Data/Document Management
- Niigata U and Oki Collaborate in Developing Biodegradable Toner
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9/16/2008
Niigata University in Niigata, Japan and Oki Printing Solutions announced an agreement to jointly develop and manufacture environmentally conscious toner that uses biodegradable complex fine particles, originated from biomass resources. A toner prototype will be ready by 2009 and Oki Printing Solutions plans to market the product by 2010 globally.
- Leopard Update Tackles Security, Active Directory Issues
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9/16/2008
Apple has released an update to Mac OS X Leopard. The new version, 10.5.5, addresses issues with security, stability, and application performance and is available now for all versions of Leopard through 10.5.4.
- Intel Rolls Out 65W, 6-core Xeon 7400 Processors
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9/15/2008
Intel this week began rolling out its new line of Xeon processors targeted toward server markets. The new Xeon 7400 series features four- and six-core configurations designed to be used in systems with at least four processors and is targeted largely toward data centers and, in particular, virtualization applications.
- VMworld Preview: VMware's Vision of Virtualization as the OS
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9/15/2008
The annual VMworld user conference gets underway today in Las Vegas, with the event's host betting big on a new strategy that redefines its market-leading virtualization management products. VMware is set to unveil plans to expand its flagship virtualization platform into something resembling an operating system, a new cloud computing initiative and the company's path toward a "universal client vision."
- U Virginia and San Jacinto College Streamline BI Work with Information Builders WebFocus
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9/15/2008
The University of Virginia School of Medicine and San Jacinto College have gone public with their adoption in the last year of Information Builders' business intelligence tool, WebFocus.
- Microsoft Releases More Virtualization Details
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9/11/2008
Microsoft, following its earlier announcement about new virtualization products and imminent releases, has filled in some details that give more shape to its vision.
- Galveston College Revamps Constituent Services
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9/11/2008
Galveston College has selected Datatel Colleague and Datatel ActiveCampus Portal solutions to replace legacy systems in use by the school. The College also licensed Colleague Student Retention Alert, a comprehensive offering of software and professional services that identifies and serves students who are academically at-risk.
- Minnesota State U Tech Students To Use Alpha Software To Build Databases
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9/10/2008
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technology of Minnesota State University, Mankato has selected Alpha Software's Alpha Five Platinum as the standard programming tool for its engineering curriculum. Engineering students are now using Alpha Five to develop databases that support hardware design, system integration, project management, budget management, verification plans and reports, and engineering tools.
- Office Live Workspace: Shadowed by Google Docs?
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9/9/2008
Microsoft last Wednesday touted the success of its online extension to Microsoft Office, a free browser-based application that's still in beta release. One million people so far have signed up to use the Microsoft Office Live Workspace Beta after six months of the beta's public availability, according to an announcement issued by the company.
- Zoho Launches Online Document Management Tool
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9/8/2008
Online collaborative technology developer Zoho has launched its new Zoho Docs, a Web-based document management tool that's designed to integrate with Zoho's online spreadsheet, presentation, and document creation software.
- Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0 Hypervisor Adds 64-bit Support, Bolsters Performance
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9/5/2008
Sun Microsystems this week rolled out version 2.0 of its xVM VirtualBox. The product is a cross-platform, open source hypervisor that supports hosts ranging from Mac OS X and Windows to Solaris and 18 varieties of Linux.
- Thompson Rivers U Deploys Unified Digital Campus for ERP
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9/4/2008
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in British Columbia has selected SunGard Higher Education's Banner Unified Digital Campus (UDC) to integrate its ERP systems.
- TurningPoint Launches Web-based Response Service for Smartphones and Laptops
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9/2/2008
TurningPoint, which sells classroom response systems, has launched a Web-based service that works on AT&T-powered wireless smartphones, including the iPhone, BlackBerry, and laptops.
- Xen Hypervisor Gets an Update
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9/2/2008
The open source hypervisor Xen has a new version, 3.3, that includes a number of upgrades and enhancements that make it more enterprise-worthy and start to move it beyond the datacenter.
- BitLocker Password Exploit Is 'Very Unlikely,' Sisk Says
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8/29/2008
Redmond responded Tuesday to an independent security vendor's discovery of a hard-drive encryption vulnerability affecting Microsoft's BitLocker function, Intel/HP's BIOS and several other products and programs.
- California Community Colleges Partner with Waterfall Mobile on Statewide Emergency Notification Coverage
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8/28/2008
The Foundation for California Community Colleges (FCCC) has awarded a statewide emergency alert notification contract to Waterfall Mobile. The contract establishes Waterfall's AlertU as an approved technology through the official non-profit foundation for the California Community College (CCC) system office. Through this partnership, individual colleges may directly implement emergency communication services, eliminating lengthy technology evaluation and RFP processes.
- Vista Ramp Up Is Happening Now, Study Says
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8/28/2008
Organizations may have been slow to adopt Microsoft Windows Vista, but expect that to change by late 2008 to 2009, according to a Forrester Research report by Benjamin Gray et al., published last week.
- Talisma Launches New Version of CRM with Built-in Application Management
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8/28/2008
Talisma Corp. announced version 8.0 of its constituent relationship management (CRM) application for higher education. The new release includes application management, a revamped user interface, two-way text messaging, personalized Web portals, and an ADA-compliant Web client, among other enhancements.
- Let the Games Begin! Google vs. Microsoft
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8/27/2008
Pursuing a strategy as a consumer of services and choice, Drexel University has partnered with both Google and Microsoft to provide students with massive e-mail mailboxes, gigabytes of file storage with collaboration tools, Web-based calendars, personal blogs, and more.
- California Community Colleges Adopt SunGard Banner Software
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8/27/2008
California's Rio Hondo College and Sierra College have selected software from the Banner Unified Digital Campus and other solutions from SunGard Higher Education to help address their growing enrollments and to help improve student retention and services.
- Ball State U Web Sites Now Managed with Sitecore
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8/26/2008
Ball State University in Muncie, IN has gone public regarding its deployment of a Web site content management system from Sitecore. Ball State chose Sitecore's software to revamp its 220-plus sites, integrating common new media applications and garnering a next-generation user experience that has won several awards from education and new media marketing organizations. Now, Ball State maintains uniformity across all university Web sites and said it has enhanced its recruiting efforts through the site's new look and interface.
- Check Point Launches Security Line for Virtual Applications
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8/26/2008
Check Point Software Technologies announced VPN-1 Virtual Edition (VE), which delivers security for virtual applications.
- Oracle Releases Student Administration Integration Pack
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8/25/2008
Oracle has announced the availability of its PeopleSoft Enterprise Student Administration Integration Pack (SAIP). The announcement marks the release of the first product in the company's Academic Enterprise Solutions suite.
- Corralling Identity Management
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8/22/2008
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston recently reconstituted its IT organization to include a new team focused solely on identity management. In the course of its work the team may end up becoming a model for how identity management can help deliver business value beyond standard IT duties, such as adding new users to the network.
- Microsoft Details SharePoint-SQL 2008 Integration
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8/22/2008
Microsoft really wants SharePoint users to upgrade to SQL Server 2008, which was released to manufacturing Aug. 6. Tuesday, the company's SharePoint hosting and development blog pointed out that IT admins don't have to wait for the documentation to do so.
