[Video] Email Services Was Fast And Furious At The 2010 Tech Fair
One of the tables that always seemed to have a crowd around it at the 2010 Tech Fair was Email Services. The move of students to the Google Apps platform for email, Lotus Notes updates, and deployment of Lotus Notes Traveler for mobile devices kept the traffic to their table steady. We were able to […]
[Video] Information Security At 2010 Tech Fair
Information security is everywhere these days and that includes the 2010 Tech Fair. We stopped by the Information Security Office table on the first day of the Tech Fair to see what they were talking about with faculty, staff, and students. They were not only giving cups away but valuable information as well. Check out […]
[Video] Let’s Talk About Blackboard 9 At The 2010 Tech Fair
The Blackboard table at the 2010 Tech Fair was all about Blackboard 9. The upgrade is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. on May 21st and to be completed by midnight. We’ll have more to say about Blackboard 9 soon as well as a new mobile offering for the Blackboard service at VCU. Check out […]
[Video Removed] Apple Talks iPad At 2010 Tech Fair
[May 19, 2010 Update: The video clip accompanying this post was removed at the request of Apple, Inc.] We caught up with Apple representatives after one of their 2010 Tech Fair presentations to talk about new happenings in the Apple world. Not surprisingly, the buzz is all about the iPad. The Apple folks ran us through the highlights […]
[Video] VCU Telecommunications Talks, Faxes, Messages, And Just About Anything Else You Want To Do
We had a chance to stop by the VCU Telecommunications table at the 2010 Tech Fair to speak with Lynne WIlliams about the products and services that they provide the VCU community. If it is voice related at VCU, the Telecommunications group is involved. Handsets, cellphones, messaging, fax, teleconferencing are all areas of their expertise. They have some changes […]
[Video] Echo360 Captures VCU
Have you ever walked out of class wondering what the heck that professor was talking about? Wish you could go back in time and sit through that lecture one more time? Many faculty at VCU allow this academic-based time travel with the use of Echo360 lecture capture in the classroom. Using Echo360, faculty can record class supplements […]
[Video] ImageNow: Paperless At Your Fingertips
It’s day 1 of the 2010 Tech Fair and I am looking for some great technology to talk about. Where do I go? The ImageNow table! This is a great VCUTS service that allows a department to scan, fax, email, or use a molecular transporter to convert forms into documents stored online with ImageNow. Okay, maybe not the molecular transporter but […]
[Video] Technology Lifesavers: VCU Computer Center & NOC
During the first day of the 2010 Tech Fair we stopped by for a visit with Sean O’Keefe and John Gayle of the VCU Computer Center. At the most basic level, the computer center provides server support, network drive storage, and system backup services among many others for VCU departments and offices. If you have server […]
[Video] VCUCard: The Way To Pay
We stopped by the VCUCard table at the 2010 Tech Fair to see what was happening with our favorite card-based service. Did you know that RamBucks is can be used by faculty and staff too? Who knew? Faculty and staff can use RamBucks on and off campus as a budgeting tool or just as another way to not have […]
[Video] Cisco Systems at the 2010 Tech Fair
The VCU Tech Fair would not be possible without the support received from the vendors who exhibited during the event. Cisco Systems was the Platinum-level vendor for the 2010 Tech Fair. Cisco has a long history at VCU with regards to network equipment but they were at the Tech Fair to talk about their digital media offerings. […]