Another Grand Opening!
A tea m of more than 70 ITS staff and student employees, and TEK Systems temps spread out across campus to welcome and support incoming students and their families during Syracuse Welcome. It was smooth sailing for all, with requests for help down 35% from 2011. Read more.
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 ITS has contracted for media content delivery over the Internet. This enables SU to quickly share video content produced on campus with news services and other organizations anywhere in the world, at less cost than that of the previous satellite uplink system. Read more.
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 iSchool students now can use lab computers without ever entering the iSchool building. Since iSchool IT Services created Remote Lab, all students need is a laptop computer and an Internet connection. Read more.
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 Google's database has accumulated several street addresses associated with Syracuse University. Google uses these street addresses to not only locate SU on maps, but to label the data points. Steps have been taken to make sure the right address is used. Read more. |
 ITS began implementation of SU's new Mobile Device Security Standard on September 4 with a pilot group consisting of all ITS employees. The experience gained with the pilot will be used to debug and fine tune the standard before it is implemented for all SU employees. Read more. |
A majority of technology stakeholders polled in a Web-based survey anticipate that higher education in 2020 will be quite different from the way it is today. The survey of 1,021 Internet experts, researchers, observers and users paints an interesting view. 
While e-mail remains the official method of communication on most campuses, colleges are expanding their presence in the virtual world, trying to reach students where they hang out. Not so easy as new platforms pop up and students' attention becomes increasingly dispersed.
