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Is Our Software Designed for Change? Successes and Challenges in Using Service Oriented Architecture
March 11, 2013

Institutions of higher education face disruptive changes, and changes in information technology are at the heart of these disruptions. Service oriented architecture (SOA ) provides a comprehen…

Big Research Support from a Small IT Organization: Montana State University Billings
February 1, 2013

For the typical, small central IT organization with limited funding, finding the adequate resources to provide requisite infrastructure, equipment, software, and technical support can be ch…

Empowering Technology Research Support: University of Washington
February 1, 2013

The University of Washington Information Technology (UW-IT) department and UW’s eScience Institute have been charged with supporting the research community’s vast and sophisticated technolo…

2013 Planning Guide for Application Delivery Strategies: Mobile, Cloud, Social, and Information
January 28, 2013

Gartner's 2013 planning guide for application delivery teams outlines trends in mobile, cloud, social, and information initiatives and provides guidance on how to design, develop, and …

2013 Planning Guide: Data Center, Infrastructure, Operations, Private Cloud and Desktop Transformation
November 1, 2012

In 2013, organizations will continue transitioning data centers to improve efficiency and agility. This Gartner report provides guidance to help operations and data center leaders and C…

Software-as-a-Service Email Security: Risk vs. Trust
May 31, 2012

Many organizations would be interested in treating e-mail as a commodity —cutting costs and resource investments by outsourcing it to a software as a service (SaaS) provider. However, …

Student Mobile Computing Practices, 2012: Lessons Learned from Qatar
May 18, 2012

Mobile computing is transforming information technology and the student learning environment in higher education , yet educational institutions everywhere are just scratching the surfa…

If I Had a Million Dollars
March 20, 2012

This ECAR Research Bulletin focuses on EDUCAUSE Core Data Service (CDS) survey results related to a somewhat lighthearted but insightful hypothetical question about how two constituent groups mig…

Open Wikis and the Protection of Institutional Welfare
February 7, 2012

Much has been written about wikis’ reliability and use in the classroom. This research bulletin addresses the negative impacts on institutional welfare that can arise from participating in a…

Mobile IT—2011 ECAR Survey Questionnaire
July 14, 2011

This is the July 2011 ECAR survey instrument used for the ECAR study of information technology mobility in higher education. The study updates and expands our community’s understanding of how …



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