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"Cloud computing" is the buzzword today. What is reality, and what is merely hype? Does this paradigm offer great promise or extreme peril to the core mission of the academy? Two academic IT leaders discuss the pros and cons of moving mission-critical services to the cloud. Melissa Woo is Director of Cyberinfrastructure and Director of Network & Operations Services at the University of Wisconson-Milwaukee. Michael Dieckmenn is Senior Associate Vice President and CIO for the University of West Florida. Both took part the point/counterpoint session at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference, "Cloud Computing: Hype or Hope?."

This twelve minute podcast features Kenneth C. Green, Founding Director of the Campus Computing Project, in conversation with Marilu Goodyear at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference. In this interview, Green talks about the annual Campus Computing Survey as well as the recent WCET-Campus Computing Project Survey of Online Education.

This EDUCAUSE 2009 Conference Podcast is sponsored by Juniper Networks and Qwest Communications International.

Music: "Memorial Day" by Jaime Beauchamp

On this seven minute podcast, Larry Smarr shares his thoughts on strategizing cleaner energy for data centers and greener IT campus-wide. He is the Harry E. Gruber Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. Smarr co-authored an article in EDUCAUSE Review, along with Bill St.

This podcast features our full thirty-five minute interview with Lawrence Lessig. He is director of the Edward J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University and a professor of law at Harvard Law School. He is also a founding board member of Creative Commons. His latest book is, “Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy.” He spoke with Gardner Campbell, Associate Professor of Literature and Media and Director of the Academy for Teaching and Learning at Baylor University.

This EDUCAUSE 2009 Conference Podcast is sponsored by Juniper Networks and Qwest Communications International.

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"Memorial Day" by Jaime Beauchamp

This podcast features our full twenty minute interview with Jim Collins. Jim Collins is an author and lecturer on business effectiveness and growth. His book, “Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... And Others Don’t,” attained long-running positions on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Business Week best seller lists. His most recent book, “How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In,” was published in May of 2009. Our interviewer is Bill Hogue, VP of Information Technology and CIO at the University of South Carolina.

This EDUCAUSE 2009 Conference Podcast is sponsored by Juniper Networks and Qwest Communications International.

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Take a break from raking those leaves and join hosts Gerry Bayne and Colleen Luckett for the November edition of EDUCAUSE Now! This month we talk with two of the keynote speakers from our 2009 Annual Conference: Lawrence Lessig and Jim Collins. EDUCAUSE Now is a monthly podcast, focusing on the intelligent use of information technology in higher education.  

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Join hosts Gerry Bayne and Colleen Luckett for the October edition of EDUCAUSE Now! This month we celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month as we talk with the National Cyber Security Alliance. EDUCAUSE Now is a monthly podcast, focusing on the intelligent use of information technology in higher education.  

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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
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The National Cyber Security Alliance kicked off October with a new student outreach initiative. We talk with Aimee Larson Kirkpatrick from the NCSA, about their strategy for this year’s theme, “Our Shared Responsibility.”

This podcast features an interview with Michael Hites, Associate Vice President of Administrative Information Technology Services (AITS) at the University of Illinois Central Administration. The session referenced in this podcast, "Time for an Upgrade of IT Governance," was given at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Enterprise Conference.

As campus technology begins to mature and stabilize, IT organizations can partner with functional areas to help them review their processes and leverage existing technology to improve information flow, increase efficiency, and allow people to focus on customers rather than chase technology. This interview with Kevin P. Lynch, CIO of Clarkson University, offers insight into the way his IT staff has reached out to other departments at the university, helping to streamline work-flow and gain efficiencies. This is often done without losing personnel or adding any new technology. He presented his session, "Process Review: Helping Others Help Themselves," at the 2009 NERCOMP Conference.

This podcast features an interview with Patricia Steele, Dean of Libraries at the University of Maryland, and Carolyn Walters, Interim Ruth Lilly Dean of Libraries at Indiana University. It was recorded at the 2009 EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference.