education

Features

• Higher Ed, Lower Costs: Colleges Remake Data Centers

  By Robert Lemos | 18 February, 2010 04:45

  Driven by more austere state budgets and shrinking endowments, universities and colleges are looking for ways to improve the efficiency of their data centers. For technology vendors, that push could mean big business.

• NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source

  By Angus Kidman | 25 January, 2010 06:03

  A New Zealand high school running entirely on open source software has slashed its server requirements by a factor of almost 50, despite a government deal mandating the use of Microsoft software in all schools.

• IBM, Monash extend IT education partnership

  By Tim Lohman | 28 August, 2009 11:11

  IBM and Monash University have partnered on a new $1.2 million Future Leaders Scholarship program aimed at developing IT leaders versed in both technology and business.

• Six essential steps to secure academia

  By Bill Brenner | 16 September, 2008 11:18

  Computer networks in the academic world are a lot like the Wild West: It's hard to tell the good guys from the bad, and the sheriff's ability to maintain order is severely limited.