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The University of Missouri-Rolla Reconstructs Its Data Centers Using Dell PowerEdge Servers and VMware Virtualization Software

The University of Missouri has provided education, research opportunities, and services to its students since it was founded in 1839. The UMR IT department needed to be able to deploy and reclaim resources in a fast, predictable manner to maximize efficiency and responsiveness while minimizing downtime. After researching different vendor...

Tags: Software, Dell PowerEdge Server, Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, VMware Inc., University Of Missouri, Dell PowerEdge, Servers, Hardware

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Engineering a Solid Computing Foundation

The University of Missouri has provided education, research opportunities, and services to its students since it was founded in 1839. They needed to implement an efficient, enterprise-class architecture to accommodate academic research projects and everyday administrative computing demands; decrease time spent on server deployment and maintenance; increase system reliability; and...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., University Of Missouri, EMC Corp., Server Consolidation, Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management

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Adobe Systems Case Study: University of Missouri School of Journalism

To compete in the workplace, graduating students must be able to use digital communication techniques persuasively and appropriately outside their immediate peer group. The Missouri-Columbia MU School of Journalism needed a fluid strategy and a standardized set of best-in-class tools to address a broad range of academic disciplines and student-competency...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., University Of Missouri, Digital Media, Productivity, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

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Optimizing Request Denial and Latency in an Agent-Based VPN Architecture

Agent-Based Virtual private networks Architecture ABVA refers to the environment where a third-party provider runs and administers remote access VPN service for organizations that do not want to maintain their own in-house VPN servers. This environment presents interesting management challenges for an ABVA provider. This paper considers the problem of...

Tags: Latency, Agent, Environment, Server, University Of Missouri, VPN Server, Real Estate, VPNs, Telecommunications, Business Operations, Networking

White papers 2008-04-01

Improving Spectral Efficiency and Reducing Adjacent Channel Interference of a Wireless Emergency Communication System

Cellular services have been ineffective in providing defense and disaster recovery communications. Overloads that occur after disasters cause degraded resource access to all users, no matter how important. This has led to the development of the Wireless Priority Service, which will queue emergency calls if they are first blocked. The...

Tags: University Of Missouri, Disaster Recovery, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Data Management

White papers 2005-02-26

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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

Case Study: Building 25 Web Sites in 25 Days at University of Missouri-Rolla

Like many organizations, the University of Missouri at Rolla experienced "web sprawl" due to the rapid growth of its internet presence. There was duplication of effort, a lack of accountability, and issues with security in disparate web environments. This webcast describes how these problems were solved. You'll also find out...

Tags: Web, Web Site, EMC Corp., Channel Management, Internet, Storage, Marketing, Hardware

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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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Missouri House of Representatives Gadget (gadget)

Missouri House of Representatives Gadget will provide on your desktop or Vista Sidebar several shortcuts to frequently accessed areas of the Missouri House of Representatives site. Also includes search feature. The combo box allows you to choose what part of the site you want to search. This version is the...

Tags: Box, Gadget, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Search, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Software downloads 2007-12-19

MissouriDoppler (zip)

Keep a bird's eye view of your local weather on your desktop. View Doppler radar images for the state of Missouri from a selection of Missouri news stations: Access to local television station Web sites; Resizable doppler images up to 1400x1600; Flexible automated refresh periods; Animated map display; Add your...

Tags: Missouri, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Aerospace & Defense, Internet, Marketing, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2007-06-01

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

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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

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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

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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

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

Qatar University Centralizes and Automates Administrative Processes

Founded in 1973, Qatar University offers high-quality education to Qatari and overseas students. The university wanted to enable all administrative work previously performed by government ministries to be performed in-house and eliminate manual, paper-based, and inflexible business processes. The university wanted to ensure scalability of back office systems to accommodate...

Tags: Oracle Corp., University, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Operational Planning, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Finance

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Masaryk University Develops High Profile Anti-Plagiarism Solution

Masaryk University is the second-largest public university in the Czech Republic and the leading higher education institution in Moravia. The university wanted to combat the potential for students to plagiarize material for their essays, both from online sources and from other students. The challenge was to develop a solution tailored...

Tags: Oracle Corp., University, Masaryk University, Databases, Enterprise Software, Tools & Techniques, Software, Data Management, Management

Case studies 2007-08-01