<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Campus Technology</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/</link><description><![CDATA[Campus Technology Feed]]></description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:27:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>0</ttl><item><title>Payment Standard for Web Apps Goes Live</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64998/</link><description><![CDATA[A new payment card industry (PCI) standard for Web application firewalls and source code went into effect July 1. PCI Industry Data Security standard 6.6 gives merchants a framework to ensure that the point-of-sale information uploaded into browser-based applications is sound from "top to bottom," the organization's literature said.]]></description><author>Jabulani Leffall</author><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U Texas San Antonio To Deploy Wireless Outdoor Emergency Notifications</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65013/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Texas at San Antonio has selected Cooper Notification's Wireless Audio Visual Emergency System (WAVES) Mass Notification System (MNS) for its outdoor campus emergency notification system. Through WAVES campus public safety departments can broadcast targeted voice alerts via "Giant Voice" to students, faculty, staff, and visitors.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moraine Valley CC Revamps Administrative Systems</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65069/</link><description><![CDATA[Moraine Valley Community College in Illinois has selected Datatel Colleague and ActiveCampus Portal software to replace a legacy administration system. A committee consisting of campus-wide representatives chose Datatel after an 18-month evaluation of administrative software systems.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Project Wonderland: Good Avatars Make Good Neighbors</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64980/</link><description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems's Project Darkstar and the Wonderland Toolkit for building 3D spaces show why virtual reality is better for education than video conferencing. And Project Wonderland has announced its first education space.]]></description><author>Trent Batson</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sun, Stanford Working To Archive History</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64978/</link><description><![CDATA[In May in San Francisco, experts from leading universities, libraries, and research institutions around the world met as part of an ongoing effort to address a pressing issue: archiving the world's history, right up to today.]]></description><author>Linda L Briggs</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Quilt Coalition Rolls Out XO Communications for High-Capacity Network Services</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65015/</link><description><![CDATA[The Quilt, a coalition of 28 regional network organizations, has added XO Communications Services to its authorized vendor list. The Quilt represents 200 universities and thousands of other educational institutions across the United States. With this new relationship, Quilt members can purchase XO's high-speed IP transit and network transport services at competitive rates.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wimba Classroom 5.2 Expands Classroom Capture Support, Adds MP3 Downloads</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64925/</link><description><![CDATA[At the NECC 2008 conference in Texas this week, Wimba launched a new version of Wimba Classroom, the virtual classroom component of the company's Collaboration Suite. The new 5.2 release expands options for classroom capture and adds a variety of other functional and ease of use features.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Automation Chimera: Education Is Not Management</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64962/</link><description><![CDATA[The lure of automating workflow online so human intervention is minimized is continually reinforced in the minds of higher education administrators by examples of automated campus systems such as financials, student information systems, and other enterprise systems. But what's good for management is not always good for learning.]]></description><author>Trent Batson</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cognos Releases BI Software for Linux-based IBM System z Mainframe</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65011/</link><description><![CDATA[Cognos, which IBM acquired in January, has released an update to its business intelligence software that will run on the Linux operating system on IBM System z mainframes. IBM Cognos 8 BI was being developed by the two companies prior to the acquisition, but assimilation of Cognos into IBM accelerated development.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Facebook and Collegiality: A Serendipitous Social Niche</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64971/</link><description><![CDATA[Facebook is a way to greet a colleague as if she or he is on your own campus: a wave at a distance, a hello at the corner burrito place, a honk as you both leave the campus parking lot. Informal collegiality has been extended over the miles.]]></description><author>Trent Batson</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft's XP SP3 Patch Fixes Antivirus Glitch</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64997/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft issued a hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 last week that it says "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software. The problem was first discovered just over a month ago, and it notably affected users of Symantec's Norton Antivirus suite of products.]]></description><author>Jabulani Leffall</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Trapeze Wireless Management System Adds Support for Access Control Plugins</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65012/</link><description><![CDATA[Trapeze Networks has introduced SmartPass 7.0, a new version of access management software for its wireless networking products. The new release supports plugins that enable IT administrators to control wireless network access, perform location-based authentication, do RADIUS-based monitoring and reporting, and grant guest access. The company has also published application programming interfaces for SmartPass so an organization can write its own plugins.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U Tennessee Chattanooga Upgrades Wireless Network with Aruba</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65010/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Tennessee is deploying Aruba Networks' wireless LAN equipment at its Chattanooga campus. The 9,000-student campus is replacing a single channel network that wouldn't work reliably owing to interference and security issues to move to Aruba's Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) and identity-based security technology.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vernier Offers Free Software, Plays with Legos, Goes Green For Education</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/65004/</link><description><![CDATA[Data collection technology provider Vernier Software & Technology has announced several new offerings for the education market, including free Logger Lite and LabQuest Emulator software, a new NXT sensor adapter for Lego Mindstorms NXT robots, and free eco-friendly classroom activities.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beat the Rush</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64816/</link><description><![CDATA[With careful planning, colleges and universities can merge disparate data, voice, and video networks into one powerful, unified network.]]></description><author>Joseph C. Panettieri</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Converge &amp; Conquer</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64818/</link><description><![CDATA[When IT and Facilities team up for "intelligent" building management, efficiency, savings, and user benefits soar.]]></description><author>Paul Korzeniowski</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Convergence: Yea or Nay?</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64852/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author>Matt  Villano</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CT Briefs</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64810/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CT Industry</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64811/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>eProcurement Success!</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64815/</link><description><![CDATA[Today, it's clear to almost every campus executive that moving an institution from the traditional purchasing model to a strategic eProcurement program can greatly increase staff efficiency and save the institution money. Because eProcurement automates so many purchasing processes, it eliminates reams of paperwork and allows procurement staff to refocus their efforts on cutting costs and improving strategic partnerships.]]