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Cloud

4 Tips for Building a Private Cloud in Higher Education

Institutions should engage in strategic planning and careful consideration of consolidation, standardization, automation and infrastructure investments when making this shift.

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Management

Focusing on Digital Sustainability Is More Cost-Effective for ITAM

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Cloud

How Can You Prepare Your Cloud to Safely Implement AI?

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Security

API Attacks: What Are They and How Can Universities Prepare?

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Digital Workspace

How to Optimize Shared Spaces for Hybrid Work and Instruction

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Security

Access Management in Higher Education: IAM vs. PAM vs. MFA

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Security

Cleaning House: A Guide to Credential Management in Higher Ed

People have this culture and belief that we have to collaborate, we have to work together … we’re thinking about the bigger cause.”

Ram Kumar Nimmakayala, Data Engineering Leader, Western Governors University

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Security

Why Identity Governance Should Be the First Step in Developing an IAM Strategy

Cloud

What Workloads Higher Education Should (and Shouldn’t) Move to the Cloud

Classroom

Technology Initiatives Can Promote Student Success in Higher Education

Cloud

Goodbye, Landlines. Hello, Cloud Collaboration

Classroom

How Higher Ed Can Create a Seamless Learning Experience

Digital Workspace

How To Overcome Configuration Challenges with Collaboration Tools in Higher Ed

Digital Workspace

Turning University Common Areas into Collaborative Environments

Management

Scale the Enrollment Cliff by Embracing Technology and the Student Lifecycle

Artificial Intelligence

Miami Dade College Adopts AI to Improve Education and Optimize Business Operations

Classroom

How Digital Transformation Efforts Foster Student Success in Higher Ed

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Security

API Attacks: What Are They and How Can Universities Prepare?

Colleges rely on application programming interfaces for seamless data exchange, but vulnerabilities can expose critical systems. Learn strategies to mitigate the risks.

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Security

Cleaning House: A Guide to Credential Management in Higher Ed

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Security

Why Identity Governance Should Be the First Step in Developing an IAM Strategy

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Security

Cybersecurity Automation Helps Short-Staffed Higher Ed IT Departments Protect Data

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EDUCAUSE 2024: Counseling Model Meets Students Where They Are: In the Esports Arena

An innovative collaboration at San Diego State University marries esports, counseling and community building to create connections with students where they are most comfortable.
EDUCAUSE 2024: Lessons from a Data-Driven Institution

Western Governors University has been using data to better understand its students for decades, long before data-driven student success became a priority for so many higher ed institutions.
EDUCAUSE 2024: The Risks and Rewards of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education

AI was still the talk of the town in San Antonio at the annual EDUCAUSE conference, but going all in on an AI solution without careful consideration could send colleges down a disastrous path.
Higher Ed Reimagined: Device Program Equips Students for the Future

A Shenandoah University initiative gives students the technology and skills they need to prepare for the workforce.
Library Spaces for Today’s College Student

Sam Houston State University’s renovation of the 54-year-old Newton Gresham Library focused on student collaboration and technology.

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Security

How to Offboard Higher Ed IT Staff Members

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Hardware

Review: The ASUS Zenbook Pro 14 Passes the Remote Work Stress Test

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Networking

5 Design Issues to Consider When Upgrading to Wi-Fi 6E

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Security

A vCISO Can Play an Important Role in Higher Education — If You Start Right

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Security

4 Tips for Third-Party Risk Management in Higher Ed

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Artificial Intelligence

Getting Your Higher Education Infrastructure AI-Ready

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