Meanwhile UW-Madison is developing a security clearninghouse for their campus that others may be able to join in as well. It will include evaluating web sites from various wireless devices such as phones, pocket PCs, etc. Herb Bethany, a senior analyst from eWeek will be invited to attend the June CIO meeting following the eValuation. Video over ATM does not work. Since an aborted cutover in January, testing has proceeded between UW-Extension ICS and the vendor of the bridge.
Intermittent problems continue.
Last Tuesday the parties met and decided to bring in an Ameritech crash team that will also involve the other vendors. There is a deadline of June 15 to get it working or another alternative will be found for getting off of ISDN lines. Content is being developed for a pilot project by Learning Innovations. The project could also be expanded into laboratory training for students and other kinds of on the job training. Learning Innovations will send out a survey to the CIOs asking about campus networks and PCs to enable them to design the objects.