></description><author>Anthony Rotoli</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Be a Super Tech Leader</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64814/</link><description><![CDATA[Mary Jo Gorney-Moreno didn't start out in IT. She joined San Jose State University (CA) in 1981 as an assistant professor in the school of nursing. But somewhere along the way, she realized her energy was focused on academic technology, and how it could help a variety of learners gain knowledge.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>James Morris</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64812/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author>Mary Grush</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Socializing' the CMS</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64813/</link><description><![CDATA[Looking for ways to bring some of the power of social networking into Ye Olde Course Management System? Start here.]]></description><author>Judith V. Boettcher</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Special Supplement :: Securing the Campus</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64851/</link><description><![CDATA[How prepared is your campus for physical and data security convergence? Check out the latest in best practices and tips, exclusively from Campus Technology and Security Products.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Taking the 'A' out of Asynchronous</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64817/</link><description><![CDATA[Wikis and blogs may be today's Web 2.0 darlings, but forward-looking institutions are going after the next big thing: collaboration in real time. ]]></description><author>Matt  Villano</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The (Campus) Empire Strikes Back</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64853/</link><description><![CDATA[Adding to the slew of data security issues already plaguing college and university campuses is an onslaught of stealth malware and botnet attacks. What's a beleaguered network manager to do? Here, from UC-Berkeley's own network pro, a cache of helpful advice.]]></description><author>Fred Archibald</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Road to Convergence</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64854/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author>Matt  Villano</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U Illinois Urbana-Champaign Named CUDA Center of Excellence</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64904/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has been named Nvidia's first CUDA "Center of Excellence" for adopting parallel computing strategies and applying them to research. The university also said it has received $500,000 from Nvidia to support ongoing research and to help develop parallel computing facilities.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Alabama Health System Prints Up Secure Prescription Pads</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64867/</link><description><![CDATA[When the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System needed to comply with a federal law to make it harder to create fake prescriptions, it was a Xerox press and specialized Xerox paper that provided the antidote.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>City College of San Francisco To Deploy Emergency Notification System</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64863/</link><description><![CDATA[City College of San Francisco (CCSF) said it will deploy the AlertU emergency alert notification system from Waterfall Mobile, becoming the 22nd district in the California Community Colleges System to implement the service.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Radiant Logic Releases New Version of Virtual Directory Server</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64868/</link><description><![CDATA[Radiant Logic has rolled out RadiantOne Virtual Directory Server (VDS) 5.0, a set of tools for managing identity integration for Web site single signon and federation.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wake Forest U Aims To Reduce Note Taking with Classroom Capture</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64864/</link><description><![CDATA[Students taking a course in venture capital at Wake Forest University have, over the last semester, benefited from the use of Recordant audio-capture technology that allows Web-based archiving, searching, and playback of course lectures. The university said one of the goals was to get students to close their notebooks and focus on comprehension, secure that they'd be able to access the captured lectures later on.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SharePoint Takes Center Stage at Catalyst Event</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64862/</link><description><![CDATA[The Burton Group put the spotlight on Microsoft's SharePoint Server 2007 product on Thursday at its Catalyst Conference 2008 event. The analyst and consulting group allocated no less than five panels at the San Diego-based event to discuss SharePoint for the enterprise. The panels focused on the solution's strengths and weaknesses, as well as the importance of partner support in implementing SharePoint.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U Phoenix Owner Apollo Group Announces Sudden Resignation of President</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64866/</link><description><![CDATA[Apollo Group, which owns the University of Phoenix, announced the resignation of its president, Brian Mueller, effective immediately. Mueller headed up the Apollo Group since early 2006 and previously served as CEO of the school's online campus.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sony Launches Education Program for Displays, Projectors</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64865/</link><description><![CDATA[Sony has its eye on the education market. The company recently launched a new program, called "Eye on Education," aimed at providing discounts, support, and other benefits to K-12 schools and post-secondary institutions on its displays and projectors.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Wharton School Beefs Up Data Center with Blade Servers</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64850/</link><description><![CDATA[The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has a new data center built on Dell PowerEdge M600 blade servers and EqualLogic PS5000X storage arrays. The data center will allow the school to triple both its mailbox quota and the storage capacity available to faculty and students, as well as provide researchers the ability to operate a Linux grid cluster powered by the blade servers.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Delivering Slices of Network Securely at USC</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64715/</link><description><![CDATA[When Richard Nelson's IT team at the University of Southern California's Information Science's Institute (ISI) decided to make an internally developed research administration application available to other groups on campus, it faced a unique security challenge: how to provide access to the program itself without also handing over broader access to other resources on its network.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Notre Dame Libraries To Add Search and Retrieval from Primo</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64746/</link><description><![CDATA[The Hesburgh Libraries of the University of Notre Dame will be implementing Primo from Ex Libris Group as a discovery system. The school, a long-time customer of Ex Libris library automation applications, will be using the search and retrieval software to provide a single interface for discovery and delivery of local and remote resources, including books, journal articles and digital objects within the libraries' collections.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Vendor Consortium Pushes for Digital Information Card</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64747/</link><description><![CDATA[A new vendor consortium focused on promoting industry-wide adoption of online digital identities has been established by Microsoft, Google, Oracle, PayPal, Novell, Equifax, and nine other companies. Its founders say the Information Card Foundation (ICF) hopes to unite industry efforts and vendor products to create Internet-enabled digital identities using information cards.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>eBureau, Datamark Partner for Enrollment Predictive Modeling</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64752/</link><description><![CDATA[Information solutions provider eBureau and direct response advertising agency  Datamark have announced a strategic partnership to use predictive modeling to evaluate online leads purchased by Datamark on behalf of its education clientele.