A sustainable model for campus cost savings
Seven years into a system-wide push for a sustainable campus, Arizona State University (ASU) is on track to become completely carbon neutral by 2025. And it’s not just…
Controlling technology costs
Open-source textbooks projected to save students $3.7M
The open-source online textbook publisher OpenStax College, which claims it could save students upwards of $750 million in textbook costs over the next five years, announced this week…
MIT researchers hoping to make cloud computing more efficient
Cloud computing can use about 20 times as much hardware as it needs to function properly, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers believe an algorithm could be…
‘Community source’ project helps colleges tackle enterprise systems
Large, commercial enterprise systems that handle functions such as campus finances and human resources are notorious for being costly, inflexible, and often hard to manage.
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.
Sharing IT services saves millions for Oklahoma universities
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‘Data center in a box’ could ease virtual computing
Managing a virtual computing environment can be challenging for school technology departments, which traditionally have had to buy separate servers and software and then piece everything together—often with…
IT outsourcing: When it makes sense … and when it doesn’t
Cloud computing, Software as a Service (SaaS), and “managed” or “hosted” services: These are terms that today’s campus IT chiefs surely are familiar with. But do these ed-tech…
Colleges turn to unified communications to save costs, boost productivity
More colleges and universities are turning to unified communications as a way to streamline campus communication and save money in unpredictable economic times.