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Grand Rapids Community College Gets Top Marks in Data Protection With a Solution From IBM
Founded in 1914 as Michigan's first community college and originally named Grand Rapids Junior College, Grand Rapids Community College GRCC occupies an eight-block urban campus in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. GRCC is organized into two schools - the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Workforce Development -...
Tags: Data Protection, IBM Corp., Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids Community College, Disaster Recovery, Data Management
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HP Case Study: Grand Rapids Community College
Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan since 1914, Grand Rapids Community College GRCC provides more than 1,600 liberal arts and occupational courses to over 15,000 students, and another nearly 8,000 learners are served by non-credit instructional opportunities. The need for an agile, cost-effective, and reliable print infrastructure is critical to meeting...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Printers, Hardware, Peripherals
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PeopleSoft Case Study: Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids Community College needed a way to provide the kind of Web-based service its students are used to, the academic assistance its faculty requires, and the administrative tools its staff needs to run a more efficient college. Grand Rapids implemented PeopleSoft Student Administration Solutions and is piloting PeopleSoft Gradebook...
Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Productivity
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Case Study: Gateway Community College
Gateway Community College is one of 12 schools in the Connecticut community college system. In early 2001, the pieces for a new infrastructure and operating system were being put into place. Gateway Community College asked Dell Professional Services DPS to begin investigating server options for the Windows NT upgrade that...
Tags: Gateway Inc., Gateway Community College, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
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Daytona Beach Community College Saves Money While Delivering Advanced Services to Students, Staff
Daytona Beach Community College DBCC was the first comprehensive community college to be established in Florida. As the college grew, its communications network accumulated products from several different manufacturers. By the late 1990s, users were suffering from poor performance and reliability. Daytona Beach Community College migrated to a Cisco Systems...
Tags: Network, Cisco Systems Inc.
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Novell Case Study: Waubonsee Community College
Waubonsee Community College, a two-year public institution of higher learning, encompasses 12 school districts in the western suburbs of Chicago. Waubonsee Community College needed to replace its aging Microsoft Exchange 5.5 system that was unreliable and running out of space. The College needed to protect confidential student information and sensitive...
Tags: Novell Inc., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Roi/Tco, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
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Alamo Community College District Understands Students' Needs With SAS
Recently, the four colleges in the Alamo Community College District ACCD in Texas joined a national initiative to increase the success of the nation's community college students, with a focus on helping students from groups traditionally underserved in higher education. Since the ACCD comprises four individual colleges - Northwest Vista...
Tags: SAS Institute
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East Grand Rapids Schools Find Security and Economy With the TippingPoint X505
To continue a tradition of academic excellence dating back to 1841, East Grand Rapids Public Schools uses technology to enhance "Student learning at all levels." As powerful as these technologies were, however, they still posed security risks to the suburban Grand Rapids school system. East Grand Rapids Public Schools began...
Tags: TippingPoint Technologies, 3Com Corp., security, firewall
Case studies 2006-10-20
HP ProCurve Networking Case Study: Manchester Community College
Manchester Community College MCC, serving the greater Hartford, Connecticut area, is a learner-centered institution committed to access, excellence and relevance. To remain competitive, forward-looking community colleges like Manchester Community College needed to upgrade their technology infrastructure. MCC deployed a new campus network based on the HP ProCurve Networking Adaptive EDGE...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP ProCurve, Utility Computing
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Hostos Community College Reduces Student Paper Waste With Solution From Lexmark
Hostos Community College, a two-year academic institution located in Bronx, New York, is a growing part of the City University of New York CUNY system. With an enrollment exceeding 4,000 students, Hostos is expanding to meet burgeoning demand. Students at Hostos Community College were free to print and copy an...
Tags: Lexmark International Inc., Hostos Community College, Copiers, Printers, Document Management, Financial Accounting, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
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Tallahassee Community College Connects Student Goals, Support Services and Programs With SAS
Like many colleges and educational institutions, Tallahassee Community College TCC strives to ensure student success by making decisions that are based on evidence rather than on instinct. To that end, the Florida college has embarked on a mission to turn information about students, programs and support services into intelligence. With...
