Organizations should start experimenting with Web apps from Google, Microsoft and other software companies.
Open-source middleware maker WSO2 has launched an open source cloud platform that should be of interest to enterprise Java developers. Called Stratos, it's a fully hosted application platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for building and deploying apps and services "with instant provisioning of enterprise servers, including the portal, enterprise service bus (ESB) and application server."
Ed tech company it's learning is adding Microsoft Office Web Apps and Outlook Live to its electronic learning platform.
Although more than 95 percent of organizations expect to maintain or grow their use of software as a service (SaaS), 30 percent of enterprises using SaaS have renegotiated their terms before the end of the initial contract period.
- By Denise Harrison
- 05/06/10
Microsoft and ePals are partnering to expand the collaboration and communications tools available to educators and students through the ePals Global Community, an educational networking platform.
Google has updated its codebase, adding features to its Google Docs online suite of applications that make them richer and more collaborative.
Cloud computing and gaming are among the six technologies that will have a major positive impact on K-12 education in the next few years, according to researchers. But education also faces some critical challenges in that timeframe, including challenges that may require fundamental changes to the way we educate in the United States.
Although Google Apps Education Edition has proved a boon for many districts, some have expressed concern about the security aspects of the free service. One UK school has found a way to address login vulnerabilities with the use of another free service.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/13/10
Citrix has released versions of its GoToMeeting and Receiver applications for iPad. Both are available now at no charge.
Clarkstown Central School District has gone public with its use of a service that allows students, teachers, and administrators to save files in a personal area online and share them with others on the Web.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/02/10