Distributed Computing

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Distributed Computing

The Beginning of Something Big

March 7, 2013

Thanks to MOOCs, online learning has gained worldwide attention from academic leaders, trustees, legislators, and the media. The power of technology enables massive scale and allows learning and …

2013 Horizon Report

February 4, 2013

Produced by ELI and NMC each year, the Horizon Report describes six areas of emerging technology that will have significant impact on higher education and creative expression over the next one to…

2012 CDS Executive Summary Report

January 24, 2013

This report summarizes results from the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service (CDS) survey. Using a matched set of 616 CDS 2011 and CDS 2012 participating institutions, this year’s report is a detaile…

Developing a Campus Mobile Strategy: Guidelines, Tools, and Best Practices

January 24, 2013

This guide from the ACTI Mobile Web Frameworks Working Group helps walk you through the steps of: Making the Case for Mobility, Thinking Through a Mobility Strategy, Developing Institutional …

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 …

Mobile Framework Evaluation Spreadsheet

January 14, 2013

This Excel document was created by the ACTI Mobile Web Frameworks Working Group to accompany their January 2013 white paper, Developing a Campus Mobile Strategy: Guidelines, Tools, and Be…

CIOs on Consumerization

April 2, 2013

CIO’s Brad Wheeler and James Hilton reflect on what Consumerization means to the IT organization. ERO-CIOsOnConsumerization.mp…

Data Privacy Month: Are You Smarter Than Your Phone?

January 9, 2013

Nearly everyone on a college campus today has a mobile phone, capable of accomplishing amazing tasks while on the go. But, how SHOULD you make use of your smartphone? You are smarter than your ph…

Privacy, Security, and Compliance: Strange Bedfellows, or a Marriage Made in Heaven?

January 28, 2013

Michael Corn is Chief Privacy and Security Officer at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Jane Rosenthal is Director of the Privacy Office at the University of Kansas. Where doe…

On the Cutting Edge: Innovative Services That Blend Technology with Purpose

February 13, 2013 | A session at the West/Southwest Regional Conference

Join this lively session for a look at three exciting and innovative services being offered to meet new challenges on our campuses including data management, the need to rethink and repurpose physi…