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RSS academicCIOs rate MBAs
News If I wanted to employ a CIO I'd prefer practical experience over theoretical/academic experience every time. In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll, the 12-strong panel of IT chiefs voted eight to four in favour of the qualification, although even... [19 Aug 2008]
HP dishes out research grants to academic institutions
News HP has announced a slew of grants to academic institutions across the globe for research into the next wave of technology, from cloud computing to greener IT. Thirty-four institutions received 41 awards, whittled down from more than 450 proposals... [18 Aug 2008]
Teens losing interest in IT
News Academic qualifications are not the be all and end all when it comes to a career in tech, according to IT training company CompuTeach - which says employers value IT specific qualifications that are relevant to current market conditions. [15 Aug 2008]
Does an MBA lead the way to career success?
News It also creates an ethical risk by turning the academic pursuit of business ingenuity into a goal in itself. Journalist Philip Delves Broughton ditched his job as the Daily Telegraph's Paris bureau chief to attend Harvard to discover what an MBA... [12 Aug 2008]
Skills gap plugged by latest IT degree?
News We are excited with the new delivery of a degree where both the needs of employers and the academic structure will be met. A foundation degree course will launch at colleges in England this autumn aimed at boosting sought-after tech skills and... [06 Aug 2008]
Fairleigh Dickinson Strengthens Business Continuity Plans
White Paper Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) offers a wide range of academic programs through their campuses. They were looking to do backups across their campuses, including their central data center in Teaneck, which serves as the hub for most services... [04 Aug 2008]
Automated Analysis of Network QoS Parameters for Voice Over IP Applications
White Paper The VoIP applications in Internet are important focus of industrial and academic research. Based on the growing importance of VoIP applications in wide area Internet, different measurement approaches and technologies are proposed in known... [04 Aug 2008]
Extreme Networks Brings Higher Education to a New (Network Performance) Level
White Paper Ohlone College of Northern California serves the communities of Fremont, Newark, and surrounding areas offering academic programs in business and technology, English, performing and language arts, math, sciences, engineering and more. [04 Aug 2008]
The Internet's Capacity to Handle Fast-Rising Demand for Bandwidth
White Paper Industry and academic experts are increasingly concerned about the Internet's capacity to continue to handle the fast-rising demand for bandwidth, unless investments in Internet infrastructure accelerate substantially. [04 Aug 2008]
Component-Based Digital Library Scalability Using Cluster Computing
White Paper A good example of a digital library would be a national collection of academic theses. Most institutions make use of Digital Library systems (DL) to deal with the information they use. DL systems allow them to provide information management... [04 Aug 2008]
Scalable Application-Specific Measurement Framework for High Performance Network Video
White Paper The experiences, being both as a national academic Internet Service Provider and end-user of high-performance video applications, clearly indicate that using suitable measurement tools are critical to find the network bottlenecks and enable a... [04 Aug 2008]
CSU Academic Technology Research Bulletin: An Introduction to Learning Management Systems
White Paper Learning Management Systems are a central anchor in the academic technology infrastructure. Although a still maturing technology in a market that is very much in flux, they are the major means by which faculty start to integrate technology in their... [04 Aug 2008]
Flexible Learning Fellowship
White Paper Both corporate and academic institutions with interests in E-learning are faced with choosing from systems that can provide far greater features to support online learning, now more than ever before. The growing adoption and use of learning object... [04 Aug 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Parallel and HPC Computing at Microsoft: A Survey of Technologies and Tools (Level 300)
White Paper Windows now enjoys a rich ecosystem of parallel development tools thanks to Microsoft offerings, as well as tight integration of numerous industry and academic partner technologies into Microsoft Visual Studio. [04 Aug 2008]
Don't ask about salary in an interview
News The advice comes as the number of students applying to start postgraduate teacher training courses in IT this academic year continues to slide. Pay is a topic close to everyone's heart but techies are being warned to avoid bringing up the big... [29 Jul 2008]
