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Microsoft and Adobe Agree on Mobile Flash Licensing

3/19/2008

Microsoft licensed two of Adobe's software products for use with smartphones that run Microsoft Windows Mobile operating systems, according to an announcement issued by Adobe Monday. Read More

Microsoft and Aspect Team on Unified Communications

3/19/2008

Microsoft and Aspect Software Inc. this week initiated a global strategic alliance focused on better enhancing communications between contact centers and the broader enterprise. Under the agreement, Chelmsford, Mass.-based Aspect will integrate its contact center software into Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, a unified communications platform that supports instant messaging, voice over IP (VoIP) and Web conferencing for the enterprise. Read More

SAS Opens Up SAS OnDemand for Academics

3/18/2008

SAS has broadened the availability of SAS OnDemand for Academics, a service that allows faculty and students to integrate advanced data analysis in their teaching and learning activities. Users register for the service, download a SAS software application via the Web, and then perform processing by connecting to a hosted server at SAS. Read More

Texas Campus To Implement MIR3 Emergency Notification Platform

3/18/2008

Texas Southern University (TSU) has chosen MIR3 as the emergency notification platform for its Houston campus. Read More

Campus-wide Wireless Project Kicks Off at University of Minnesota

3/17/2008

The University of Minnesota announced it plans to deploy the Trapeze Networks Smart Mobile 802.11n wireless network product suite campus-wide. Beginning in May and continuing over the next five years, about 9,500 access points will be deployed to serve more than 80,000 people across the university's two campuses, in an effort to deliver secure wireless access to users wherever they are on campus. Read More

University of Houston To Install IP-based TV in New Residence Hall

3/17/2008

The University of Houston announced that it would be installing AT&T U-verse services into student housing on a college campus. The IP-based TV and broadband Internet services will be included in all 700 one- and two-bedroom apartments of a 547,000-square-foot residence hall under construction for graduate and professional students. Read More

Policy Server Integrated with 3Com Routers

3/14/2008

LineSider Technologies, which publishes policy-based network infrastructure control and management software, has launched OverDrive, a policy server that integrates with 3Com Open Services Networking (3Com OSN) for MSR Series Multi-Service Routers. The OverDrive software lets users deploy and manage Internet protocol-based services across complex network environments. Read More

Microsoft To Acquire Desktop Virt Vendor Kidaro

3/12/2008

Microsoft today announced its intent to acquire Kidaro, a Redwood City, CA-based provider of enterprise desktop virtualization software. Read More

Video Surveillance Joins Blackboard Commerce Suite

3/11/2008

Ed tech developer Blackboard this week launched a new video surveillance solution for its campus management system called Blackboard Video Surveillance. The new tool, announced at BbWorld Commerce conference in Phoenix, AZ March 10, will become part of the Blackboard Commerce Suite, a payment and security management system designed for higher ed. Read More

Mobile Broadband Internet Use Growing Dramatically

3/11/2008

The number of computers using mobile broadband technology to access the Internet grew by 154 percent in the 4th quarter of 2007 versus the same period in 2006, according to comScore, a research firm. comScore, which measures online behavior, said the total number of computers going online through mobile broadband technology grew to 2.1 million from 854,000. Read More