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Connect Every K-12 Laptop... Wirelessly, Effortlessly, Securely
White Paper The integration of audio, video and graphics animation, coupled with interactivity, has enabled new teaching paradigms that expand the learning opportunities for all students. In addition, the Internet and other... [12 Nov 2009]
The Whys and Hows of Deploying Large-Scale Campus-Wide Wi-Fi Networks
White Paper Ubiquitous Wi-Fi across an enterprise or campus is a very positive and exciting experience for students, faculty, staff and visitors to institution. Having instant access to email, the internet, and other IT services... [12 Nov 2009]
Enabling the Wireless School Challenges & Benefits of Wireless LANs in K-12
White Paper Many K-12 schools are seeking new technological solutions that help optimize learning and collaboration among their students, faculty and administrative staff. Following on the success of Wireless LANs (WLANs or Wi-Fi)... [12 Nov 2009]
Wireless Without Compromise: Delivering the Promise of IEEE 802.11n
White Paper The Wi-Fi technology has been improving for several years, to the extent that many students, healthcare workers, and enterprise users now rely on wireless as their primary data connection to the network. [12 Nov 2009]
SecureTransport: Does FTP Have What It Takes?
White Paper As students who used FTP in the academic community moved into the business world, often in information technology departments, the popularity of FTP naturally migrated with them into enterprises of all sizes. [12 Nov 2009]
Tech grads finding it harder to land job in IT
News The unemployment rate for 2008's IT students around six months after graduation was 13.7 per cent - up from 9.5 per cent the year before. The number of IT graduates able to land a job in the industry has slumped,... [12 Nov 2009]
Experimental Learning: Managing Risks Maximizing Rewards
White Paper The last decade has seen an exponential growth in the number of students participating in experiential learning programs. Many degree programs require internships and community based learning experiences in order to... [11 Nov 2009]
Anonymizers - The Latest Threat to Your Web Security
White Paper In schools and libraries, anonymizers are the most popular tool students use to access top social Web destinations such as YouTube, MySpace and Facebook, typically blocked by school IT staffs. Certainly uncontrolled Web... [11 Nov 2009]
Protecting the Security of Education Records
White Paper Course materials are presented and students submit their assignments via the Internet, school lunch accounts and student grades can be accessed by parents' online and administrative paperwork and other information is... [11 Nov 2009]
Naked CIO: Social networks are useless for finding a job
Comment Recently I spoke to a group of students about how to network and the importance of networking as a way to develop their professional goals. As the technologist within the room, I was asked how students... [04 Nov 2009]
CCNA v2.0 Review
White Paper This paper can help students understand what types of information would be required to pass the new version of the composite exam (640-802 CCNA) by providing a convenient review of the exam's critical concepts. [03 Nov 2009]
Solving the Mysteries of Subnetting
White Paper Subnetting is a complicated topic that has confused students for a very long time. However, subnetting is an important topic for many different certifications with various vendors, including Cisco. [03 Nov 2009]
The Scoop on the New CCNA and CCNP Specializations
White Paper There has been a lot of interest among students lately on the details surrounding the CCNA specializations and their relationship with the corresponding CCNP specializations. These specializations were introduced in the... [03 Nov 2009]
Five Things About Windows Server 2008 You Might Not Know
White Paper As an instructor, I tend to assume that everyone knows all the features of an application, and I am sometimes surprised by clients and students who really don't know them. This white paper discusses five things you might... [03 Nov 2009]
CCNA Review Guide
White Paper Written by expert course instructor Rick Chapin, this review document is designed to help students understand the type of information required to pass the CCNA exam. This is a "must have" resource if you are planning to... [03 Nov 2009]