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Leading State University Enhances Teaching and Learning by Integrating the Adobe Creative Suite Into Its Wireless Laptop Project
San Jose University SJSU offers rigorous coursework and research opportunities to approximately 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students in eight colleges. Given the university's premier location in Silicon Valley, SJSU is establishing itself as a leader in integrating technology into education. To support this effort, SJSU instituted its Wireless Laptop Project...
Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Creative Suite, Laptop Computer, State University, Wi-Fi, Wireless
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Avaya Case Study: Clayton State University
Clayton State University is a comprehensive university in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area with an enrollment of approximately 6,000 students. As a leading-edge technology university, Clayton State needed a state-of - the-art telephony solution that would allow the University to handle the rapid enrollment growth that the University expects over...
Tags: Avaya Inc., Clayton State University, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Ethernet, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking
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Check Point Software Technologies Case Study: Saginaw Valley State University
Saginaw Valley State University needed to secure the University's assets, while allowing the various campus groups the right type of web access to function efficiently. Saginaw Valley State University addressed both problems by implementing ZoneAlarm Pro for around-the-clock distributed security. The company believes a personal firewall placed on the majority...
Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Firewalls, Asset Management, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking, Operational Planning, Business Operations
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Novell Case Study: Indiana State University
Indiana State University has more than 11,000 students, nearly 600 faculty and more than 71,000 alumni throughout the world. The university wanted a solution to automatically allocate personal network storage for its 11,000 students, based on identity. To solve this Indiana State University began by automating identity management with Novell...
Tags: Novell Inc., Indiana State University, Storage, Authentication/Encryption, Directory Services, Hardware, Security, Enterprise Software, Software
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Dell Helps Missouri Southern State University Bring the World to Students
Missouri Southern State University has grown to 5,500 students and more than 500 faculty and staff members. The university depends on up-to-date technology to help its students develop a far-reaching understanding of the world. The University wanted to upgrade from a mainframe computer that handled the university's academic and administrative...
Tags: Dell Computer Corp., University, Missouri Southern State University, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware
Case studies 2006-05-09
Arizona State University Deploys Steadfast Model to Become a Next-Generation Institution
With a student population exceeding 65,000, and expecting to reach 100,000 between 2010 and 2014, Arizona State University is planning for aggressive growth as well as increased student demand for next-generation technologies. These challenges prompted the university to rethink its existing IT business model - a vertically integrated IT staff...
Tags: Information Technology, University, Cisco Systems Inc., Arizona State University, Business Structures, Strategy, Finance, Management
Case studies 2007-10-01
California State University Adopts a Unique Approach to Student Services Delivery With IBM and Peoplesoft
California State University, Los Angeles CSULA, is one of 23 universities in the California State University system, the largest senior higher education system in the country, with 409,000 students. The challenge was to deliver Internet-based PeopleSoft Student Administration applications quickly and cost-effectively. The solution was GET, an innovative, self-service approach...
Tags: California State University, PeopleSoft Inc., IBM Corp., Internet
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San Diego State University Standardizes Human Resources System
San Diego State University SDSU, with nearly 34,000 students, is the oldest and largest university in San Diego, the third largest in California, and one of the largest universities in the western United States. The challenges were to implement a pre-release version of a customized Human Resources HR system by...
Tags: California State University, Oracle Corp., San Diego State University, Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management
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Ball State University Trains and Certifies High School Special Education Students in Basic Computing Skills
When WorkOne, a job placement service in Fishers, Indiana, found itself with excess grant funds from the Workforce Investment Act, they approached the Ball State University Outreach Services Site, an extension office of Ball State University, for assistance. Together, the university and local workforce development and special services organizations discussed...
Tags: Ball State University, Workforce, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources
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Cisco Aironet Technology Powers Multicampus Wireless Network for Arkansas State University
Arkansas State University was founded in 1909 as a regional agricultural training school. Arkansas State University wanted to create a single network that would bring its separate campuses together. To do so, university administrators considered both traditional terrestrial wire (T1 or other high-speed telecommunications connectivity) and wireless technology. Almost immediately,...
