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Cloud Services: Policy and Assessment
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July 21, 2011
David Escalante is Director of Computer Policy & Security at Boston College. Andrew J. Korty ( ajk@iu.edu ) is Deputy Information Security Officer at Indiana University. Commen…
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Using Technology Dollars Wisely
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June 24, 2011
Key Takeaways With technology costs a growing part of campus budgets, how can campus leaders know they are spending wisely on technology? To avoid overstaffing to meet p…
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Alternative Sourcing Strategies at Menlo College
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June 24, 2011
Alternative Sourcing Strategies at Menlo College By Raechelle Clemmons As part of revitalizing itself as a Silicon Valley business school, Menlo College tackled its unsatisfa…
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Using Cloud Infrastructure as Part of a Digital Preservation Strategy with DuraCloud
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways Preservation of digital content in digital repositories and archives requires appropriate backup and replication, with geographic separation of the replicas as a best practice…
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Measuring the Cloud
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways Measuring cloud services will finally make it obvious that measuring effectiveness is more important than tracking possible efficiencies. Obtaining the desired metrics dat…
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Cloud Support for Web Development
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways Cloud services can help colleges and universities meet sudden surges or long-term increases in demand for processing, bandwidth, and storage from the campus community. The…
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If It's in the Cloud, Get It on Paper: Cloud Computing Contract Issues
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways Ensure that your contract with a cloud service provider: Codifies the specific parameters and minimum levels required for each element of the service, as well as remedies f…
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Innovating in the Cloud: Exploring Cloud Computing to Solve IT Challenges
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways When resources and budgets are tight, implementing low-cost, high-innovation solutions addresses multiple challenges effectively. Higher education institutions can strateg…
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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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Embracing the Cloud: Six Ways to Look at the Shift to Cloud Computing
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways Cloud computing embraces some of the things you might already be doing to deliver IT services. Rather than struggle with a strict definition of the term, consider a loose …




















