The "traditional" 18 - 22 year old, residential college student makes up only 16% of the students enrolled in public and private two- and four-year institutions. More than half of today's students are older and are taking classes part-time. Over a million attend for-profit institutions and millions more participate in postsecondary education experiences offered by corporate universities. Most work full or part-time, have little interest in out-of-class activities, and are very savvy about computer-based technologies. These are the "newer students" of higher education and represent the largest market segment of those who will attend college in the foreseeable future. It would seem the drastic shift in market characteristics would be accompanied by strategic shifts in university planning....
LANHAM, Md., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded Computer Technologies Consultants, Inc. (CTC), a small business headquartered in Lanham, Maryland, a five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and other related information technology services, including cloud computing, cloud Web hosting, and cloud storage offerings. This award is open for ordering by all United States federal agencies, Department of Defense components, authorized state and local government entities, and authorized contractors. Cloud computing can reduce the cost of Information Technology (IT) infrastructure by utilizing technology based on virtualization of servers, databases, and applications. GSA is pursuing the Federal Cloud...
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The exploitation of our nation's children is a major and rapidly escalating problem. Just recently, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction. Some forms of child exploitation outlined in the strategy included on-line sexual solicitation and enticement, pornography and other threats. Earlier this year, the DOJ Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announced $1.2 million in grants awarded to the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Taskforces around the nation. According to Assistant Attorney General, OJP, Laurie Robinson, "These grants will provide the resources necessary to reach the children and hold the perpetrators accountable...
The use of e-business technologies between supply chain organizations has primarily been examined from the viewpoint of buying firms or retailers, with little attention given to the benefits accrued to suppliers. Further, previous studies have been limited to either financial or marketing performance measures, or a narrow range of operational measures. This study builds on research in this area by testing a model of the relationship between supplier use of e-business technologies in communication with their primary buyer, degree of buyer-supplier coordination, and a complete set of benefits that include strategic and operational performance measures. Using data from 241 first-tier OEM suppliers in the computer industry, the findings show that supplier use of e-business technologies posi...
Scott Schneider is trying to prove that barcodes are so last century. Schneider and his team have taken Holtsville-based Applied Computer Technologies from a run-of-the-mill information technology firm to Long Island's only provider of a new inventory management service that many in the technology world think will soon replace the antiquated barcode system.
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