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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Cloud Computing Policy
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A Tale of Two Clouds
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways The University of Washington adopted a dual-provider cloud-computing strategy, focusing initially on software as a service. The original project — to replace an obsolete…
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Alternative IT Sourcing Strategies: From the Campus to the Cloud
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August 20, 2009
Abstract This 2009 ECAR research study explores a multitude of strategies used by colleges and university information technology organizations to deliver the breadth of technologies and servic…
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Alternative IT Sourcing Strategies: From the Campus to the Cloud–Key Findings
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August 17, 2009
This document presents the key findings from the 2009 ECAR study, Alternative IT Sourcing Strategies: From the Campus to the Cloud , by Philip J. Goldstein. The study explores a multitude of s…
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Outsourcing E-Mail and Other Applications
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June 2, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference 2009
More colleges and universities are moving to outsource e-mail and other applications as budgets tighten and we are asked to do more with less. Learn what has gone into these decisions, lessons lea…
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The Launch of Google Apps for Education at USC: Determinants, Decisions, and Deterrents
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October 30, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
After 10 months of discussion and debate and 4,000 hours of development, USC implemented Google Apps for Education for more than 30,000 students. This presentation will review the determining facto…
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E-Mail: In or Out?
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October 30, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
E-mail is a critical yet expensive service to maintain. Students view it as a commodity and often criticize the functionality provided by in-house solutions. Hosted e-mail vendors offer free servic…
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IT Services Sourcing Survey
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November 4, 2008
This November 2008 survey is a critical component of the EDUCAUSE Center on Applied Research (ECAR) study of IT services sourcing in higher education. The historically binary decision to self-ope…
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A Solution Looking for a Problem
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May 7, 2008
© 2008 Rebecca Gould and Elizabeth Unger. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License ( http://creat…
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Well, if They’re Already Using It ...
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October 25, 2007
College representatives at Educause conference ponder outsourcing e-mail to Google and how to embrace students’ Facebook habits. College repr…
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Exploring Student Communications Services for the 21st Century
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September 19, 2007
Today’s IT leaders face multiple challenges united by a common thread: determining when to provide custom IT services for students, when to facilitate their use of external IT services, and whe…


















