Web/Portals
- Free Internet Filtering Service Launches
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2/20/2008
Free DNS service provider OpenDNS has launched its new, free Web filtering solution targeted toward education. The service taps into the expertise of IT professionals to create categories of Web sites that can be blocked by administrators with the click of a button (or two).
- IBM Partners with UCLA, NC State on Web Development
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2/14/2008
In an effort to promote expertise in Web 2.0 application development among the next generation of IT professionals, IBM has teamed up with two universities--University of California, Los Angeles and North Carolina State University--to provide support for academic programs teaching programming using open technologies like Groovy and Java in conjunction with Eclipse and Ruby on Rails. IBM also said it will be providing its previously announced Lotus Mashups software free to the academic community later this year.
- Lotus Mashups To Be Free for Academics
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2/14/2008
IBM announced Thursday that its commercial mashup software Lotus Mashups will be made free for academic users when it's released later this year. The move is part of the company's plan to expand its Academic Initiative in 2008.
- Denodo Enhances Data Mashup Platform
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2/14/2008
Denodo Technologies this week released the latest version of its flagship platform to create enterprise "data mashups." The Palo Alto, CA-based enterprise software maker is billing the release as "the industry's only unified data integration platform."
- Google, Microsoft, IBM, VeriSign, Yahoo Join OpenID Board
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2/12/2008
In a move that could help deliver single sign-on to the masses, Google, Microsoft, IBM, VeriSign and Yahoo have joined a consortium that backs a common federated identity specification. The vendors jointly announced their membership to the OpenID Foundation's board Feb. 7. The OpenID spec allows individuals to create one user name, password, and other credentials for logging onto multiple Web sites that support the spec.
- Mount Mercy College Bolsters Executive Management with ERP Solution
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2/12/2008
Iowa's Mount Mercy College has selected an integrated suite from SunGard as its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. In a recent statement, the campus said it will deploy SunGard's PowerCAMPUS Unified Digital Campus (UDC) to help it achieve its vision of becoming a university by 2015.
- PASSHE Rolls Out Distance Learning System-wide
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2/11/2008
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) will be extending its distance learning and online collaborative efforts across all 14 universities in its system. The initiative includes a contract with Wimba to deploy its Wimba Collaboration Suite system-wide for collaboration between students and faculty outside of traditional settings.
- OpenDNS To Launch Free Web Filtering for Education
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2/8/2008
Just what is "people-powered security?" It's how OpenDNS describes its forthcoming Web filtering solution targeted toward education. The service, set to launch later this month, taps into the expertise of IT professionals in schools (and in the private sector) to create a sort of reverse social tagging, blocking potentially dangerous sites based on users' experiences. Like all of OpenDNS' services, this new one is free, including support for deployment and integration in existing campus infrastructures.
- Flash Ads Serving up Malware on Popular Sites
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2/7/2008
Malicious Flash banner ads have been surfacing on major web sites including Expedia.com, Rhapsody.com and MayoClinic.com in the last month, according to media reports. Users who click on the banners, which advertise a digital music service, a student dating service, and disk cleaning software, are redirected to Web sites that proceed to install malware on their PCs.
- JumpBox Brings PmWiki to Virtual Environments
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2/7/2008
JumpBox this week released JumpBox for PmWiki, a bundled software tool that combines support for virtual computing environments with open-source wiki functionality.
- Apache Synapse Bumped to Top Project Status
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2/6/2008
The Apache Software Foundation Tuesday ratcheted up the project status of its open source Apache Synapse enterprise service bus (ESB) technology. The Foundation established Apache Synapse as a Top-Level Project, boosting it from subproject status under Apache Web Services.
- Blog Editor Adds Tagging Support
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2/6/2008
Red Sweater Software has released an update to MarsEdit, a blog editing tool for Mac OS X. The new 2.1.1 release, posted Monday, includes several enhancements to tagging posts, previewing content, and managing blog entry drafts.
- Which Technologies Will Shape Education in 2008?
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2/1/2008
Mobile broadband, collaborative Web technologies, and mashups will all significantly impact education over the next five years, along with "grassroots" video, collective intelligence, and "social operating systems." This according to a new report released this week by the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative, the 2008 Horizon Report.
