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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Productivity Applications and Systems
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Software-as-a-Service Email Security: Risk vs. Trust
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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, …
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Collective Wisdom on E-Mail Outsourcing
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November 17, 2009
This ECAR research bulletin covers experiences and lessons learned from 10 IT leaders who have transitioned their institutions to an outsourced e-mail solution. It provides data from the 2009 EC…
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Forward Into the Cloud
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September 30, 2009
With more students auto-forwarding e-mail to private accounts, even colleges that have not outsourced their e-mail find it difficult to keep correspondence on their own servers. …
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Colleges Warily Turn Sensitive E-Mail Over to Outside Companies
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September 22, 2009
Colleges began trying such free services for students a couple of years ago, but most college technology leaders thought they would never put their most sensitive accounts on the systems as well.…
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Spreading the Word: Messaging and Communications in Higher Education Roadmap
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March 31, 2009
This ECAR roadmap synthesizes the important issues and recommended actions drawn from the 2009 ECAR research study, Spreading the Word: Messaging and Communications in Higher Education Roadmap, b…
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Spreading the Word: Messaging and Communications in Higher Education - Key Findings
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March 31, 2009
This document presents the key findings from the 2009 ECAR study, Spreading the Word: Messaging and Communications in Higher Education, by Mark C. Sheehan, with Judith A. Pirani. The study presen…
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Spreading the Word: Messaging and Communications in Higher Education
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March 31, 2009
Abstract This 2009 ECAR research study is a comprehensive analysis of how colleges and universities plan, organize, deploy, and support messaging and communication technologies. It provides …
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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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FCC asked to bar cellular carriers from blocking SMS traffic
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December 11, 2007
A handful of public-interest groups have filed a petition (PDF) with the Federal Communications Commission asking it to prevent cellular service providers from blocking text messages from adv…
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Student Campus Technology Trends: 2001 Versus 2006
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November 20, 2007
Student Campus Technology Trends: 2001 Versus 2006 Five-year trends revealed by an annual residence hall survey help campus technology planning By Tena B. Crews , Herbert F. Brown , …

















