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University Enriches Teaching, Boosts Staff Productivity, and Reduces IT Work: The University of Iowa includes 11 colleges and dozens of academic departments, each with its own technology needs. Many have elected to upgrade their desktop and portable computers to the Windows Vista operating system, to take advantage of the more advanced media capabilities and the Windows Aero user experience. Teachers...; Tags: Portable Computer, Information Technology, University, Microsoft Windows Vista, Computer, University Of Iowa, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets; Case studies 2007-06-01
Disaster recovery solutions for higher education: Mike Talon discusses some of the disaster recovery planning issues for higher education institutions. Last week, I wrote about protecting data in the K-12 educational environment. Colleges and universities also have some very specific challenges to meet. Generally speaking, higher-education institutions are often larger organizations, sometimes...; Tags: Mike Talon, disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Education, University Of Iowa, Data Management; Technical articles 2006-05-22

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University Finds e-Learning Success Through Partnerships, Integrated Marketing: Established in 1847, the University of Iowa is a national research university located in Iowa City. As the university continued to grow and the need for 24x7 training for second- and third-shift employees increased, the central HR learning and development department was tasked with finding a way to expand beyond...; Tags: Marketing, Partnership, University, SkillSoft, E-learning, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources; Case studies
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Improves Efficiency and Patient Care: Ranked as one of America's best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics treats patients at a 769-bed facility and many specialized clinics. To maintain its position as a healthcare innovator, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics knew it had to update its original...; Tags: Patient, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, IBM Corp., Document Management, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting; Case studies
Iowa Telecom Streamlines DSL Deployment With Netopia 2200 Series Gateways: Iowa Telecom wanted to position itself in order to scale its DSL business by streamlining CPE installation and reduce support call volumes. In search for a DSL router that could meet all of their deployment needs, Iowa Telecom evaluated the Netopia 2241N- product, a single port, 10/100 Ethernet-wired ADSL2+ router...; Tags: Netopia Inc., Iowa Telecom, DSL, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking; Case studies 2007-01-01