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TopSchool Updates Student Lifecycle Management Suite</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64808/</link><description><![CDATA[TopSchool this week released TopSchool SLM 2.0, an update to the company's student lifecycle management and student information system for small to mid-size colleges and universities. ]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lyon's 1:1 Laptop Program Aims To 'Level the Playing Field' for Students</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64734/</link><description><![CDATA[This fall Lyon College, a four-year liberal arts school in Arkansas, will join the elite ranks of post-secondary institutions offering laptops to all incoming freshmen. The program is part of a larger initiative, called "The Lyon Experience," which aims to bring "additional value to the education" the school provides. How can a small college roll out such an ambitious technology program? It's all a question of priorities, according to Lyon College President Walter Roettger.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Temple To Deploy Wireless LAN Across 8 Campuses in Philly</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64737/</link><description><![CDATA[Temple University, with 34,000 students, has begun deploying a new wireless network with equipment from Meru Networks that by the end of 2008 will cover all eight of its campuses in the greater Philadelphia area. About 900 Meru wireless access points (APs) will be installed over the course of the project, offering a combination of IEEE 802.11a/b/g access and newer high-speed 802.11n technology--and in some locations replacing wired networking altogether.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>VMware Finds Home on Campus in Disaster Recovery Planning</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64745/</link><description><![CDATA[Three colleges--Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom--have gone public with their use of virtualization software from VMware to manage growth and prepare for disaster recovery.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Windows XP's Death Is for Real, Microsoft Rep Explains</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64722/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is really serious about this Monday, June 30, being the end date for selling Windows XP licenses with new computers -- so serious that Senior Vice President Bill Veghte wrote a letter clarifying some of the details.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Australian Schools Boot Microsoft for Google Gmail</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64758/</link><description><![CDATA[Google seems to have bested Microsoft in the land down under, according to various accounts of an Australian public school system e-mail contract deal. The deal, announced Tuesday, ousts an e-mail system based on Microsoft's products in favor of using Google's Gmail. ]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vista SP1 'Update' Released for OS Reliability</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64757/</link><description><![CDATA[Three months after the initial release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft has issued what it calls a "reliability update" to sweep out any glitches that may pop up in a complex stack of applications on the new OS version.]]></description><author>Jabulani Leffall</author><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Podcasting in Instruction: Moving Beyond the Obvious</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64433/</link><description><![CDATA[The lightweight, mobile nature of podcasting has the potential of moving education beyond familiar constraints of coursework and promoting a level of networking and input never seen before. But challenges still exist. Can more be achieved with podcasting that would heighten student engagement and maximize knowledge building in instructional contexts? Can we move beyond the obvious in their use?]]></description><author>Ruth Reynard</author><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Adobe Releases Acrobat 9, Creative Suite 3.3</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64733/</link><description><![CDATA[Adobe has now released Acrobat 9, announced earlier this month, along with an updated Creative Suite (version 3.3), which incorporates Acrobat 9 Pro software. The new version expands functionality for students in the areas of collaboration and the creation of electronic portfolios.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft Advisory Targets SQL Injection Attacks</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64721/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft Tuesday issued a new security advisory after the discovery of "a recent escalation in a class of attacks" targeting Web sites. The exploits are associated with Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) and the ASP.NET 2.0 Framework, with SQL Server used as an entry vector for so-called SQL injection attacks.]]></description><author>Jabulani Leffall</author><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mobile Security To Surface in Sybase iAnywhere Suite</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64671/</link><description><![CDATA[Sybase announced that by the end of June its mobile device management suite will be enhanced with antivirus and firewall technology. These new security components will appear in the company's iAnywhere Afaria management and security software. Combined with Afaria's mobile device authentication and encryption technology, the enhanced software is intended to provide protection for Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Blackberry mobile devices from viruses, data compromise, hackers and the effects of mobile device loss or theft.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Southeast Missouri State Says Former Employee Took Student Data</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64673/</link><description><![CDATA[Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO has notified about 800 of its students that a former university employee recently was found in possession of computer data files containing their names and Social Security numbers.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Educational Software Paradox: Can We Learn To Unlearn?</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64668/</link><description><![CDATA[New "educational" software and applications are usually not as educational as one might think. As a whole, applications developed in the name of learning have ended up favoring the institution and preserving the status quo. Given existing dynamics, it could not be otherwise.]]></description><author>Trent Batson</author><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Universities Deploy Procera Hardware to Prioritize Network Traffic</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64672/</link><description><![CDATA[Korea University in Seoul and Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia are both using Procera's PacketLogic PL10000 hardware to gain visibility into network application traffic and control over non-academic use of network bandwidth.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft Open XML Converter Arrives for Mac</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64719/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has released Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0, a file translator that allows users to open, edit, and convert Open XML files created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for Windows for use in earlier versions of the suite, including Office 2004 11.4 and Office v. X 10.1.9 or later.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dartmouth Launches 2-Week Crash Course in Security</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64674/</link><description><![CDATA[Dartmouth's cyber security research and education arm, the Institute for Security Technology Studies (ISTS), recently launched a two-week introduction to computer security in a program called SISMAT, or Secure Information Systems Mentoring and Training.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eclipse's Third 'Release Train' on Schedule</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64720/</link><description><![CDATA[Tomorrow the Eclipse Foundation is sending its third annual "release train" chugging down the track. This year's synchronized launch of several Eclipse projects at once (code named "Ganymede") involved the coordinated release of 23 projects, up from 21 in last year's "Europa" release, and 10 in 2006 with the original "Callisto" release.]]></description><author>John K. Waters</author><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pentaho's BI Platform Released Under GPL</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64660/</link><description><![CDATA[Pentaho, a maker of open business intelligence (BI) software, is moving away from the Mozilla Public License for its BI product. The company announced this month that Version 2 alpha, as well as subsequent versions of its Pentaho BI platform, will be released under the GNU GPL Version 2 license.]]