The vendor exhibit at Educause was something to see … over 200 vendors had booths to shop their wares. Here is a summary of some vendors I visited:
Xythos
- cool new UI
- incorporating Web 2.0 features like built in wiki, tagging, saved search
Web Checkout
- schedule, manage and maintain
- www.webcheckout.net
- billing, repair, maintenance, email messaging, integration for data exchange, media management, patron initiated reservation
Fortinet
- unified threat management with logging FortiAnalyzer and FortiManager
- modular, multilayered security
rSmart Sakai CLE (collaboration and learning environment)
- www.sakaisandbox.com, www.mysakai.com, www.rsmart.com
- open source learning platform that directly competes with WebCT and Blackboard
TouchNet – Seek N Secure
- PCI Data Security Standard – cool product that allows scanning disk storage looking for SIN, Student ID, credit card numbers on our network storage
- provides in context search for where possible data exposures are located
- may be a very good tool to support our 350x policies
Adobe
- Adobe Air (Adobe Integrated Runtime) – Web 2.0 in Education – the emergence of Rich Internet Applications
- Sungard HE is using Adobe Flex for their new product offerings in Enrolment Management
Burton Group
- consulting services and research
- provides deep research to compliment Gartner’s Broad Research
- 8 research areas
Crestron
- multimedia presentation systems
- lots of new and cool features
- plug and play with ip management
- Question is this going to be relevant in the future with device independent delivery?
interwrite – schoolpad
- very powerful smart board with integrated tablet and clicker interaction via bluetooth
Lockdown Networks – Enforcer
- provides iNAC control and quarantine ability for devices as they connect to the network
- works with Novell, Microsoft and Aruba
Lenovo – pcs and laptops
- claim they are very competitive with Toshiba
- personally their Thinkpads are very bulky and awkward looking
SoftChalk
- lesson builder tool for faculty that integrates with WebCT
intelliresponse
- we are piloting in the RO
- looks like a very good product and could replace our KB in the future
Citrix
- accelerate application performance
- load balancing and content switching
- SSL acceleration
This was just a sample of the vendors that came and participated in Educause 2007. It was a very worthwhile 4 hours spent. Now if only we could get some budget!!
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