higher ed

Let me share a dirty little secret about being a chief information officer in higher education: most of the decisions I get to make on a daily basis are not technical; they are economic. Given the rapid pace of change in higher education and the breadth of disruptive technologies—from massively open…

Digital technology is changing teaching and learning, and affecting the way entire campuses operate. As a Cisco Education Advisor, I meet with education institutions that are exploring and embracing innovation that is fueled, in part, by digitization and supported by a shift in culture in today’s co…

The University of Oklahoma (OU) is using October, National Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM), to emphasize the creative and common-sense actions they are taking to improve cybersecurity and educate users across campus about the importance of being smart online. Higher education organizations fac…

It’s hard to imagine where we’d be as a civilization without the dreamers and doers who aren’t afraid to ask “Why?” or “How?” Just the discoveries and advances in science and medicine and technology in my lifetime are mind boggling: ice on Mars and new planets outside our solar system, developments…

Cyber criminals are at it again. (Truthfully, cyber bad guys never sleep.) Just weeks after the WannaCry ransomware attack threatened organizations around the globe, a new ransomware exploit—called “Nyetya” by the Cisco Talos threat analysis team—has grown from roots in the Ukraine to spread across…

There’s never been a better time to attend EDUCAUSE! Who wouldn’t want to hear education revolutionaries and TED Talk alumnae, Sugata Mitra and Susan Cain speak, along with the best thinkers in Higher Education IT? EDUCAUSE is higher education’s premiere technology event, and this year thousan…

EDUCAUSE 2015 – one of the leading events in higher education – will take place starting on October 27th in Indianapolis, Indiana. The conference gives national education experts a chance to hear from industry leaders and learn about the latest technology developments in higher education. Here at Ci…

With students and teachers heading back to school, I’ve been thinking about when attended high school and college. For me, collaboration meant getting together with study groups, phone calls for homework help and office hours with teachers. For my two children – one a college junior and one college…

After more than 15 years of working in the telecommunications and IT industries, I’ve seen firsthand how people use technology to make a difference and change lives. While there are innovative uses of technology across all industries, nothing continues to impress me more than how collaboration techn…