EDUCAUSE | EDUCAUSE Review Articles and Middleware

Lessons for the Future Internet: Learning from the Past

drupal — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:18:28 -0500

The author, long involved in Internet policy, describes a few highlights of Internet development in the past, analyzes some of the policy factors at work in that development, and suggests some avenues for academic contributions to the successful evolution of the future Internet.

InCommon: Toward Building a Global University

drupal — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:56:26 -0600

Tracy Mitrano outlines her vision of a Global University and the necessary technological components involved. The middleware that would make the Global University a reality already exists with InCommon, which is a framework that allows for authenticating technologies between individual institutions.

The Next-Generation Infrastructure

drupal — Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:26:54 -0500

Higher education needs a next-generation infrastructure that will allow colleges and universities to be user-centered, to establish and maintain lifelong relationships with individuals, and to provide personalized, secure, seamless connections with all constituents.

Middleware: The New Frontier

drupal — Fri, 05 Jul 2002 11:26:50 -0500

The NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI) is consolidating expertise, software, and technology to address the critical and ubiquitous middleware issues facing research and education today.

The Middleware Years of the Internet

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2000 09:07:26 -0500

Middleware, a second layer of global interconnectivity focusing on people and services, is being engineered and deployed on top of the physical connectivity of computers.