></description><author>Will Kraft</author><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Survey: Many Microsoft Patches Are Going Uninstalled</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64669/</link><description><![CDATA[The results of an online test conducted by U.K. anti-virus firm Sophos found that more often than not, PC users don't install Microsoft's monthly patches.]]></description><author>Jabulani Leffall</author><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Bluetooth Patch Fixes XP Security Hole</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64661/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft on Thursday announced that it was reissuing a "critical" patch relating to Bluetooth wireless technology that was released last week as part of its June update cycle. The patch addresses how Bluetooth interoperates with Windows components and applications.]]></description><author>Jabulani Leffall</author><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>D2L: Blackboard's Comments 'Contempt(ible)'</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64667/</link><description><![CDATA[On the heels of Blackboard's latest court action, Desire2Learn this week posted a response describing some of the commercial LMS leader's comments last week as "contempt(ible)" themselves and nothing more than a cynical attempt to create "fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt" in the marketplace. Blackboard filed a motion last Tuesday for contempt on the grounds that Desire2Learn had not fulfilled its obligations under a court order resulting from a patent infringement suit.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New 11.0 openSuSE Linux OS Released</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64652/</link><description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Version 11.0 GM of the openSuSE Linux-based operating system was publicly released. The open source OS, sponsored by Novell, contains "200 new features," improved installation and packaging, plus a few options for the desktop user interface.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sao Paulo University Taps Sun Technology for Computing Cluster</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64629/</link><description><![CDATA[Sao Paulo University (UNESP) has chosen Sun Microsystems technology to power the largest computing cluster in Latin America, which will span across seven different sites in São Paulo State. The UNESP Computer Capacity Integration (GridUNESP) compute cluster will provide processing and data storage capacity for research in particle physics, genetics, meteorology, medicine, and other areas of scientific investigation.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ohio State Installing Interactive Technologies in Campus Incubator</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64628/</link><description><![CDATA[Ohio State University in Columbus said it will be installing Smart Technologies products--including interactive whiteboards--in its Digital Union, a four-year-old leading-edge research and education facility. The Digital Union, a joint initiative between the Office of the CIO and the university libraries, offers a place for faculty and students to work with new education technology products in order to assess their potential for enhancing teaching and learning.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Samsung Launches Pint-Sized Projector</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64633/</link><description><![CDATA[Samsung Electronics America announced Wednesday the P400 Pocket Imager, a compact projector designed for presenters on the go.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Green Supercomputer Powers Up at Purdue</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64516/</link><description><![CDATA[A new supercomputer installed at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN is being compared to a "fleet of thousands of bike messengers." Individually they don't carry much freight, but they use less energy and are more effective in some situations. At least, that's the hope. Gerry McCartney, vice president for IT and CIO at Purdue, said the supercomputer, a SiCortex 5832, uses one-fortieth the power of traditional supercomputers.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mediasite 5.0 Debuts; New Classroom Recorders Coming in July</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64563/</link><description><![CDATA[Sonic Foundry debuted a new version of its lecture capture platform Thursday at the InfoComm and EduComm conferences in Las Vegas. Mediasite 5.0 adds about 100 new or enhanced features for recording, playing back, and managing classroom recordings. The company also announced new hardware recorders for automated lecture capture, which are scheduled to ship next month.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Western Governors U Offers New Online Degree in Health Informatics</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64518/</link><description><![CDATA[Western Governors University, an online school with 10,000 students, has begun offering a science bachelor's degree in health informatics. This online degree combines healthcare with IT, to prepare the graduate to design, develop and operate health information systems.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wilkes U and Discovery Education Collaborate on Online Master's in Instructional Media</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64515/</link><description><![CDATA[This fall Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA and Discovery Education, which produces digital media-based learning, are launching a new online master's degree program in instructional media. The 30-credit instructional media program will prepare teachers to engage today's students in learning through digital media. Courses will focus on topics such as digital storytelling, using digital media in the classroom, using technology to support creativity and applying brain-based theories of how students process information to technology integration.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Intel 'Holding Back' USB 3.0 Spec, Says Nvidia</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64485/</link><description><![CDATA[An Nvidia representative Wednesday confirmed the view that Intel is delaying release of the Universal Serial Bus 3.0 specification to chipmakers. That allegation against Intel first surfaced in a CNET News.com report by Brooke Crothers, citing an unnamed source.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Job Scheduling Software Smooths Data Transfers at IUF</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64472/</link><description><![CDATA[Scheduling when various software applications on your campus should exchange data among themselves might not seem like the most glamorous of needs, but it's essential--and can waste large amounts of IT time and resources when it has to be done by hand. ]]></description><author>Linda L Briggs</author><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Allegheny College Launches Energy Reduction Program</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64513/</link><description><![CDATA[Buildings on the Allegheny College campus will be audited by Siemens Building Technologies to identify potential energy savings as part of the school's participation in the Clinton Climate Initiative's (CCI) Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Foothill-De Anza CC District Deploys Abaca for E-mail Protection</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64514/</link><description><![CDATA[The Foothill-De Anza Community College District has chosen the Abaca Email Protection Gateway EPG 3000 and ReceiverNet Premium Service to provide e-mail security for faculty and staff at its two colleges and district offices.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Virginia Tech Automates User State Management with Kaseya</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64517/</link><description><![CDATA[Virginia Tech University's Outreach Information Services (OIS) has deployed the Kaseya User State Management (KUSM) module, extending its use of Kaseya IT automation software to include the setting up and deployment of user profiles. Administrators are now able to create, update, migrate and back up user settings and apply the images to workstations remotely through the Kaseya application.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tokai U Uses PTC MCAD Software To Design Car that Competes at Le Mans</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64519/</link><description><![CDATA[Tokai University, which competed in this year's Le Mans 24-hour endurance race, developed its competition vehicle with Pro/Engineer, PTC's 3D computer aided design/manufacturing and engineering software. The Tokai team was formally approved for participation in the race and began vehicle design in 2001 and produced a study car in 2005. According to the school, this was the first time a university team participated in the race.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NuVo Technologies Shows Off Classroom Amplification System</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64498/</link><description><![CDATA[NuVo Technologies showed its WA30 Volume Control and Amplifier Wednesday at InfoComm 2008 in Las Vegas.