Outsourcing

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Outsourcing

A Conversation with Campus Counsel on Current Developments in IT Outsourcing: Legal Challenges and Practical Suggestions

October 20, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference

Join us for a lively discussion of the latest developments in legal issues surrounding IT outsourcing and the use of third parties to provide electronic tools and services for use by faculty, staff…

Looking at Clouds from All Sides Now

June 10, 2010

© 2010 Richard N. Katz, Elazar C. Harel, Anne K. Keehn, Michael King. Joanne Kossuth, Darren Wesemann, and Brad Wheeler. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attributi…

Shaping the Higher Education Cloud

May 21, 2010

As technologies like virtualization and cloud computing assume important places within the IT landscape, higher education leaders will need to consider which institutional services they wish to …

Spotlight on Cloud Computing Series: Clearing the Air on Cloud Computing

March 18, 2010

Gartner says the hype cycle on cloud computing is at its peak, with a long slide into the “trough of disappointment” about to begin. Why is higher education still so excited about cloud compu…

Demystifying the Cloud: Implications for IT Funding in Higher Education

February 23, 2010

This ECAR research bulletin extends the discussion that was begun in the 2009 ECAR research bulletin Demystifying Cloud Computing for Higher Education by looking more deeply at the economic …

Cloud Computing Policy and Legal Issues

February 18, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2010

As institutions explore alternative IT sourcing strategies, including cloud computing, a variety of policy and legal issues must be carefully considered as part of the planning process. The privacy…

Outsourcing and Cloud Computing for Higher Education

January 11, 2010

Within the last year a vast literature has emerged on outsourcing and cloud computing. This memo will not attempt to rewrite that which has already been written and can easily be obtained for mor…

Alternative IT Sourcing Strategies: From the Campus to the Cloud

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…

Alternative IT Sourcing Strategies: From the Campus to the Cloud–Key Findings

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…

7 Things You Should Know About Cloud Computing

August 3, 2009

Cloud computing is the delivery of scalable IT resources over the Internet, as opposed to hosting and operating those resources locally, such as on a college or university network. Those resource…