ResNet Quarterly is produced in response to the heightened interest surrounding issues involving ResNet management - including DMCA concerns, IT security, CALEA compliance, budgetary issues and emerging technology. This quarterly mailing is a compilation of selected recent news articles, bulletins and multimedia content from a variety of sources, designed to inform and stimulate discussion on important issues involving information technology in higher education.
Tech Therapy: When IT Grows, Can You Keep Up?
The Chronicle of Higher Education - October 14, 2009
In a live session recorded in Chicago, Jack V. Leifel, the executive director of information technology at Moraine Valley Community College, says that colleges often do not plan for the maintenance and replacement of big technology purchases.
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Next Generation Wireless Trends
Campus Technology - October 1, 2009
Advances in 4G cellular and roaming standards are promising better performance and seamless interoperability. While the hype around up-and-coming wireless technologies can sometimes overshadow the reality, right now, higher ed IT specialists should be paying attention to two emerging wireless trends.
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Are College E-Mail Addresses on the Way Out?
The Chronicle of Higher Education - October 28, 2009
If the last four years are any indication, college-student e-mail addresses may soon be a thing of the past. So says a report issued by Educause, a nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of information technology in higher education. The "Core Data Service Fiscal Year 2008 Summary Report" took information from nearly 930 colleges and universities regarding their IT practices and environments.
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Pulling the Plug on Landlines at Iowa State
Campus Technology - October 1, 2009
Take a walk through Iowa State University's residence halls right now and you'll be hard pressed to find a landline telephone. Next year, the phones will be even more elusive. That's because the Ames, Iowa-based university is in the process of pulling all such phones out of the dorms in favor of the cell phones that students have been carrying around with them for several years now.
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Jury Awards $675K in Boston Music Downloading Case
University Business - August 3, 2009
A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels. Joel Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., admitted in court that he downloaded and distributed 30 songs. The only issue for the jury to decide was how much in damages to award the record labels.
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Music Industry Changes Tune of New Program to Fight File Sharing
The Chronicle of Higher Education - November 3, 2009
Under a blanket of secrecy, six colleges have begun testing an experimental service from major recording labels that lets students legally download all the music they want and put it on any device. But some innovative features have been stripped from the service since it was proposed, leaving it similar to existing services that have not made much of a dent in illicit file-sharing.
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IT Budgets Wither With the Times, Survey Finds
The Chronicle of Higher Education - November 4, 2009
When it comes to budget cuts in 2009, nothing is sacrosanct, not even information technology.
According to a new report from the Campus Computing Project, IT budgets are being slashed in colleges and universities across the country despite a rising demand for resources and services. The report, which surveyed 500 institutions, found that 48 percent of respondents were facing IT budget cuts for the current academic year, as compared with 30.6 percent last year and just 13.1 percent in 2007. Likewise, the number of institutions with more money for IT was down to only 21.4 percent this year from 49 percent in 2008.
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