Agility

Agility

We have been having interesting discussions recently about the top reasons for migrating to cloud services.  Traditional thinking, including my own, predicted that the top reason would be cost.  However, consensus from most industry surveys are concluding...
Blended Learning in IT Context

Blended Learning in IT Context

Relevant article http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2014/09/rhode-island-schools-embark-blended-learning-odyssey
New Web

New Web

Welcome to our new Web environment.  Last year we put this tool in for the development of a database of members and to begin to focus on the implementation of a social platform for members to collaborate and to learn.  We recently went through phase two of...
Heartbleed Headaches: Tips, Thoughts, and the What Now?

Heartbleed Headaches: Tips, Thoughts, and the What Now?

News about the heartbleed bug spread rapidly–although, as is often the case, no such news can ever come soon enough. Nothing quite addressed my early questions about the Heartbleed bug like Randall Monroe’s most recent comic in XKCD:But, naturally, an...
Internet2 Series, Part 3: SDN

Internet2 Series, Part 3: SDN

Several of our discussions turned to the significant progress that has been made in the area of Software Defined Networks (SDN) over the last couple years.  I was in a session which demonstrated an OpenFlow controller that was used to call up a wavelength...
Internet2 Series, Part 2: Data Preservation

Internet2 Series, Part 2: Data Preservation

I invite you to take a look at Dr. Jackson’s keynote via Netcast at http://meetings.internet2.edu/2014-global-summit/detail/10003145/ ….her talk starts at the 33 minute mark.