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Petersen, Rodney – EDUCAUSE Review, 2011
The sourcing of IT systems and services takes many shapes in higher education. Campus central IT organizations are increasingly responsible for the administration of enterprise systems and for the consolidation of operations into a single data center. Specialized academic and administrative systems may be run by local IT departments. In addition,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Technology, Risk Management, Computer Security
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Mahon, Ed; McPherson, Michael R.; Vaughan, Joseph; Rowe, Theresa; Pickett, Michael P.; Bielec, John A. – EDUCAUSE Review, 2011
IT leaders today must not only provide but also decide: which tools and services should they continue to supply, which are better delivered by others, and perhaps most critically, which methods from among the bewildering array of alternative sourcing strategies will best serve their faculty, staff, and students. In 2009, the EDUCAUSE Center for…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Leaders, Outsourcing, College Faculty
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Katz, Richard N. – EDUCAUSE Review, 2010
On February 9 and 10, 2010, fifty leaders from colleges, universities, corporations, professional associations, and state networks met in Tempe, Arizona, to discuss cloud computing and the impending shift in the mix of where infrastructure, applications, and services are sourced. This group identified a set of actions that colleges and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Interdisciplinary Approach, Internet, Computer Software
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Bristow, Rob; Dodds, Ted; Northam, Richard; Plugge, Leo – EDUCAUSE Review, 2010
Some of the most significant changes in information technology are those that have given the individual user greater power to choose. The first of these changes was the development of the personal computer. The PC liberated the individual user from the limitations of the mainframe and minicomputers and from the rules and regulations of centralized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Technological Advancement, Selection
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St. George, Art – EDUCAUSE Review, 2007
Today, at the end of 2007, there are evident consolidations in wireless, storage, and virtualization and the path forward seems clearer now than previously. Trends from last year continue strongly, particularly Web 2.0 and the shift to user-driven environments and Internet sites where significant data and video processing is available to those…
Descriptors: Internet, Educational Trends, Information Technology, Technology Integration