December

How to do 11 Years of Work in Under 10 Days: Launching Google Apps for Education

by David Ackerman Dec 14, 2011
On May 21, 2011, NYU successfully delivered Google Apps for Education to all students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Negotiating a contract that ensured the NYU community's privacy, security, legal compliance, and business continuity took years to hammer out, but the massive migration project was accomplished in a mere four months!
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Fall/Winter 2011 Podcasts

Dec 14, 2011
"NYU's Open Education Pilot Project," A Conversation with Heather Stewart & Dalton Conley.
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Launching Google Apps for Education: Keys to the Google Migration Success

by Monica McSharry Dec 14, 2011
As described in How to do 11 Years of Work in Under 10 Days, the Google Migration project kicked-off in January 2011 and was completed four months later, in May. The foundation for this success was a terrific team, and many good choices made along the way. Following are three key decisions that I believe made it possible for us to pull off such a large project in such a short timeframe.
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Guidance for Privacy and Security in NYU Google Apps for Education

by Kitty Bridges and Norma Kenigsberg Dec 14, 2011
As the amount of sensitive data we store online in services like NYU Google Apps for Education (e.g., NYU E-mail, Calendar, Docs, Groups) increases, safeguarding privacy and security is of ever-greater importance. University community members need to be aware of the policies regarding and guidelines designed to help safeguard your personal information.
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Introducing NYU's New Spatial Data Repository: Making Mapping Easier

by Samantha Guss and Himanshu Mistry Dec 14, 2011
After a successful pilot this past summer, the Data Service Studio (DSS) has now launched the NYU Spatial Data Repository service, which allows NYU researchers who require geographic information systems (GIS) data to easily find and access it directly through ArcGIS software or by downloading it through the Libraries website. This new service has enabled the DSS to add even more spatial data to its collection while making it easier to access.
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Stern's Use of Paperless Technology a Success: iPad Course Pack Project Garners Enthusiasm and Innovation Award

by Maya Georgieva and Mark Macmurdo Dec 14, 2011
For students in the NYU Stern School of Business, beginning each semester by buying or printing course packs was a frustrating and inconvenient process. Not any more!
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Better Internet, No Wires Attached: NYURoam Nearing Campus-Wide Coverage

by Carlo Cernivani Dec 14, 2011
In 2004, ITS foresaw the impact of emerging wireless technologies and began rolling out NYURoam, NYU's wireless access network. For years, the NYURoam service has been expanding and evolving — and now it's nearing campus-wide coverage.
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Nobel Prize-Winning NYU Economics Professor Aided by HPC Services

by Kit Westneat Dec 14, 2011
Those of us who work, study, and teach at NYU know that it is a world-class research university, but it is still quite exciting when one of our own is internationally recognized for excellence and leadership in their field. The NYU High Performance Computing (HPC) team, like all of ITS, is dedicated to supporting and facilitating research, teaching and learning. We were therefore thrilled to learn that the most recent Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to NYU professor Thomas J. Sargent, who relies on our HPC systems for his research.
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