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The Educause Evolving Technologies Committee earlier today released their annual report on technology trends to watch in the coming year. This year's reported titled Glimpses of Our IT Future: What's Green, Mobile, and Regulated All Over? highlighted enterprise green computing, location aware computing, virtual worlds, business process management, and regulatory compliance as key issues to watch for the coming year. the full article can be found on the Educause Web site at: http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/GlimpsesofOurITFutureWhat/47448

Educause and the New Media Consortium publish another annual report on technologies that are likely to impact higher education in three to five years. The 2008 Horizon Report can be found on the New Media Consortium Web site at: http://www.nmc.org/horizon/2007/report

Stephen Landry, CIO

Matthew Stevenson, IT Architect in University IT Services, gave a presentation on SHU's server and storage virtualization initiatives earlier today at Educause 2008.

Matt's presentation can be found on the Educause Web site at:
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/Abstract/StorageandServerVirtualiz/47601

Server and storage virtualization is a technology that enables systems to run on fewer servers, reducing purchase cost, power consumption, heat, and space.

Educuase is the largest association of higher education technology professionals. Educause seeks to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.

Steve Landry, CIO

Two presentations from Seton Hall University were part of the program for the Educause Enterprise 2008 Information and Technology Conference held this week in Chicago, Ill.

Matthew Stevenson, IT Architect in University IT Services, delivered the presentation "Storage and Server Virtualization" outlining Seton Hall University's robust virtualization initiative. Virtualization refers to technologies that enable IT departments to separate software applications from the hardware they were intended to run on, enabling many applications to reside on a few clustered servers, increasing the reliability while reducing the cost and complexity of the University's server environment.

Rob Brosnan, Director of Web and Digital Communications, Public Relations and Marketing, and Marie Somers, Manager of Web Development, University IT Services, delivered the presentation "Analytics and Optimization in Web Development", outlining the Web analytic systems (CoreMetrics) implemented as part of the University's Web redesign project and how data from that system has enabled the Web team to continually improve the impact of the University's Web site.

See the Educause Enterprise 2008 Web site at http://net.educause.edu/ent08
for the complete program for Educause Enterprise 2008, including links to the presentations.

NERCOMP 2008, the northeast regional Educause conference, featuring presentations and workshops on the use of technology in higher education, was held last week in Providence, RI. The conference featured two presentations by Seton Hall University.

"Exploring Literary Texts Through Virtual Worlds", by Mary Zedeck, Instructional Designer in the TLT Center, presented SHU faculty's use of the virtual world, Second Life. During the presentation Mary Balkun, Chair of the English Department, joined the conference from South Orange via Second Life.

"Storage and Server Virtualization at Seton Hall University", by Matthew Stevenson, IT Architect, explored how Seton Hall University was able to consolidate servers and storage to reduce costs and improve the management of a wide variety of applications through the use of virtualization, that is, running many different operating systems and applications on a single server or storage array.

Seton Hall University teams present at the Educause Learning Initiative (ELI) 2008 Annual Conference.

A team from Seton Hall University is attending the at Educause Learning Initiative (ELI) 2008 Annual Conference beginning today in San Antonio, TX.

Seton Hall University teams present at the Educause 2008 Mid Atlantic Regional Conference.

Teams from Seton Hall University are presenting at the 2008 Educause Mid Atlantic Regional Conference (MARC) beginning today in Baltimore, MD.