Services Tax Proposal

5/29/2008

With California facing a $16 billion budget deficit, representatives are looking for new ways to make up for the shortfall. According to Oli Thordarson, CEO of Irvine, CA-based managed service provider Alvaka Networks, one idea that some legislators keep turning to is a possible state tax on IT services as well as software downloads--and that's why he's decided to chair a new political action committee (PAC) designed to fight such proposals. Read More

GroundWork Signs Universities for Open Source Monitoring

5/29/2008

With open source a large and growing facet of IT in higher education, a number of universities are signing on for third-party support services aimed at implementing, maintaining, managing, and monitoring OSS deployments. Read More