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blackboard Continues Pursuit of Desire2Learn</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64471/</link><description><![CDATA[[Update 2, 2:30 p.m. PDT] As Desire2Learn predicted last week, Blackboard is indeed continuing to pursue its rival, this time with a contempt motion that claims Desire2Learn's Learning Environment 8.3 did not sufficiently correct its software to remove code and features that infringe on Blackboard's e-learning patent. D2L released Learning Environment 8.3 in March as a "design workaround" in response to losing a patent infringement suit to Blackboard in February.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HPC Server 2008 RC1 Coming This Month</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64480/</link><description><![CDATA[At the International Supercomputing Conference being held this week in Germany, Microsoft announced that it will roll out the first release candidate (RC1) of its Windows HPC Server 2008 for high-performance computing in the last week of June. A system at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign running a beta of HPC Server 2008 on Dell PowerEdge hardware debuted today at No. 23 on the list top 500 supercomputing sites for June.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IBM Launches 'Carbon Strategy' Service in Project Big Green</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64470/</link><description><![CDATA[How green are your feet? That's the question IBM wants to answer as it launches a new consulting service to determine the carbon footprint of IT organizations and help those organizations plan for greener operations throughout and beyond the enterprise.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Loyola, NOBTS Use Tech To Return to Pre-Katrina Numbers</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64434/</link><description><![CDATA[A huge increase in freshman enrollment numbers for the fall semester has Loyola University in New Orleans pleased with its efforts to rebuild its student body after Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) is also looking at strong enrollment numbers, three years after the hurricane and its aftermath of flooding devastated New Orleans.]]></description><author>Linda L Briggs</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mitsubishi Launches Wireless, Short-Throw Projectors</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64486/</link><description><![CDATA[The Presentation Products Division for Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America announced at InfoComm Wednesday a series of new products to be added to their line of digital projectors, including the XD500U-ST and the XD530U short-throw models.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NEC Launches Network-Compatible Projectors, 26-Inch Desktop Display</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64502/</link><description><![CDATA[NEC Display Solutions of America this week announced the addition of two network projectors to its product line. The NP905 and the NP901 W installation projectors are designed for classrooms and corporate conference rooms.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sun Microsystems Wins Big in Top 500; Expands Blade and Constellation Technologies</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64512/</link><description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems is scaling up its high performance computing portfolio and showing within the stratospheric top 5 on the Top 500 Supercomputers list. At the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden Germany, the company today celebrated its capture of the Top 500's number four spot by a Sun Constellation System-based supercomputer and announced the availability of its newest Sun Blade x64 system.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toshiba Debuts Mobile, Wireless Projectors</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64438/</link><description><![CDATA[At the Infocomm 2008 conference in Las Vegas this week, Toshiba debuted three new mobile projectors and two conference room projectors, including a wireless model with Windows Vista networking capabilities.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>E&amp;S Laser Projector Fires Out 32 Megapixels</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64440/</link><description><![CDATA[At a spine-crunching 750 pounds, the Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. ESLP laser projector might not be the most portable projector on the market, but, at 32 megapixels (8,192 x 4,096 pixels), it is the highest-resolution (digital) projector out there. E&S is debuting two configurations of the new projector series for public consumption at this week's InfoComm 2008 show being held in Las Vegas.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Learning in the Webiverse: How Do You Grade a Conversation?</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64462/</link><description><![CDATA[Academics have long talked of the "academic conversation." Now, Web 2.0 has called our bluff. We live in the midst of a non-stop world conversation. But, are conversational skills (in writing) important and, if so, how do we teach them?]]></description><author>Trent Batson</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft Joins Open Source Census Group</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64454/</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has joined the Open Source Census as a sponsor, according to an announcement issued by OpenLogic, which founded the group. The Open Source Census project tracks the use of open source software by the business community. Survey results are updated on an ongoing basis at the group's Web site.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Elicitus E-learning Authoring Tool Adds Embedded Sound Recorder</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64384/</link><description><![CDATA[Harbinger Knowledge Products has released version 7.0 of Elicitus, its e-learning authoring tool. The new release provides usability enhancements, including an embedded sound recorder.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>InFocus Intros USB-based DisplayLink Projectors</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64439/</link><description><![CDATA[Starting Wednesday at the Infocomm 2008 conference, being held this week in Las Vegas, InFocus will be showing off three new classroom and lecture hall projector series, along with new technologies designed to connect projectors wirelessly and to simplify connections between laptops and projectors using a computer's USB port for delivering video to the projector.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Swedes Deploy Dual-Boot 'Green' Supercomputer with IBM, Intel Chips</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64463/</link><description><![CDATA[The High Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N), a Swedish consortium of universities and research centers based out of Umea University, is installing a supercomputer that combines IBM Cell Broadband Engines and Power processors with quad-core Intel Xeon processors running both Windows and Linux in a dual-boot configuration.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U North Texas To Roll Out ImageNow for Document Management</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64387/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton has selected Perceptive Software's ImageNow application for an institution-wide document management project. UNT will initially roll out ImageNow in nine departments, ultimately implementing it across the university.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cambridge Installs Panasus Parallel Storage System for Research Support</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64385/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Cambridge's High Performance Computing Service (HPCS) has deployed a Panasas parallel storage system to support work being done by university researchers. Cambridge has deployed the Panasas ActiveStore AS5000 solution with the PanFS parallel file system.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Novell Joins Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program, Runs Windows Server 2008 On SUSE Linux Enterprise</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64393/</link><description><![CDATA[Novell announced Wednesday that it has joined Microsoft's Server Virtualization Validation Program. Novell's participation will allow customers to run Windows Server 2008 as a virtualized guest on top of Xen hypervisor in SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, with the ability to receive cooperative support from either company.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Del Mar College To Deploy Web-based Self Service</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64386/</link><description><![CDATA[Del Mar College has selected Datatel Colleague to create a Web-based self-service capability for constituents and enhanced campus management tools for employees. The Datatel technology solution replaces a legacy administration system.