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• HESA, JANET, UCISA and other acronyms

  
  From a Distance... — Authority: 418
  Yesterday I spent the day chairing the UCISA Executive meeting in London. Two interesting discussions, the first on the proposed changes to the way JANET delivers our network services at the regional level. Ive blogged about this before , and it is still rumbling on. There is still a lot of concern in the community ...
  3 days ago

• Web 2.0 Changes the World

  
  From a Distance... — Authority: 418
  Theres one session from CISG last week that I havent blogged about - and its the one I had a starring role in! Well, I say starring role, I was mentioned a couple of times and a rare photo of me rapper sword dancing appeared in it. It was from my mate Brian Kelly from UKOLN, and was entitled What if Web 2.0 ...
  1 week ago

• Mastering the Hype

  
  From a Distance... — Authority: 418
  Last session at CISG last week was Mark Rascino from Gartner talking about the Hype Cycle for emerging technologies. Ive written about this model before - its simple but I find it very useful, particularly for explaining the maturity of technology to non IT managers. Ive seen the cycle many times, but it was very ...
  1 week ago

• Vendor management and a lean university

  
  From a Distance... — Authority: 418
  An interesting presentation from Kings College London on vendor management yesterday. Kings have taken some very bold steps in their IT provision over the last couple of years as theyve outsourced a lot of it - their email system, instant messaging, sharepoint installation and their global desktop have all been ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Art of War

  
  From a Distance... — Authority: 418
  JISCinfonet used one of yesterdays sessions to launch their new i nfokit on preparing a Strategy . Steve Bailey gave a good presentation on some of the issues we all face when defining a strategy and getting buy in from the rest of the institution or department. Many people are confused abut what a strategy actually ...
  2 weeks ago

• Green IT

  
  From a Distance... — Authority: 418
  First session this morning on Green IT from Rob Bristow from JISC. A useful overview of the problem, as well as some suggestions for reducing our carbon footprint. Some interesting facts and figures - in HE and FE in the UK there are 760,000 PCs and 215,000 servers consuming 512Mwh of electricity and producing 275,000 ...
  2 weeks ago

• For the sake of the kids....

  
  From a Distance... — Authority: 418
  The next sessions here at CISG09 were on Information Management, and Data Quality. Not necessarily riveting you might think, but Alison Allden (Chief Executive of HESA) used a storytelling approach to set the scene on Information Management. We were treated to stories of the Holy Grail, we came up against the Forces ...
  2 weeks ago

• Were dooomed (part 2)

  
  From a Distance... — Authority: 418
  Im in St Andrews at the moment for the UCISA CISG conference aptly named Tips to Avoid the Bunker as were surrounded by golf courses - and the sea of course. The first session was entitled Hard Hats Time and was given by Derek Watson, Quaestor and Factor of the University of St. Andrews. Interesting title - ...
  2 weeks ago

• “Web 2.0 Will Change Everything!” But How?

  
  UK Web Focus — Authority: 483
  Back in May I wrote a blog post entitled “ Not Your Father’s IT Innovation! “. My post referred to Andy Powell’s thoughts on “ The role of universities in a Web 2.0 world? ” in which he suggested that “ if Web 2.0 changes everything, I see no reason why that doesn’t apply as much to professional bodies ...
  4 weeks ago

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