From Business Wire…
Survey Reveals the iGeneration Wants Personalized Communications on Multiple Platforms during the College Admissions and Enrollment Process to Make Informed Decisions
Nov 142014
Jun 192014
I’ll be checking in on this interesting initiative. I have three family members going to school here.
By Conner Forest at TechRepublic.com…
Virginia’s Chesterfield County Schools recently announced that it will launch the largest education deployment of Chromebooks to date. Here’s what you can learn from it.
via 32,000 Chromebooks: How a Virginia school system bet on Google’s PC platform – TechRepublic.
Jun 042014
Fascinating story at TelecomsTechNews.com, by Ryan Daws…
We’ve spoke previously about Google’s ambitious project to provide internet access in hard-to-reach locations, called ‘Project Loon’. Clearly not content with this, the company is looking to spend an expected minimum of $1 Billion on satellites to provide Earth-wide Wi-Fi for the masses.
Its rollout will consist of 180 “small, high-capacity satellites” which will orbit the Earth at a low altitude and be led by field expert, Greg Wyler, from satellite start-up O3B networks. It is said his team – consisting of between 10 and 20 people – will report directly to Larry Page.
The initial plans are expected to cost between $1 billion to “more than $3 billion” dependent on the network’s final design. If successful, a later phase could double the amount of satellites placed into the atmosphere.
via Google to cover earth in Wi-Fi via $1 Billion+ worth of satellites – Telecoms Tech.
Jan 192014
I’m glad to hear about these updates. reporting by Owen Williams at TheNextWeb.com…
What to expect from Microsoft in 2014
Oct 172013
By Antony Savvas at CIO.com…
Gartner has published its top industry predictions for IT organizations and users for 2014 and beyond.
via Gartner Makes its Business IT Predictions for 2014 and Beyond – CIO.com.
Oct 092013
By Michael Cooney at Network World…
Gartner analysts today whipped out their always interesting and sometimes controversial look at what the consultancy thinks will impact the IT arena in the near future.
via Gartner: The Top 10 IT altering predictions for 2014 – Network World.
Sep 182013
By Narasu Rebbapragada at TechHive.com
A bright orange line emerges from the horizon at the left side of the screen. Getting brighter, it arcs upward—and then suddenly turns ashen gray before falling back to the horizon. More lines follow the first. Thousands upon thousands of lines. The visual is at once beautiful and daunting.
via The art of numbers: Who knew Big Data could look so cool? | TechHive.
May 032013
By David F. Carr at InformationWeek.com…
The job of a higher-education CIO is changing, partly because of disruptive technologies for online learning, but that doesn’t mean the basic challenges go away. Perhaps now more than ever, a CIO’s job hinges as much on surviving a brutal schedule of meetings and the academic politics of the institution as it does on mastering bleeding-edge technologies.
via Higher Ed CIOs Can’t Ignore MOOCs Or Politics – Education –.