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Cloud Computing Read more > Out is In Total SaaS revenue will more than double by 2012 - Gartner
Gartner analysts say that the adoption of SaaS is growing and evolving within the enterprise application markets as new entrants challenge incumbents, popularity increases, and interest for platform as a service grows. 5 Key Ways Your Electronic Data May Be at Risk Colleges store millions of pieces of sensitive personal information, including employment data, financial records, transcripts, credit histories, medical histories, contact information, Social Security numbers — the list goes on. Although higher-education institutions should be forums where information and knowledge are easily exchanged, the free flow of information is sometimes unintentional. Colleges should avoid the following organizational policies and behaviors that put personal information in jeopardy: Learning Management Systems: Buy, Build, or Both? In “Learning Management Systems: Buy, Build, or Both?” Cem Erdem Why choose a Web-based Management System? Let’s run a mundane errand – let’s pick up a quart of milk. We get into the car and turn the key. The online mapping system appears on the dashboard. As we are guided by satellite to the grocery store, we listen to the radio – a story beamed live from Athens, Greece comes on. We park the car, walk into the store, pick up the milk, and pay for it. The information from our purchase is sent to India for processing. In 15 minutes we have traveled around the world for our quart of milk. Does Your Software Drive Your Learning Program? In his article “Does Your LMS Drive Your Learning Program?” Greg Marsello gives his thoughts on how lifelong learning programs can harness their business management system to free up staff time. The author states that valuable staff time is taken up by inefficient buy necessary tasks such as promotional mailings, and class communication. Marsello believes that webbased management systems are the best way to find “hidden” efficiencies by automating these communication and data gathering tasks. The author concludes that choosing a web-based business management system results in lifelong learning staff time being freed up for more important tasks. Why do colleges do green IT? Are you Ready? - PCI Data Security Standards Augusoft e-news - Volumen 3, Issue 4 By Okan Guney, IT Manager, Augusoft, Inc. As Internet and online shopping become more common, credit card companies and banks are enforcing stricter security policies. For your protection, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) were established as a protocol for all online merchants. If you have an online storefront and you are accepting online payments, you are responsible for the security and compliance issues. Payment Card Industry has been slowly pushing banks and other vendors to adapt to PCI compliance requirements. PCI compliance will become a mandatory merchant obligation by years end. High penalties will result for merchants who do not comply with these standards. A recent article featured in the September/October 2007 issue of Educause Review entitled "Give US Credit: Evolving Security Standards for Credit Card Information" written by Kathleen Kimball and Jane Drews provides great background about PCI requirements and a summary of how PCI-DSS will affect colleges and universities. Augusoft's partnership with USAePay brings additional security and PCI benefits to our clients. To learn more about PCI Compliance visit www.pcisecuritystandards.org. Searching for a new chief information officer? Take a look in the mirror. INC.com By David Freedman Ten years ago, Southwestern Services, a Fort Worth company that remodels large retail stores, had no dedicated information technology employees. Read more > Survey of Interest in E-Learning Shows Potential for Significant Growth in Online Education The Chronicle By Dan Carnevale The online-education market has the potential to grow significantly, with about half of potential college students interested in earning a degree online, according to a survey conducted by Eduventures Inc.
Vendor Selection within the Education Environment: you harvest what you sow
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning By Rich Rexeisen Many studies have been published concerning the crucial role that vendors play in contributing to the overall performance of buyers. Read more > Software-as-a-Service Myths Business Week Online By Jeffrey Kaplan For years, organizations of all sizes have suffered the hassles and unexpected costs that accompany deploying and maintaining a variety of traditional software applications that, ironically, were intended to make them more productive. Read more > Software Feature Focus: CEUs Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning By Beth Moorhead The Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is a nationally recognized unit of measurement for non-credit continuing education programs. Read more > Getting the Best Information from Profile-derived Extracts Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning By Greg Marsello Any lifelong learning software system worth using must collect demographic and purchasing information on students. Read more > Software Feature Focus: Room Management Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning By Beth Moorhead With nearly all lifelong learning programs, there is a need to share limited community resources with other programs. Read more > Revenge of the Software Customer By John Finneran According to technology analysts AMR Research, more than 80% of customer relationship management (CRM) software deployments either don't add value, encounter user resistance, or fail outright. Read more > Software Feature Focus: Course Series Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning By Beth Moorhead Course series functionality is an extremely useful took in your online software management system. Currently, you can use your software's course series modules to bundle classes together... Read more >
Software Feature Focus: Increase your customer demographic info now
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning By Tim Scott In Web-based learning management systems, the most useful information often comes from analysis of your students and their interests. Before the advent of online registration, staff would have to collect all student information over the phone or by mail. Read more > |
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