Virtual Computing: Saving Time, Money, and Headaches
Virtualization taking root on campus
Virtualization technology is taking hold in higher education, helping colleges reallocate existing resources to save space, time, energy, and money—while often extending the life of older computers.…
UMD to become virtualization hub for surrounding community
Virtualizing software and desktops throughout the University System of Maryland’s 100 locations will be a technological boon for more than just the 170,000 UMD students who will enjoy more flexible…
Universities find the virtualization sweet spot
There hasn’t been much opposition to ridding college campuses of clunky, energy-guzzling server racks, campus technology chiefs say, although creating virtual servers could result in an unwieldy mess if ed-tech…
Campus technology departments going green
Campus technology departments across the country are finding that investing in energy-efficient technologies has an economic benefit as well as helping to save the environment. …
College CIO: Embrace virtualization, but not too much
Using one computer to power many has saved money as college budgets have been slashed, but too much of this good thing can lead to “virtualization sprawl”—an emerging problem that…
How to grow campus technology amid shrinking resources
Being an IT official at a California university today requires a close look at any measures that can save the campus cash. But Hilary Baker, vice president for IT at…
UC energy savings could eclipse $30M
The University of California San Diego campus expects to save $36 million in annual utility costs after a series of green initiatives that include replacing 500 energy-intensive computer servers with…
Virtualization saves cash for college IT
Replacing Pepperdine University's computer labs with low-cost PCs would have cost almost $25,000, so campus technology officials turned to virtualized computing, connecting many PCs to a single computer and saving…