Iowa State University & US Department of Agriculture Case Study: Atalasoft DotTwain Facilitates Implementation of Remote Sensing Survey Application: Iowa State University's Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology CSSM collaborates with the US Department of Agriculture USDA on an agricultural survey called the National Resources Inventory NRI. The survey is conducted via interpretation of aerial photographs. To streamline the scanning and consistent naming of thousands of aerial photographs, developers...; Tags: Iowa State University, U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing; Case studies
WSCA Contract Maximizes Buying Power for State of Iowa: The Western States Contracting Alliance WSCA was formed in1993 to leverage expertise and buying power to negotiate multi-state contracts with leading vendors. The state of Iowa wanted to reduce state government cost for desktop, notebook PC purchases, cut administrative overhead associated with PC purchasing. The state selected group purchasing under...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., State, Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets; Case studies
IBM and the Systems House Enable a Start-Up to Gain Firm Footing: Heartland Medical Supply, LLC, a sales and distribution company in Iowa City, Iowa, serving hospitals, pharmacies and physicians' offices in all of Iowa, plus western Illinois. In 2001, Heartland started with just eight employees, but is now up to 16. Heartland Medical Supply wanted to permit a small business to...; Tags: Information Technology, IBM Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Roi/Tco, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management; Case studies 2008-03-01
Geek Trivia: Fire(arms) in the sky: quibble with Geek's response to ENIAC first computerI don't have dates, but, ABC, the Atanasoff - Berry Computer at the Univeristy of Iowa preceeded the ENIAC in time and technolgoy. In fact, this is the prior art that the courts used to invalidate the patent based on the ENIAC....; Tags: davidbteague@..., ENIAC, ABC Inc., computer; Discussion threads 2007-03-28
IowaDoppler (zip): Keep a bird's eye view of your local weather on your desktop. View Doppler radar images for the state of Iowa from a selection of Iowa news stations. Access to local television station Websites, resizable Doppler images up to 1400x1600, flexible automated refresh periods, animated map display, add your own...; Tags: Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Aerospace & Defense, Internet, Manufacturing; Software downloads 2007-06-25
Geek Trivia: Mother of invention: Quibble: ENIAC was not the first digital computerThat title rightfully belongs to the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, built by John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry at Iowa State University during 1937-42.On October 19, 1973, US Federal Judge Earl R. Larson declared the ENIAC patent of Mauchly and Eckert invalid and named Atanasoff...; Tags: ckaufman@..., ENIAC, anatosoff-berry, hardware, history, digital computer, first digital computer, computer; Discussion threads 2007-02-14
Homeland Security: Risk Assessment - Conducting a Vulnerability Assessment: In 2000, the University of Washington UW was invited by FEMA to participate in the Disaster Resistant University Project DRU, along with the University of California, Berkeley, Tulane University, Miami University, University of North Carolina/Wilmington, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The overall goal after identifying risks, and assessing vulnerabilities...; Tags: Risk Assessment, University Of California At Berkeley, Vulnerability Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Homeland Security, Tools & Techniques, Security, Strategy, Government, Management; Case studies
Wireless Networking at the University of Tennessee: The University of Tennessee is a threeuniversity system comprising The University of Tennessee proper, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and The University of Tennessee at Martin. The University of Tennessee at Knoxville UTK, the university's flagship campus, is a 205-year-old land-grant institution. Its Office of Information Technology OIT had...; Tags: Network, University, Wireless Networking, Avaya Inc., University Of Tennessee, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Wireless LANs; Case studies
Send internal e-mail to external server using Exchange 2003: Hi,I have a problem that I can't seem to figure out. First some background. I have Windows Server 2003 Enterprise DC and Exchange Server 2003 on the same machine.I work in a small company that is affilated with a large university. We all use our university email...; Tags: E-mail servers, SynapsE_z, server, e-mail, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003; Discussion threads 2007-06-28
Patch Management and Virus Protection Policy: Due to the continually increasing dependence of University systems on the security and integrity of the computer network, servers, and workstations, it has become vitally important that the University be more proactive about identifying and enforcing security standards. In particular, university computers must be properly patched with the latest appropriate...; Tags: Virus Protection, Patch Management, University Of Kentucky, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security; White papers 2003-09-19
GIS Helps Small Company Deliver Products More Efficiently: Apex Office Supply is a small office supply company based in Vinton, Iowa. Apex Office Supply realized it needed a more effective method to deliver its products if it was going to be cost efficient. ESRI ArcLogistics Route is a complete solution for complex routing and scheduling problems, whether a...; Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., ESRI ArcLogistics Route, GIS, Supply Chain, Microsoft Office, Software, Business Operations, Office Suites; Case studies
Marshalltown Encourages Economic Development by Launching the First WiFi City Network in the State of Iowa: Located on the Iowa River, Marshalltown is centrally located in the US, and within a short five hours of three major metropolitan areas. Marshalltown realized that it needed to differentiate itself to both attract new investment and migration to the city as well as to retain the businesses and residents...; Tags: Network, Nortel Networks Corp., Broadband, Marshalltown, Wireless LANs, Mesh Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking; Case studies
University Simplifies Administration With Server Consolidation, Management Tools: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is a research university in Germany with multiple disciplines and more than 35,000 students. The university community uses a variety of client software and has considerable freedom in implementing new solutions. To support this constantly changing environment, the central IT department at the university needs to...; Tags: Information Technology, Administration, University, Tool, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Server Consolidation, E-mail Servers, Servers, Strategy, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management; Case studies 2008-01-01
Xerox Canada Makes the Grade at the University of Calgary: University of Calgary's administrators came together and developed a concrete five-year expansion plan that would manage a student enrolment that is expected to increase from 28,000 to 35,000 students by 2010. To accommodate such growth, the University needed to attract additional faculty, and fund capital expansion efforts. Of late, the...; Tags: Xerox Corp., University Of Calgary, Xerox Canada, Document Management, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance; Case studies 2006-11-01
Tshwane University of Technology Uses BI to Enhance First Year Student Retention: Tertiary institutions face the problem of students not completing their first year successfully, and taking too long to graduate. Tshwane University of Technology wanted to develop a statistical model to predict first-year success of research and development at the university. The university completed a research project on student retention at...; Tags: SAS Institute, business intelligence system, business intelligence, R&D, software; Case studies 2006-10-20

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