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»  Creating Educational Communities
»  AVOIR Connects African Universities
»  Admin Computing’s Transformation
EduConnection
November/December 2008 EduConnection
Joe's Notebook
Creating Community In Education
Dear Colleague,
On my Sun News Radio appearance, I talked about our new online community, EduConnection.org, a place where educators and researchers can connect and collaborate about technology with each other. LISTEN »
Joe Hartley Joe Hartley, VP, Global Government, Education and Healthcare
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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»  SunGard Summit
This summit features over 600 classes led by SunGard experts. Learn how to build a unified digital campus. March 22-25, 2009, Philadelphia, PA.
INTRODUCING EDUCONNECTION.ORG
New Community Site Now Active
EduConnection.org Note to readers: This is the last issue of the EduConnection newsletter — at least in this form! You will continue to receive monthly updates about topical content and thought-provoking discussions now available at EduConnection.org, the online community site for education IT professionals. Use the site to:
»  Share your ideas
»  Get feedback from peers
»  Learn best practices
»  Achieve your IT objectives
We invite you to visit today — and get connected!
Edu Insight
AVOIR Connects African Universities
AVOIR Program advances continent’s software development stature
The African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources (AVOIR) program was founded to connect African universities. Through community and collaboration, its goal is to develop applications that advance the continent's stature as a viable developer and exporter of intellectual property. Sun is AVOIR’s primary technology partner.
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Inside Technology
The Transformation of Administrative Computing
AVOIR Connects African Universities Today's administrative computing systems for education IT look nothing like they did ten or even five years ago. Campuses are dramatically improving student services and managing ever-larger volumes of data to facilitate analysis and decision making — all while improving operational performance.
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