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EDITOR’S NOTE Call It EduComm 2.0 W e all knoW budgets are tight right now, but let me make a pitch for time and money well spent. to paraphrase the movie advertisements, if you go to one conference this year, make it the eduComm conference, June 16-18 at the ritz-Carlton orlando, grande lakes. Why? because it’s the conference ative collaboration, shared information, and innovative you can’t afford to miss but you can afford to attend. ideas, with special attention to the dynamic new leadWe came away from eduComm 2008, our most sucership opportunities empowered by new technologies. cessful event to date, with a clear mission. We wanted session topics will cover enterprise management, cloud to make the next conference even better, so some major computing, open-source solutions, rich media and classchanges were needed. First among those changes was to room technology, collaboration, social networking, and make eduComm a self-contained conference. to undermore. eduComm brings the best business and technolstand the significance of that move, a little background ogy solutions to today’s higher is in order. education leaders. EduComm 2009 will more eduComm was launched With special group discounts, six years ago in partnership with closely reflect the needs of you can bring colleagues along our friends at infoComm interUniversity Business readers. to follow different tracks. For national, the association for the example, one can attend enterprofessional audiovisual commuprise sessions, another can visit nications industry. infoComm’s facilities and planning groups, and another can check out annual conference, the country’s largest aV exposition, classroom technology workshops. was the ideal vehicle for the inaugural eduComm event, Plus, this year when you register, you automatically which centered on the convergence of audiovisual and inget an annual subscription to the all-new “eduComm information technology. stitute,” providing you with year-round member benefits in that format, however, eduComm appealed to a including online access to premium content and unique small segment of our readership. but, as you read in the networking opportunities. pages of University Business, technology touches virtuand, for the first time, you can be part of the edually every aspect of college and university management. Comm planning process via the eduComm institute as the conference grew, we knew we wanted to serve the Facebook and twitter groups. log on to either social netlarger higher education community. While we maintain a work and tell us what you’d like to see at eduComm. For strong relationship with infoComm (and eduComm atmore information, visit http://educommconference.com. tendees get free admission to infoComm’s exhibit floor), We hope to see you there in June. as an independent show we now aren’t limited to the thematic programming of the past. eduComm 2009 will more closely reflect the needs of the entire University Business readership, including presidents, provosts, deans, faculty, Cios, Ctos, it and aV directors, and campus financial and technology leaders who need to be up on leading edge trends and money- and time-saving ideas. eduComm promotes cre- Write to Tim Goral at tgoral@universitybusiness.com. universitybusiness.com January 2009 | 3 http://educommconference.com http://www.universitybusiness.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of University Business - January 2009

University Business - January 2009
Contents
Editor's Note
College Index
Company Index
Advisory Board
Behind the News
Sense of Place
Viewpoint
Money Matters
Financial Aid
Community College
From Data to Information
5 Reasons to Switch to Virtual Servers
Finished in a Flash
Internet Technology
What's New
End Note

University Business - January 2009