Higher Ed

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

SunGard Appoints New CEO to Higher Ed Business

1/12/2009

SunGard has appointed Ron Lang chief executive officer of SunGard Higher Education. Lang will take over for Michael Muratore, interim CEO, who has held the post since September. 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

Campus Management Acquires Talisma CRM, Other Assets

11/19/2008

Campus Management has recently finalized an agreement with nGenera Corp. to acquire assets of nGenera subsidiary Talisma Corp. Assets being purchased by Campus Management include the Talisma CRM software platform, the Talisma Higher Education business division, and Talisma Corp. Private Ltd. Read More

Business Intelligence Growing in Popularity in Higher Ed

11/18/2008

Well placed technology tools for information management have traditionally been a way for IT to cut costs while improving services. Business intelligence (BI) software is a good example, with more colleges and universities beginning to see better data sorting, analysis, and reporting tools as a ticket to smoother, less costly operations. Read More

St. Lucie Schools, Becker College Deploy Secure WiFi Networks, VoIP Infrastructure

11/18/2008

Presidio Networked Solutions has recently announced wireless network deployments for St. Lucie County Public Schools in Florida and Becker College in Massachusetts. The implementations are aimed at replacing aging infrastructure, increasing network access for students and faculty, and enhancing security. Read More

Blackboard Managed Hosting Rolls Out Virtual Operating Environment

11/11/2008

Blackboard is implementing Scalent Systems' Virtual Operating Environment for its Blackboard Managed Hosting service. Built on technologies from Scalent, Red Hat, NetApp, and Dell, the revamped environment is designed to provide greater flexibility for data center management and improved security and recovery capabilities. Read More