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Emantras Partners With Odyssey Press, Brings On-Demand Printing To REED Platform</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64388/</link><description><![CDATA[Digital education and learning-enhancement company Emantras announced its partnership with digital printer Odyssey Press. The partnership with Odyssey will add on-demand printing for end users of Emantras' REED (Rapid e-Book and e-Journal) platform.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RC1 for Hyper-V Now Available for Download</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64382/</link><description><![CDATA[IT pros wanting to try out the latest Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology can now get the Release Candidate 1 (RC1) version via Windows Update. This optional version, which contains minor improvements, was first announced by Microsoft last month.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cisco Purchases DiviTech, Enhances Video-Delivery Offerings</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64394/</link><description><![CDATA[Networking giant Cisco announced plans last week to purchase Denmark-based DiviTech A/S. The company, specializing in digital-service management (DSM) solutions, helps a variety of service providers create, modify, and manage video networks.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Intel Denies Holding Back USB 3.0</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64333/</link><description><![CDATA[Rumors that Intel is not releasing the Universal Serial Bus 3.0 specification to its technology partners in a timely manner have prompted a rebuttal. The allegation really concerns the Intel host controller specification used by chip manufacturers, explained Nick Knupffer, an Intel employee.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>P2P Redux: New Twists and Turns</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64274/</link><description><![CDATA[At the same time that RIAA has been bombarding campuses with P2P filesharing notices, questions are being raised about the underlying legality of the methods being used by the RIAA.  ]]></description><author>Doug Gale</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U South Carolina PC Theft Hits 7,000</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64279/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of South Carolina has reported a burglary that included the theft of a desktop computer containing personal information on 7,000 faculty, staff and students. According to pages posted on the schools' Web site and an article in The State, a South Carolina daily newspaper, the theft occurred in the Moore School of Business over Memorial Day weekend and involved a PC belonging to a deputy dean.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Korea's Pohang U Accelerates and Secures SAP and Web Apps with F5 System</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64278/</link><description><![CDATA[Korea's Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) will be optimizing its application delivery infrastructure by implementing the BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) with Application Security Manager from F5 Networks. The installation will focus on upgrading availability and delivery of SAP applications, Web mail and the school's Web pages.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Absolute Software Release Secures and Manages Handhelds</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64280/</link><description><![CDATA[Absolute Software has released Computrace Mobile, an application to help organizations manage and secure handheld devices within their mobile computer population. IT administrators can install Computrace Mobile on supported handheld devices, enabling them to delete sensitive data remotely from lost or stolen devices.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2008 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards Open</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64331/</link><description><![CDATA[The 2008 Vernier/National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Technology Award program is now open. Each year, the program awards cash, technology, and travel funds for science teachers who demonstrate innovation in inquiry-based learning activities involving data collection.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Embry-Riddle Switches to Mirapoint E-mail, Cuts Administrative Overhead</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64282/</link><description><![CDATA[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has deployed the Mirapoint Message Server from Mirapoint Software, supporting 65,000 student e-mail accounts. The university chose the system to augment the Microsoft Exchange platform currently used by faculty and staff.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Netop Acquires GenevaLogic, Expands Reach in Classroom Management</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64322/</link><description><![CDATA[Danish software company Netop has announced the acquisition of Swiss software company GenevaLogic. The purchase expands Netpop's portfolio classroom management software.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Desire2Learn Pays Off Blackboard, Migrates All U.S. Clients to Learning Environment 8.3</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64313/</link><description><![CDATA[Learning management system provider Desire2Learn Thursday said that it's finished migrating all of its clients in the United States to Learning Environment version 8.3. The company also said it's paid off Blackboard more than $3 million for the judgment Blackboard won in court in February. But the story doesn't end there.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EC Rep Talks Open Standards, Knocks Microsoft</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64277/</link><description><![CDATA[A speech given Tuesday by Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for competition, skewered Microsoft without mentioning the company by name. In the speech, Kroes makes reference to Microsoft's outlaw status in failing to meet the European Commission's competition guidelines.]]></description><author>Kurt Mackie</author><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dartmouth Research Program To Test Security on Campus Wireless Networks</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64248/</link><description><![CDATA[A team of Dartmouth researchers is preparing to launch a project that examines the campus wireless computer traffic in an effort to learn how the network is used and how to best maintain its security. The project is called the Dartmouth Internet Security Testbed, or DIST.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eastern Illinois U and U of Houston Apply Azorus to Yield Management</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64217/</link><description><![CDATA[Eastern Illinois University in Charleston and the University of Houston in Texas have both selected relationship management software from Azorus to help improve their yield rates, the numbers that show how many students accept a school's offer of admission and then how many actually register. Both universities will be using Azorus' Yield Management Program to communicate with accepted students in the last phase of the recruitment cycle.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Indian Outsourcing Firm Infosys Funds Research Center at USC</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64215/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering and Infosys Technologies, a Bangalore-based IT services and consulting company, jointly announced an agreement to set up a research center at USC.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Yahoo: Microsoft Talks Done, No Deal Coming</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64321/</link><description><![CDATA[Yahoo today said its talks with Microsoft focusing on acquiring all or part of the company are officially over -- a position that Microsoft appears to be at least partially disputing.]]></description><author>Becky Nagel</author><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft Edges Further into HPC</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64252/</link><description><![CDATA[As Microsoft readies the release of its HPC Server 2008 for later this year, the company is showing signs of an increased presence in the high-performance computing market. Wednesday, Microsoft released details of eight HPC projects in higher education using its Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, al of which launched within the last nine months.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Developing the Right Alert Notification Strategy</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64113/</link><description><![CDATA[Two noted security experts examine the characteristics of an effective campus mass notification system.]]></description><author>Gary J. Margolis</author><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free Lecture Capture Platform Adds Blackboard integration, Podcasting Features</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64158/</link><description><![CDATA[Panopto told us this week that it's releasing CourseCast v2, an update to the company's classroom capture system, and making it available to educators free through its Socrates Project beta program.