Monday, September 21, 2009

Universities turning their email and other services over to outside companies

The Chronicle of Higher Ed writes about universities turning their email and other services over to outside companies such as Google and Microsoft, in some cases saving $1 million. However, there are concerns about "whether outside companies will safeguard student grades and sensitive research, and keep colleges from violating federal privacy laws."

Many at Berkeley use Google apps and gmail. Is that direction we should go in? What are the concerns? Are the tradeoffs acceptable?

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