State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo must provide access to applications and data for approximately 5,000 students, 300 faculty, and 700 support staff — all with only 4.5 IT staff members. NetApp Metro Cluster and VMWare solutions provided cost-effective business continuity and DR solution.

While academicians explore the pedagogical uses of social media, educational institutions are finding creative ways to put social media to use outside the classroom.

California State University-Monterey Bay (CSUMB) has updated its storage system to HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Arrays (EVA) to provide faster data access to students and faculty and to increase capacity in support of scholastic research applications.

One billion phones with access to educational apps will be given away to the world's poorest nations starting this year. The ambitious project was an initiative of the Young Global Leaders(YGL), a World Economic Forum community of 700 social entrepreneurs that address specific challenges of public interest.

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has launched a web portal for IT training, scholarship and ICT-related job opportunities aimed at encouraging girls and women to choose a career in technology.

To support global availability of its applications across virtual and physical systems 24x7, the Thunderbird School of Management upgraded its network backbone to 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE), consolidated storage, and virtualized servers for continuous data availability.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has announced the establishment of a design institute that will foster innovations that will benefit society most.

The AMA Education System (AMAES), a network of universities and colleges in the Philippines offering computer training, has upgraded its IT infrastructure with Oracle's PeopleSoft Campus Solutions.

Dell recently launched a new learning platform that integrates core education applications, digital learning resources and learning data to help educators address specific learning styles.

A solution that enables 100 students to run virtual desktops from a single operating system is being showcased by NComputing at the BETT Show 2012 in Olympia, London.