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fresno Pacific Uses Online Tool To Expand Continuing Education Outreach</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64212/</link><description><![CDATA[Fresno Pacific University has selected Orion, the Intelliworks relationship management suite, to manage its marketing and outreach activity for the Office of Continuing Education. The school plans to use the solution, which is delivered as a service online, to collect inquiries from the Web, track communications with students, and conduct follow-up e-mail surveys.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University Distance Learning Brings Flexibility to State-wide Training</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64169/</link><description><![CDATA[Conducting disaster preparedness meetings among 14 Pennsylvania universities no longer requires hours or even days of travel time for university administrators. Instead, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) is using interactive collaboration software from Wimba to conduct some of its state-wide staff meetings and training sessions.]]></description><author>Linda L Briggs</author><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sun Releases JCAPS 6 with MDM Suite</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64231/</link><description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems released the latest version of its business integration and service-oriented architecture package Tuesday. Version 6 of the Java Composite Application Platform Suite (JCAPS) bundles several technologies designed to provide "an open and extensible platform" for developing software infrastructures using an SOA approach.]]></description><author>John K. Waters</author><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RIT To Open Dubai Campus</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64213/</link><description><![CDATA[The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) will be opening a new campus in Dubai as part of Dubai Silicon Oasis, a complex that will include a high-tech park, housing, retail, banks, and conference centers. At the announcement, Dubai representatives said their city will invest in building a full-fledged campus for "RIT Dubai," including an academic center, living quarters for students and faculty, and a recreational facility. RIT will provide academic content and manage the university.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DeVry Inc. Hires New CIO</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64114/</link><description><![CDATA[Eric Dirst will be the new chief information officer at the parent company for DeVry University and the Keller Graduate School of Management.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ISO Benches Microsoft OOXML</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64230/</link><description><![CDATA[Owing to objections from four countries, the International Organization for Standardization has temporarily put the hold on publishing Microsoft Office Open XML as an ISO standard.]]></description><author>Joab Jackson</author><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia Tech To Manage Community with Talisma CRM</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63962/</link><description><![CDATA[Georgia Tech College of Management has selected Talisma CRM to manage its constituent communications. The college will use Talisma for communications across multiple channels, including e-mail, phone, personalized portal, and mail. The initial implementation will be deployed by three administrative departments: graduate programs, executive education programs and faculty recruiting.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U Oregon Project Applies GIS to Historic Maps</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63749/</link><description><![CDATA[An interdisciplinary team from the University of Oregon's School of Architecture and Allied Arts and the College of Arts and Sciences collaborated with scholars in Rome to produce a new Web site dedicated to the work of one of Rome's great vedutisti--or cityscape artists. The intention is to provide a rich historical resource for educators, scholars, students and others.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Smart Wireless Classroom Audio System Set for August Release</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64111/</link><description><![CDATA[Smart Technologies this week introduced a new classroom audio system. Dubbed "Smart Audio," the system provides wireless audio (using both microphones and third-party audio devices, such as MP3/4 players), along with integration with Smart interactive whiteboard systems.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NYU Launches Radio Channel on Sirius</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63960/</link><description><![CDATA[New York University (NYU) and Sirius Satellite Radio announced the launch of Doctor Radio, powered by NYU Langone Medical Center. Radio channel 114 will feature physicians hosting live call-in radio shows broadcast daily.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mac OS X 'Snow Leopard' Previewed at WWDC</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64108/</link><description><![CDATA[At its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) being held this week in San Francisco, Apple released preliminary details of "Snow Leopard," the forthcoming successor to Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") and the next major revision to the Mac operating system. The next revision will focus on performance, according to Apple, "rather than focusing primarily on new features."]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>iPhone 3G, New Mobile Apps Debut at Apple WWDC 2008</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/64014/</link><description><![CDATA[During his keynote address at Apple's annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) Monday, CEO Steve Jobs debuted the company's new iPhone 3G, an update to the popular mobile phone and computing device set for delivery July 11. Developers also took the stage during the keynote to show off new technologies arriving for the platform.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SD Supercomputer Center Processes Red-lining Data</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63766/</link><description><![CDATA[The San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego will be using clustered storage from Caringo as part of a project to bring red-lining grids to UC campuses. The implementation has started with a CAStor clustered storage pool that is initially tasked with archiving The Redlining Archives of California's Exclusionary Spaces (T-RACES). The project brings the history of red-lining from the shelves of the National Archives and puts it online in digital format.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Elluminate Launches Learning Suite, Planning Software for Online Learning</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63959/</link><description><![CDATA[Ed tech developer Elluminate Monday announced new collaborative learning bundles--the Elluminate Learning Suite and the Elluminate Next bundle--and launched a new tool for planning online learning sessions called Elluminate Plan! The company also told us it's revamping its education licensing structure, moving away from a concurrent user model to a structure based on the full-time enrollment of educational institutions.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U Missouri To Upgrade Backbone via Co-location</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63961/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Missouri will be moving a campus data center into 1102 Grand, a Kansas City co-location provider, as part of a project to build a high performance carrier-neutral network to support the university's intercampus network and replace the existing backbone.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Northeastern Cell Phone Study Draws Anger; University Defends Researcher</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63994/</link><description><![CDATA[Looking for a little privacy in your life? If so, you might want to leave that cell phone behind. Research released last week by Northeastern University showed not only how easy it is to track individuals by their cell phone usage, but how easy it is to track massive groups of people as well--all without their consent. The research has drawn the ire of those both inside and outside academia for the act of breaching these individuals' privacy and for the implications for further enabling the surveillance culture. But Northeastern is defending the research, saying that the privacy of those studied was of the utmost concern.