Tags: Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco Aironet, Wireless Network, Wireless
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State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook Unwires Hundreds With Confidence
Established in 1957, Stony Brook is the largest university in the State University of New York SUNY educational system. Stony Brook needed a WLAN system that was easy to deploy across many buildings on campus, could be centrally managed over an IP routed network, and could implement different security policies...
Tags: Meru Networks, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, LANs, Wireless, Security, Networking
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PeopleSoft Gives Students Hands-On Access to Enterprise Software
Dakota State University faced the challenge to provide classrooms of higher-education institutions around the United States with hands-on access to enterprise software. PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal allows Dakota State University to act as an academic application service provider ASP to enable higher-education institutions to offer hands-on experience with the latest, industry-leading...
Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal, Enterprise Software, Software
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Bluesocket Case Study: Missouri Southern State University
While it may appear to be rural, Joplin, MO is the fourth largest metro community in that state and has its feet planted firmly at the crossroads of a diverse four-state region. They needed a WLAN solution that would do authentication, do the tracking and then correlate the user ID,...
Tags: Auditing, BlueSocket, BlueSecure 5000 Controller, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless
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Avaya Case Study: University of Washington
Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the Pacific coast. The university wanted to adopt advanced technologies such as voice-over-IP VoIP to seamlessly integrate the University's voice and data network would increase overall efficiency and help to keep costs...
Tags: University Of Washington, Avaya Inc., Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking
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University Offers Lexmark Printers to Incoming Students Through Unique Distribution Program
Chartered in 1789 and opened to students in 1795, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill holds the distinction of being the first state university in the United States. Lexmark meets the unique needs of incoming students at UNC by teaming with the University's bookstore to offer an affordable...
Tags: Student, Lexmark International Inc., University Of North Carolina, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals
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Apple Computer Case Study: San Jose State University
San Jose State University SJSU hands out diplomas to approximately 6000 graduates. Nearly 85 percent choose to remain in the area. SJSU is truly "the metropolitan university empowering Silicon Valley." Now, courtesy of SJSU's Wireless Laptop Pilot Project, students in many of SJSU's colleges are becoming proficient with the tools...
Tags: San Jose State University, Apple Inc., Professional Development, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Career
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Providing for Data Protection and Faster Backups With Sun
Named after Orville and Wilbur Wright, the inventors of powered flight, Wright State University continues their tradition of innovation. A rich and dynamic community of nearly 17,000 students, Wright State offers more than 100 undergraduate degrees and nearly 50 Ph.D., master's and professional degrees, and its School of Medicine is...
Tags: Data Protection, Sun Microsystems Inc., Tape Backup, Aerospace, Wright State University, Backups, Data Centers, Aerospace & Defense, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Manufacturing
Case studies 2007-12-01
University of Guadalajara Develops Comprehensive Management System
The University of Guadalajara is part of the government system for the State of Jalisco in Mexico. The university wanted to establish a system that supports the institution's critical and strategic operations, including school management, finances, and human resources. They wanted to create, maintain, and operate an integrated information system...
Tags: Oracle Corp., University, University Of Guadalajara, Asset Management, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Software
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Cal State University Uses WebDemo to Remotely 'Show and Tell' Tech Support Solutions to Faculty and Staff
California State University, San Bernardino CSUSB is the sole public regional university serving the Riverside and San Bernardino counties of Southern California. The university realized that help desk personnel are often called on to explain the "nuts and bolts" of PC fixes to non-technical callers. These fixes burn valuable time...
Tags: University, San Bernardino, Inter-Tel Inc., Help Desk, Call Centers, Smb/Sme, Tools & Techniques, It Operations, Management
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Oldest University in California Automates Identity Management With Novell Nsure to Simplify Account Administration and Strengthen Security
Santa Clara University is a Catholic, Jesuit university in the heart of California's Silicon Valley and is the oldest university in the state. The university began searching for an identity management solution to simplify user administration, improve security and establish a secure foundation for a single sign-on portal. The university...
Tags: Novell Inc., Santa Clara University, Administration, Novell Nsure, Identity Management, Authentication/Encryption, Workforce Management, Security, Human Resources
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