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+++++ Required Reading:
WEB SERVICES POWER BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS
Computing costs have dropped dramatically in recent years, but integration
costs have increased, along with the complexity of companies' IT systems.
Solution? Many believe Web services (Information Week 15 April 2002)
http://collegiseduprise.com/pages/58.asp?issue=2002-09#R0
CONTRACT TIPS FOR OUTSOURCING IT SERVICES
Gartner Dataquest forecasts that IT outsourcing will grow from $94 billion
in 2000 to $159.6 billion by 2005, a compound annual growth rate of 11.2%.
The secret of success in outsourcing relationships (Network Computing 15
Apr 2002)
http://collegiseduprise.com/pages/58.asp?issue=2002-09#R1
HUMAN TOUCH AND TECHNOLOGY BUILDS WELL-ROUNDED HELP DESK
"The real goal of a call center or help desk is to remove barriers so that
people can get on with their work. And if you can automate those services,
you can go a long way in making your system both efficient and effective,"
says D. Scott Brandt, technology training librarian at Purdue University
Libraries. (Information Today Apr 2002)
http://collegiseduprise.com/pages/58.asp?issue=2002-09#R2
THE RATIONALE FOR NETWORKED LEARNING
It's all well and good for Linus Torvalds to have set up an open bulletin
board containing rudimentary computer code -- a move that ultimately led
to the Linux computer operating system, thanks to input from thousands of
techies around the world. But motivating employees to embrace such
networked learning techniques can be daunting (Personnel Today 2 Apr 2002)
http://collegiseduprise.com/pages/58.asp?issue=2002-09#R3
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INTENSIFIED COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT IS GOAL OF DUKE'S NEW IT CHIEF
Tracy Futhey, Duke University's new vice president for information
technology and chief information officer, is taking an active, pragmatic
approach to implementing the university's strategic plan for creating what
is being called a Computer and Information Technology Intensified
Environment. (Duke Chronicle 10 Apr 2002)
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NEW JERSEY TO LAUNCH HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND NETWORK FOR COLLEGES
The state of New Jersey is pinning some high hopes on NJEDge.Net, its
$100-million effort to guarantee high-quality video and data transmission
among member educational institutions through a private backbone network
(Chronicle of Higher Education 9 Apr 2002)
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WIRELESS NETWORK MAKES LIFE SIMPLER AT ATC
Implementation of a wireless network in the geographic information systems
computer lab at Alexandria Technical College (ATC) in Minnesota is making
life easier for students and administrators (T.H.E. Journal Apr 2002)
http://collegiseduprise.com/pages/58.asp?issue=2002-09#X2
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT: HAPPILY EVER AFTER FOR INTERNET MANIA
These may be the dog days for technology, with programmers out of work,
dot-com companies fading from view, and high-flying stock prices
plummeting to earth (Fortune 18 Mar 2002)
http://collegiseduprise.com/pages/58.asp?issue=2002-09#X3
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