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supercomputers Crank Up in Three Japanese Universities in Collaborative Pursuits</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63746/</link><description><![CDATA[Three universities in Japan have started operation of open source supercomputers designed jointly to enable collaboration among the systems. The T2K Open Supercomputer Alliance machines were built from specifications developed jointly by the University of Tsukuba, The University of Tokyo, and Kyoto University.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canon To Ship WUXGA LCoS Projector</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63866/</link><description><![CDATA[Canon this week introduced the first LCoS-based WUXGA projector, providing a 16:10 aspect ratio with a native resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 for displaying high-def images slightly beyond 1080p. The company also introduced a new LCoS-based SXGA+ multimedia projector, which is shipping this month.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Library Self-Checkout System Shrinks</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63750/</link><description><![CDATA[Library Automation Technologies has released what it's calling "the world's smallest self-check for libraries." FlashScan-MAXine measures 33 inches by 22 inches by 22 inches and allows libraries to let patrons check out their own materials. It's wireless, which makes it portable and can be upgraded for RFID; plus it supports front-gate security.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clemson U Installs Dell High-Performance Computing Cluster</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63748/</link><description><![CDATA[Clemson University has gone public with its use of a high-performance computing cluster (HPCC) from Dell to enable academic research on topics ranging from how family migration patterns impact schools and children's development to the design of wireless communication networks.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Technology Helps New Orleans University Rebuild Enrollment</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63329/</link><description><![CDATA[What do you do when the mainstream media's portrayal of your city is relentlessly negative? When news services persist in showing flooded streets and stranded people and cars? When enrollments drop drastically and your technology staff is slashed because students and staff have left the city?]]></description><author>Linda L Briggs</author><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>iLinc Web Conferencing Tool Updated, Adds 'Green Meter'</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63747/</link><description><![CDATA[iLinc released a new version of its Web conferencing tool, iLinc 10, which bolsters session management and adds a "green meter." The green meter shows cost savings, carbon emissions, and total distance not traveled by using Web conferencing versus in-person meetings. Administrators can also customize several variables in the meter to match their organization's specific policies.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Washington U To Use E-Sponder Express During VP Debate</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63745/</link><description><![CDATA[The Washington University Police Department (WUPD) has selected incident management system E-Sponder Express for use at the vice presidential debates scheduled for October at the St. Louis campus and as a tool in its ongoing security operations. The university used Convergence Communication software for security management of the 2004 presidential debates as well.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gartner: E-learning Market Pushing Toward Open Source</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63629/</link><description><![CDATA[With open source products maturing, Blackboard's ongoing lawsuit with Desire2Learn, and more and more functions linked to learning management systems, it can be a tough time for institutions to standardize on an e-learning platform.]]></description><author>Linda L Briggs</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can We Trust Students to Learn in Web 2.0?</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63593/</link><description><![CDATA[A core debate about learning design arises from the fear that, if we allow learners too much freedom, they will not learn the right things. Web 2.0 exacerbates that fear because it is beyond the control of educators.]]></description><author>Trent Batson</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>iTunes U Expands International Reach</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63722/</link><description><![CDATA[Apple Tuesday expanded the international reach of iTunes U, bringing in 10 universities from the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia, all of which are providing content via the iTunes education portal free of charge.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Threats to Office Multiply with New Offerings from Adobe, IBM</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63728/</link><description><![CDATA[Paying for word processing software may soon be a thing of past if Microsoft competitors Adobe, Google and IBM have any say.]]></description><author>Becky Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Universities Join IBM Multi-National 'LA Grid'</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63669/</link><description><![CDATA[Calling it a "perfect living laboratory for research to advance the healthcare industry," the Quantum Group, which provides consulting and applications for the healthcare industry, is joining 12 universities as part of IBM's Latin American Grid (LA Grid) initiative. LA Grid (pronounced "lah grid") is comprised of a collection of human and computing resources in North America, Latin America, and Spain, working in collaboration to perform as one massive supercomputer for advanced research.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who's Out Front with Technology Innovation on Campus?</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63589/</link><description><![CDATA[The Web 2.0 wave on campus may have left academic computing units in its wake.  Is anyone in charge of technology innovation?
]]></description><author>Trent Batson</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HP Awards $7 Million in Technology for Teaching Initiative</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63630/</link><description><![CDATA[HP this week announced the recipients of its 2008 HP Technology for Teaching grant program. Thirty-nine colleges and universities and 110 K-12 schools will be receiving more than $7 million in cash, gear, and professional development.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cengage Completes Acquisition of Houghton Mifflin College Division, Expands Offerings</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63632/</link><description><![CDATA[Print and digital instruction and reference materials provider Cengage Learning  announced Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Houghton Mifflin College Division (HM College). After announcing the agreement to acquire HM College in December, the company recently received the regulatory clearances required to close the deal.]]></description><author>Chris Riedel</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SIIA Issues Final Call for Ed Tech Survey</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63731/</link><description><![CDATA[The Software & Information Industry Association this week issued a final call for its Vision Survey, part of the SIIA's "Vision K-20" effort toward developing a technology-based educational framework for K-12 schools, colleges, and universities. The survey runs until June 9.]]></description><author>David Nagel</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tech-Ed: Gates' Farewell to Developers Focuses on Silverlight, Velocity, Oslo</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63698/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author>Michael Desmond</author><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free Online Tool Helps Users Record and Share Research</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63507/</link><description><![CDATA[A free clickstream recording Web service for researchers has launched, developed by two college graduates who had become frustrated by the inefficiency and redundancy of gathering research. iBreadCrumbs, created by California State University, Fullerton graduates Reuben Fine and Rey Marques, is an online tool that allows teachers, researchers, and students to save and share their research with others.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IBM Rational's Big-Band Jazz Release</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63626/</link><description><![CDATA[IBM's Rational Software division yesterday unveiled 20 new commercial products based on its Jazz collaboration platform and opened up the Jazz community to all interested parties.]]></description><author>John K. Waters</author><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>St. John's U Outsources Admissions Document Management to DataBank</title><link>http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63508/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author>Dian Schaffhauser</author><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>