Information Systems and Services and Conference Coverage

In this 35-minute recording from the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, we'll hear from Tim Antonowicz in a session entitled Server Consolidation: A Case Study in Success. He shares how Bowdoin College has saved nearly $300,000 in hardware costs using HP Blades and VMWare.

In this 45-minute recording from the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, we'll hear from Geoffrey Robert Dengate and Janice Rickards in a session entitled Milking the Model: Getting the Most Out of Integration and Centralization. They will describe the Griffith University model for the delivery of information services, highlighting the benefits it provides and factors facilitating its success, and will conclude with speculation on further development of the model in the future.

In this 50-minute recording from the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, we'll hear from Leo Fernig and Richard Spencer in a session entitled Community Source Development of a Next-Generation Student System. They'll share how the University of British Columbia is working with other institutions to develop a community source, next-generation student system that will use a service-oriented architecture.