- Hyperic Enhances Its Web App Diagnostic Tool
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2/1/2008
Hyperic is offering a new version of its open source management solution for large-scale hosted Web applications. Hyperic HQ 3.2 incorporates improved monitoring and reporting features. It also supports migration options for those using popular open source management solutions such as Nagios.
- Microsoft Makes Case for Blockbuster Yahoo Deal
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2/1/2008
Microsoft today has made a surprise bid to acquire Yahoo Inc. for a $44.6 billion, a 62 percent premium over the company's closing share price Thursday.
- Joyent's Hosted Apps Back Up, Going Open Source
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1/31/2008
After a more than week-long crash of a server hosting two of its inexpensive Web-based services, Strongspace and BingoDisk, Joyent is taking steps to address customer complaints following the outages--and taking both applications open source.
- Panopto Beefs Up Free Lecture Capture Suite
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1/30/2008
Education technology provider Panopto has released an update to its lecture capture and streaming tool, CourseCast. The latest version, CourseCast 1.5, adds several enhancements in the areas of lecture distribution, editing, and workflow. It remains free for educators through the Socrates Project, which provides access in exchange for participation in the software's ongoing development efforts.
- WSO2 Unveils Open Source Mashup Server
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1/30/2008
WSO2 is offering a new open source mashup server and has rolled out a beta of a new hosted mashup service. Both fall under Apache open source licensing and the WSO2 Mashup Server 1.0 represents "the first open source [server] solution for mashups," according to Jonathan Marsh, WSO2's director of mashups.
- IBM Debuts Web 2.0, Collaborative Technologies
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1/29/2008
IBM has unveiled several new collaboration tools and Web 2.0 technologies, including IBM Lotus Mashups, a forthcoming commercial mashup maker designed to allow "non-technical users to easily create enterprise mashups." At the Lotusphere conference in Florida last Wednesday, the company also introduced new versions of Lotus Connections and Lotus Quickr, a rich collaboration tool.
- Site Executive 4 Expands Platform Support
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1/29/2008
Content management system developer Systems Alliance Tuesday launched a new version of its flagship Web CMS SiteExecutive. The latest release, version 4, includes expanded support for mobile devices for content delivery and multiple platforms for content authoring and also adds new optimization features.
- Web 2.0 Threats Loom Large for IT
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1/25/2008
With the seemingly exponential growth of Web 2.0 technologies, IT professionals in education--and all other sectors, for that matter--face new challenges as control over technology slips away and moves into the hands of users.
- Adobe Throttles Up Flash Media Server
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1/25/2008
Adobe has released two new full version upgrades in its Flash Media Server line: Flash Media Streaming Server 3 and Flash Media Interactive Server 3. The latest versions, released Jan. 25, both include "major" performance gains and additional security enhancements for content delivery. They also add MPEG-4 support in the form of H.264 video and High-Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio.
- iTunes U--Educators Do 'Cool Stuff' with Technology
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1/24/2008
Speaking to a standing-room only crowd at FETC 2008 in Orlando, FL Thursday, presenters Ann Barron, James Welsh, James Takacs and Luis Perez--all from the University of South Florida (USF)--shared their insights on planning, producing, and administering the university's educational podcasts, hosted through Apple's service, iTunes U.
- Macs Vulnerable to Malware? Say It Ain't So!
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1/24/2008
IT security firm Sophos this week let the cat out of the bag, spilled the beans, and otherwise debunked the widely treasured myth that Macs are invulnerable to malware in its "Security Threat Report 2008," released Tuesday. The report said that, among other things, "in 2007 [organized] criminal gangs for the first time arrived at Apple's doorstep with the intention of stealing money." Proof, the firm said, that "hackers are extending their efforts beyond Windows."
- Zend Rolls Out PHP App Server and Dev Tools
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1/24/2008
Zend Technologies Wednesday launched its PHP-based Web application server, Zend Platform 3.6, as a general-availability product, while simultaneously announcing the immediate availability of Zend Studio for Eclipse, its IDE plug-in for PHP development.
