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Northern CA District To Upgrade Student Data Management

5/29/2008

Santa Cruz City Schools in Northern California is replacing its student information system (SIS) with Infinite Campus in a deployment that's expected to be completed in early 2009. Read More

Windows 7 Demo Focuses on Touch Interface

5/29/2008

A touch user interface turned out to be the big surprise in Windows 7, the latest operating system being developed by Microsoft. The OS is expected to appear in either late 2009 or early 2010, but it was demonstrated last night at "D6: All Things Digital," a Wall Street Journal-sponsored event being held this week in Carlsbad, Calif. The demo was part of stage appearance by Microsoft's Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer. Read More

Kaspersky Lab Selected As CDW Sapphire Partner, Offers Cutting-Edge Technology

5/28/2008

Internet threat management solutions provider Kaspersky Lab has announced it's been selected by CDW for its Sapphire Partner Program. The program was designed by CDW to provide customers greater access to emerging trends in the IT marketplace. Read More

Blackboard Defends Patent, Files More Claims

5/28/2008

Blackboard this week defended its e-learning patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO in March rejected all of the claims in Blackboard's patent following a reexamination prompted by requests from open source advocate the Software Freedom Law Center and commercial rival Desire2Learn. But the patent rejection was not final, allowing Blackboard a window of time to respond to the decision. Read More

Hifn Expands Channel 100 Partner Program, Adds Dallas Digital Services

5/28/2008

Storage and networking solution provider Hifn welcomed Dallas Digital Services (DDS) last week to its Channel 100 Partner Program. DDS is a value-added storage reseller, providing enterprise-level, mission-critical storage solutions to customers in manufacturing, telecommunications, government, and education, among others. Read More

IPLogic Makes Short List Of U.S. Companies Recognized As NetApp Authorized Professional Service Partners

5/28/2008

Data center specialists IPLogic announced Tuesday they have become the newest member of NetApp's Authorized Professional Partner Program (APSP). It is the highest level of Storage System Design and Implementation authorization offered by the data management solutions company. Read More

Georgia State Pilots Incident Response System

5/27/2008

Georgia State University in Atlanta is piloting a new incident response system from Risk Mitigation Systems. FIRSTResponder provides planning and two-way voice, text, and e-mail communications response. Read More

Microsoft Rolls Exchange Labs into Live@edu

5/27/2008

Microsoft's Live@edu, a suite of online tools focused specifically toward education, has now been expanded to include Exchange Labs, which is similar to a hosted Exchange service but with prototype features that are not yet available to the general public. Microsoft told us the move provides new opportunities for channel partners providing services around Live@edu. Read More

Van Dyke Public Schools Deploys NetOp Software for Master Control in Classroom

5/27/2008

After two years of working with NetOp School, the Van Dyke Public School System in Michigan has gone public with details about its installation of the software, which lets teachers control and interact with classroom computers. Read More

Microsoft Dynamics Helps Education Consulting Firm Prepare for Growth

5/23/2008

In an announcement Tuesday, Microsoft said Pacific Northwest Publishing and its affiliate, Safe & Civil Schools, have chosen Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 and Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 to integrate their accounting, customer service, marketing, and scheduling capabilities. Read More