| | December 20146CIOReviewMany macro forces are enabling or disrupting the campus ecosystem. The changing technology landscape has challenged many institutions to keep pace with varying demands from students, parents, and policy makers.Some of the newer technologies, or even technologies that have been around for a while, are beginning to mainstream in ways that help institutions extend learning beyond the class. Institutions leverage these technologies to provide an environment that helps students build businesses, uphold causes, and engage in undergraduate research.Many business and technology issues challenge CIOs in educational institutions and affect their planning processes. These CIOs are under tremendous pressure to provide greater access, increased security and improved services. They understand that current and emerging technologies have a transformative role to play in shaping the future of education at colleges and universities.There is an overwhelming sense among the CIOs in educational institutions about the effects of the digital textbook transformation on campus, impact of cloud services and social learning on teaching and collaboration and role of Massive Open Online Course (MOOCS) options in the learning process. Hybrid learning, on-line learning, and content delivery strategies are being addressed. Administrative and operations support continue to be the significant investments that require robust technology enablement solutions. Further, gaining "just-in-time" insights from current data is challenging due to largely decentralized operations. Effective management of large amounts of hardcopy and electronic documents and other digital data represents significant opportunity for improvement.As CIOs aggressively scout for innovative technology solutions, there is no dearth of such solutions in the market. New companies and new products are emerging at a rapid pace, and it continues to be a challenge for institutions to keep up to date on the emerging trends produced by this innovation boom. For this special edition on campus technology, our editorial team has evaluated several mature vendors to present you the most promising campus technology solutions. These are the companies whose solutions are truly capable of impacting the education landscape.On that note, we present to you this special edition on campus technology. We hope this special edition triggers a thought process among educators, CIOs and administrators. There is still tremendous scope for the education system to utilize technology on campus to its fullest potential.Pradeep ShankarEditor-in-Chiefeditor@cioreview.comCopyright © 2014 CIOReview, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewDECEMBER 29 - 2014CIOReview's circulation is audited and certified by BPA International (Audit Pending). Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 December 29 - 2014, volume SE 35 Published by CIOReview To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com Editor-in-Chief Pradeep ShankarEditorial StaffSalesAishwarya KannanJade RayMathew JacobShashikanth PeetlaAlex D'souzaJoshua ParkerRyan FernandesSonia SacharT:510.565.7627 VisualizersStephen ThomasAshok KumarCampus Technology SpecialCIOReviewPeter Jones peter@cioreview.com Charles Mathewcharles@cioreview.com Immaculate D'souzaimmaculate@cioreview.com Technology: Transformative Role in Shaping EducationEditorialWilliam Patinson
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