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Two Significant Technology Trends Sweeping College and University Communities


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October 29, 2007 By

Cisco says it is responding to two significant technology trends sweeping college and university communities as educators and administrators strive to meet the needs of students accustomed to a media-rich, mobile lifestyle, while at the same time working to strengthen campus security via interoperable communications.

Today, many students are digital natives, Web 2.0 consumers who expect their college or university to create a collaborative experience that integrates familiar technologies such as podcasting and on-demand video into their learning environment. Three of four young adults download and view Internet videos daily according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, and Burst Media reports that college students spend more time online than they do using any other form of media, including TV and radio.

Additionally, schools are quickly moving to streamline campus communications not only to prepare for disaster responses but also to bolster efficient day-to-day operations that save university officials time and money.

To help enable this level of connectivity, communication and collaboration in higher education, Cisco sees the network emerging as the cornerstone of the data center. Cisco's vision for next-generation data centers, termed Data Center 3.0, forecasts that the network will become the core of a data center's infrastructure with virtualization and automation becoming the primary methods for optimizing application performance, service levels, efficiency and collaboration.

At the University of California at Berkeley, a study of incoming freshman revealed that students ranked podcasting to be just as important as wireless Internet and access to e-mail. Video podcasting storage and distribution via Apple iTunes U and YouTube required a scalable network for Berkeley's open content initiative, webcast.berkeley.


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