Higher Ed Sales

Desktone, ICC Global Hosting Use Cloud To Deliver VDI to Schools, Public Sector

4/29/2009

Desktone has entered into a partnership with ICC Global Hosting aimed at delivering desktops as a service (DaaS) to organizations in the academic and public sectors, as well as mid-tier businesses. Read More

Schools Turn to Net Simplicity for Room Scheduling

4/24/2009

Asure Software's NetSimplicity division has recently announced expanded adoption of its room scheduling software by education institutions around the world. Read More

2 Silicon Valley Colleges Deploy High-Performance Wireless Networks

4/17/2009

Silicon Valley's San Jose City College and Evergreen Valley College have implemented a new high-performance wireless network from Meru Networks, turning every indoor space on campus into a "wireless hot zone" for Internet access. Meru and its integrator partner, San Jose-based AdvanTel Networks, won a competitive request for proposal (RFP) against Cisco and Aruba Networks. Read More

Trends for Higher Education in 2009: Network Management

2/17/2009

A few aspects set network management in higher education apart from that in the standard corporation, said Jim Frey, senior analyst for Enterprise Management Associates. First, the number of interconnected devices is much greater. Second, there's greater legal exposure, as well as more regulatory requirements because of the nature of the user and what he or she may be doing. Third, the user community is in constant flux. Read More

Survey: IT Security Spending on the Rise in Higher Ed

1/20/2009

Organizations will be dedicating a larger chunk of their IT budgets in 2009 to security measures, according to a survey by Web security vendor Finjan. Conducted in December 2008 among 200 IT and security professionals, the survey focused on determining the trends for allocating IT budgets in 2009 compared to 2008. Read More

Journey Education Marketing Acquires Academic Superstore

1/12/2009

Journey Education Marketing (JEM) has recently acquired online retailer Academic Superstore. The deal is aimed at expanding JEM's K-12 and higher-ed market share, as well as enhancing the company's Internet and back-office capabilities. Read More

Axis and Milestone Upgrade DePaul U's Analog Cameras with IP-based System

12/11/2008

DePaul University is using network cameras from Axis Communications as a security measure on its two main campuses, which are interwoven with surrounding residential and commercial communities in Chicago. Over the course of this past summer, DePaul replaced a legacy system of various analog cameras--each running on coaxial cable and requiring a digital video recorder to record events--with Axis network cameras. Read More

Aruba Releases New Reference Guides for Network Planning, Deployment

12/9/2008

Aruba Networks has recently released three new reference guides aimed at helping network integrators efficiently plan and deploy wired and wireless networks in a variety of settings. Read More

rSmart Helps Universities Adopt Kuali Open Source ERP Solution

11/25/2008

At Kuali Days VII, rSmart announced several agreements for 2008 aimed at helping colleges and universities implement Kuali's open source enterprise solutions. Read More

Unicon Helps Colleges, Universities with Open Source Services Projects

11/25/2008

Unicon has announced the completion of more than 20 new open source services projects for colleges, universities, and business around the United States in the third quarter of 2008. Read More