Tags: SAS Institute, support services, leader
Case studies 2006-10-20
Cisco Gold Partner Netarx Delivers Cisco Converged Network Technology to Community College
Macomb Community College, located in Warren, Michigan, serves 24,000 students through its five campuses. Macomb Community College had aging data and voice networks with limited vendor support. To bring the college to the forefront in technology, Cisco Gold Partner Netarx deployed a converged voice and data network for the college's...
Tags: Converged Network, Partnership, Network, Cisco Systems Inc.
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Community College Improves Enrollment Forecasting, Positions to Meet Growth Goal
With campuses located throughout Indiana, Ivy Tech Community College is the only community college in the state. The college receives state funding, and the staff works hard to ensure that Ivy Tech graduates contribute to Indiana's growing workforce. Wanting to boost student enrollment and retention, the Central Indiana region of...
Tags: College, Microsoft Corp., Enrollment, Microsoft CRM, Forecasting, Community College, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Sales
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Community College Saves Big with Electronic Alternative to Paper
When it became clear that the Financial Aid Department at northern Nevada’s Truckee Meadows Community College needed an electronic file system, its Director of IT Operations chose ViewWise. Download this case study to learn how much the college has saved by converting to the paperless system, and find out why...
Tags: Financial, College, Community College, Document Management, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Groupware, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
Case studies 2005-03-15
College Boosts IT Services, Builds Community, With Information Management Solution
Tallahassee Community College TCC offers high-quality education at low cost to students in Florida. The college wanted to provide better IT services and information management solutions to faculty, staff, and students to improve the learning environment. To that end, TCC deployed an integrated solution of Microsoft server and desktop technologies...
Tags: Information Management, IT Services, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Tallahassee Community College, Strategy, Management
Case studies 2008-03-26
SkillCheck Education Case Study: Harford Community College
Recognizing the critical importance of computer skills in college course work, Harford Community College in Bel Air, Maryland wanted to ensure that all incoming students had the basic computer skills needed for them to be successful in their courses. Unfortunately, making a computer class mandatory for everyone would have been...
Tags: Computer, Computer Skill, Productivity
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Daytona Beach Community College: 21st Century Skills at Work
The Daytona Beach Community College shows a unique understanding of the challenges facing community colleges and the need to integrate technology into the learning environment. The College, along with it's educational partners, Volusia and Flagler County Public School Systems, recently unveiled the Advanced Technology Center ATC, a facility designed to...
Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Community College, Daytona Beach Community College, Professional Development, Business Structures, Groupware, Career, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software
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Lansing Community College Increases Enrollment, While Decreasing Systems Maintenance Costs by $600,000
The rising cost of higher education and the proliferation of online educational institutions are making the higher education marketplace more competitive than ever. Lansing Community College is investing in technology to help deliver education services more efficiently, attract new students, and decrease the cost of system maintenance. In March 2002,...
Tags: Oracle Corp., Channel Management, Strategy, Marketing, Management
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Adobe Systems Case Study: Mesa Community College
Community colleges bridge the gap between current worker skills and shifting workforce demand. Flexible education programs - whether they are called online learning, e-learning, distance learning, or distributed learning - help students juggle their education needs with employment, raising families, and commuting from home. As a large community college, Mesa...
Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., College, Macromedia Breeze Live, Mesa Community College, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
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Mobile Learning and Teaching With PDAs: Dewsbury College, Thomas Danby College and Bishop Burton College
Dewsbury College of Further and Higher Education and Thomas Danby College support predominantly urban multicultural communities in West Yorkshire. Both colleges make extensive use of community- and work-based outreach centres. Bishop Burton College offers a range of land-based courses and is a Centre of Vocational Excellence CoVE in agriculture. Personal...
Tags: College, Mobile, Bishop Burton College, PDAs, Handhelds, Hardware
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