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Now Publicly Available: ECAR Report on Research Computing

View the full report, infographic, maturity index, and case studies to learn about the role of IT in higher education research computing. 

Now Publicly Available: ECAR Bulletin on Measuring IT Value

How does one measure IT value? ECAR has five recommendations.

BYOD

It's not just devices anymore. Find out how campuses are responding to the Bring-Your-Own-EVERYTHING era in these new hub resources: final report, infographic, and data tables.

New CDS Core Metrics and Module Dashboards

The Core Metrics, IT Security, Support Services, and Information Systems/ERP dashboards are now available to CDS 2012 survey participants in the CDS Reporting tool.

Plans for ACTI/ECAR Integration

The integration of these programs enables greater support and visibility for ACTI Working Groups and elevates core technologies expertise within the ECAR research program.

Research Computing: The Enabling Role of IT

This new report looks at the state of research computing in higher education, outlines IT's role, and provides recommendations for how IT can leverage their RC services.

ECAR Working Groups on Core Technologies

Bringing together higher education IT leaders to address core technology challenges, ECAR Working Groups currently focus on data management, communications infrastructure and applications, cyberinfrastructure, and mobile strategy and application development.  Learn More >

 

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