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Lines Blur Between K-12 and College: What It Means for IT Leaders

The lines between K–12 and higher education are blurring. What does that mean for IT leaders?

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Universities Embrace Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to Serve Students

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Prepare Your Cybersecurity Refresher for New Staff and Students

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Emotionally Intelligent AI Advances Personalization on Campus

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Best Practices for Cloud-Based Data Backup in Higher Education

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Smart Dust: The Big Education Impact of IoT’s Smallest Device

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Screen Mirroring, Screencasting and Screen Sharing in Higher Education

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10 Innovative IT Projects to Inspire You This Fall

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Formjacking: What Is It, and How Can You Protect Your Users?

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What Can Real-Time Data Analytics Do for Higher Education?

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Smart City and Smart Campus Collaborations Move Communities Forward

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Best Practices for Cloud-Based Data Backup in Higher Education

Successful off-premises storage starts with the right questions and can lead to much more than disaster recovery.

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How to Get Higher Education IT Teams Ready for the Cloud

Bob Flynn of Indiana University co-chairs an EDUCAUSE group dedicated to cloud computing.

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To Optimize Cloud Deployments, Close the Skills Gap

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To Reap Cloud Benefits, Address and Overcome Potential Objections

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Secure IoT Devices on Campus

One of the best ways to secure campus IoT networks is to design them with the student experience in mind, say IT experts.
Popularity of College Esports Programs Continues to Rise

Esports create an opportunity for students to collaborate and participate in teams, which will set them up for success in the workforce. Before implementing an esports program on campus, IT teams should prepare by updating networks, firewalls and devices.
EDUCAUSE 2018: CEO John O'Brien Talks Inclusion, Digital Transformation

EdTech sat down with EDUCAUSE CEO John O'Brien for a chat on a wide-ranging list of topics, from security to digital equity.

To stay up to date on all of the news and ideas coming out of EDUCAUSE, follow EdTech's coverage on the EDUCAUSE 2018 conference hub.
EDUCAUSE 2018: Tips to Enhance Your Mobile Strategy

“Mobile strategy” is a broad umbrella that can cover numerous campus user groups and the technologies that support them. Here, IT pros identify factors that helped them succeed in building a successful mobile strategy at their institution.
EDUCAUSE 2018: Higher Ed IT Pros Keep Security Top of Mind

Having a dedicated security function on campus can affect an institution’s ability to advance its security mission. We interviewed IT professionals about how to keep their security agendas moving forward, despite obvious obstacles.

For more on how to keep your state safe, download "The Cybersecurity Insight Report" by CDW.

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