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It’s Only Partly Cloudy in Parts of America: National Broadband Disparity may be the Long Term Challenge to Cloud Adoption.
Once upon a time, learning communities consisted of students who would gather in small, elite groups around a scholar for a session of Socratic dialog. In the 18th century this arrangement disappeared, and the classroom took its Place, brought about by the invention of the printing press and the availability of books and libraries. A…
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Going Rogue into the Cloud?: Hidden issues in Cloud Deployment.
Institutions are moving quickly to the cloud. Often CIOs justify the move based on gains for enterprise applications in the areas of speed, agility and flexibility in spite of their concerns about redundancy and security. A recent report indicates there are still other potholes on the road to the cloud for the enterprise. This 2013…
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The Technology Behind Indy Car Racing…"Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines"
We are told the Indianapolis Speedway was built in 1906 primarily to be used as a test track by carmakers. The circuit launched its signature 500 mile race in 1911. According to Dan Carney we can thank Indy for: Rear view mirrors Aerodynamics 4 wheel hydralic brakes Front wheel drive All wheel drive Turbo charging…
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Note to Self: A checklist of steps you should take when planning your move to the cloud
What should an educational institution think about before committing to a cloud provider. Daniel Solve the John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School, the founder of TeachPrivacy, a privacy/data security training company, and a Senior Policy Advisor at Hogan Lovells provides a great starting point in the following video.…
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Why Did I Create Open Source Checklists
These three topic areas were developed originally because when we started moving our LMS from a commercial product to OSS in 2004-2005 (Moodle was our/my first enterprise OSS venture) there was a lot of skepticism (to say the least). Yep, I used to get hammered for suggesting such moves. In fact it was probably uglier…
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Don’t “Jenny” Your Personal Privacy with Poor Password Selection
There could be many titles for this post: “Don’t call the Helpdesk at 867-5309 when your account gets compromised!” or “Jenny Jenny Please Change your Number” but I settled on Don’t “Jenny” Your Personal Privacy with Poor Password Selection. This is an interesting story on all users lack of creativity in password creation and how…
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Getting to the Cloud Under the Tail of a T-Rex
Until recently I lived in a location serviced only by satellite based internet service which from my experience generally provides far less bandwidth than the advertised download speed and this was. When I have brought up this variation in services and cost between rural and urban areas over the years the response usually ranges…
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Is your Premise Equipment Vendor about to be “Twinkied” by the Cloud
The rush to the cloud is underway in both the public and private sector. Companies such as Vivantech ,a Higher Education ERP service and implementation provider, by introducing Cloud Centric software deployments are certainly changing the outlook for the traditional rack and stack server deployment. Although there are still concerns about security, regulatory compliance ,…
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