Special Report on
Carolina Computing Initiative
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The Carolina Computing Initiative, or CCI, has been around for
a decade, long enough for University newcomers to be unaware of its pioneering
impact on teaching and learning at Carolina. Former Chancellor Michael Hooker announced the advent of CCI
in summer 1997 when Marion Moore, the information technology chief Hooker hired
to launch the grand initiative, arrived here. CCI:
The
significance of financial
aid One of the cornerstones of CCI had nothing to do with
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Stephen Northcutt from the security laboratory conducts in depth interviews with the thought leaders in information security. For every novel security product, there is a thought leader, a man or woman of vision that sees the need and guides the creation of the security product. If there is someone missing whose voice you feel should be heard, drop me a note, stephen@sans.edu . One of the important concepts that we want to explore in security thought leadership is the idea of group or team thought leadership. And so we are looking for examples of teams that exhibited security thought leadership. Doug Brown, former Manager of ...
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that preceded it in the early 1980s. Details are abstracted from the users who no longer have need of expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure "in the cloud" that supports them. Cloud computing describes a new supplement, consumption and delivery model for IT services based on the Internet, and it typically involves the provision of dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources as a service over the Internet . 1 2 It is a byproduct and consequence of the ease-of-access to remote computing sites provided by the Internet. The term "cloud" is used as a metaphor for the Internet, based ...
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Stan Waddell, a senior information technology specialist, has been appointed executive director and information security officer for UNC-Chapel Hill, effective July 1. In his new role, Waddell will direct Information Technology Services’ (ITS) Office of Information Security which oversees the security of the University’s electronic information and is responsible for coordinating and ensuring that information security across the University is consistent with industry best practices and meets the University’s compliance obligations. An Introduction to Agent Oriented ... Read More
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The assignment for this essay was to write about the consumer decision making process. Choose a product that you bought recently. It must be complex buying behavior. It should not be something that is an ordinary purchase or that you purchase on a regular basis. Describe your purchase as it pertains to each stage of the Buyer Decision Process. I earned a 10/10 for the below essay. The reasons why I bought a Macbook Pro, or to be more accurate why I'm glad I bought a Macbook Pro, have expanded and developed since I wrote this essay. Soon I'll post a follow up to this essay that lists the reasons I believe I made a good ...
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Expect a heavy dose of sports, pop culture and political commentary. This blog is about what we all search for in life... RELLevance. My name is Sherrell so it's a play on words. Don't think I can't spell... Posted by Rell on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 It's funny -- we all know what we like, we all know why we like it and that's the bottom line. People get defensive when i might ask them "well why do you have to buy this kind of product" or this kind of product? Is it really that serious? So recently I took a step back and ...
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CAROLINA COMPUTING INITIATIVE
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has earned a worldwide reputation for vital teaching, cutting-edge research and distinguished public service. Carolina was the first state university to open its doors and the nation's only public university to award degrees in the 18th century. Authorized by the N.C. Constitution in 1776, UNC was chartered in 1789. The cornerstone for Old East, the nation's first state university building, was laid Oct.12, 1793. On Jan.15, 1795, UNC admitted its first student. Now in its third century, UNC belongs to the select group of 61 campuses forming the Association of American ...
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It is too soon to know the scope of budget cuts for next
fiscal year. But one thing is certain: With a projected shortfall of at least
$2 billion in the state budget, cuts are inevitable. And they are sure to have an impact on higher education in
North Carolina. So far, the UNC system is holding its own, although the 6
percent cuts the state’s public universities have taken this fiscal year
(totaling $143.5 million) are damaging the quality of education. That was the
message Rob Nelson, UNC system vice president for ...
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North Carolina A&T State University is part of a major new research initiative from the National Science Foundation (NSF) aimed at improving scientists� ability to predict potential consequences of climate change. The work at N.C. A&T will focus on improving scientists� ability to predict hurricanes and precipitation patterns. The university is one of five involved in the project. The five-year, $10 million NSF Expeditions in Computing grant, �Understanding Climate Change: A Data-Driven Approach,� aims to advance climate science by taking advantage of the wealth of climate data collected by satellites, ground-based sensors ...
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Tarak is an industry thought leader in IT transformation and in current enterprise modernization technologies. In this podcast we explore how the Department of Defense is currently leveraging cloud computing. Listen to or download the 9:48 minute podcast below: Download file ---TRANSCRIPT--- PS: So to start it off, the Department of Defense seems to have taken quite a bit of interest in cloud computing. Exactly how are they using cloud as part of their defense strategy? TM: Peter, you're absolutely right. The Department of Defense or DoD has definitely not been shy about showing its interest in cloud computing. And for ...
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UNC Chapel Hill's Carolina Computing Initiative (CCI) is the first program for technology delivery of its kind on any research campus in the nation. ...
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Carolina Computing Initiative. • A four year purchase plan for students, faculty , and staff (a quarter of the faculty and staff machines recycled each year) ...
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"The college of art and design where I work is going to start switching next year from a labs-with-desktops approach to computers, to a students-with-laptops approach. The president appears to have made up his mind that we're doing it, so that's not really up for debate. We'll be starting by equipping all the full-time faculty this year, then next year start requiring (as in 'you can use financial aid to pay for it') each new student to buy a laptop that meets our specs (Apple or Dell, depending on major). Does anyone have experience with this kind of transition? What were the biggest ...
That's the idea behind Edison, Verdiem's new power management software that's available for free download here . (You have to be running Windows XP SP2 or Vista to use it.) Edison lets you schedule when it should turn off your display, power down your hard drive and suspend your computer based on number of minutes of inactivity. A easy-to-use slider bar with Save Less on one side and Save More on the other is preconfigured with Verdiem's recommendations, though you can also customize the settings. "What you will see is how changing your power settings can reduce the amount of electricity you use, and by ...
