1. New Opportunities: Evolving and Emerging Technologies Leslie Maltz Columbia University

2. NETWORKING Ubiquitous Wireless Learning takes place everywhere and all the time all the timeIssue: Upgrade wired infrastructure or Upgrade wired infrastructure or Install/upgrade wireless infrastructure

3. NETWORKING The technology to watch is broadband over power lines –Relatively inexpensive devices can be used with existing computers –Will the power companies see the opportunity or will they be too late?

4. DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER RECOVERY In the post-Katrina world, disaster recovery and business continuity plans are essential -DR and BC were hot topics after 9/11, but memories fade and budgets disappear -Opportunities for assisting each other each other

5. SECURITY We need help! The bad guys are killing us! Bots, DOS, root kits, Windows vulnerabilities/updates Authorization, authentication Spam, phishing

6. SECURITY FundingStaffingTools User awareness and training Secure protocols – local and remote Anti-virus/malware/phishing/spam/…

7. IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IDENTITY MANAGEMENT Need a uniform process for establishing user identification Reduction in the number of sign-ons and passwords Greater security to protect information Legal regulations Lack of standards

8. AUTHENTICATION AUTHENTICATION 2 Factor Authentication –Password plus a token –Biometrics –Even banks are seeing the need

9. PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE (PKI) Need for a secure means of transmitting sensitive, confidential data PKI is not intuitive or easy to support But it may be the best of breed

10. PORTALS Continue to evolve and grow Flexible, customizable, personalized access and view of information based on the interests and roles of individuals Open source is mainstream Branded gateway to resources

11. COLLABORATION TOOLS BlogsWikis Courseware sites Electronic facebooks Chats, instant messaging, SMS/text messaging Web conferencing Digital repositories (i.e. DSpace) e-portfolios

12. EDUCATIONAL GAMING Games aren’t just for fun Learning can be fun Kids have load of experience Games are engaging and adaptable to almost any subject Interactive learning experience; Lessons learned from games stay with students

13. INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES What information to keep? Legal requirements Institutional archives What media will last? CD has limited life Fiche is ancient technology

14. INTELLIGENT SEARCHING Personal desktop search “bots” Specialized search interfaces like Google Scholar Remember search parameters over time Searching of multiple archives, repositories, and databases with a single query

15. GRID COMPUTING GRID COMPUTING Shared, distributed, heterogeneous computers Lots of horsepower for computational needs Harness distributed cycles High data demand is more suited to clusters Relatively inexpensive

16. PODCASTING New means for anywhere, anytime learning Subscription model Files are delivered because subscribers want to get the information regularly “Feeds” via RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Usually MP3 audio format Vodcasting – video enabled podcasting

17. PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING Concept is valid There are lawful uses Industry pressure is growing for Content monitoring Watch for legislation EDUCAUSE as voice for higher ed

18. OUTSOURCING It’s like politics; which side are you on?  Financially attractive  Expectations high; delivery sometimes high  Caution - Quality varies

19. Phone, What Phone Traditional phones are fading Cost per call based on distance model is broken Phones in dorm rooms are only for 911 VoIP works, but will the funding model continue as is?

20. CONVERGENCE DEVICES All in one handheld devices –Phone –PDA –Calendar –Email –Web –SMS/Text messaging –TV

21. CONVERGENCE DEVICES Support issues Security issues –Lost devices, confidential data, vulnerabilities and viruses –Data and usage policies –Device ownership