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This article talks about what the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA is doing regarding green computing on campus and how their students can also get involved.

Second Life is a website that provides companies to use a virtual world to benefit their companies. It hasn't worked that great in small stores and traveling ideas such a cruise lines but education is one idea that has used the virtual world to a great advantage. "The Second Life Educators (SLED) community has an e-mail list that included more than 4,700 working in or interested in education in Second Life." Many universities have made exact replicas of their campus so that students couldn't feel as if they really traveled to get to class. I feel this is the best perk for students because they won't have to spend money on gas when they could just wake up and communicate through a microphone to their instructors. One thing that is surprising is, Second Life is free to join for students and teachers. Its important to keep up with the fast growing technology and this is the perfect way.

University of Wisconsin at Madison has partnered up with Physical Plant and the UW police department to upgrade their security system. Instead of the traditional hardwired cameras the university has switched to wireless cameras which should offer more benefits. The wireless cameras will allow all the cameras to be seen at one location instead of at the specific buildings or nearby locations. The new cameras are now color instead of black and white and have a highly upgraded motion sensor compared to the old ones. I think these cameras will help the university and help them bring the crime rate down around campus.

This article expounds how Google is contributing to the future green advancements of the world by implementing them in their every day operations. Although developing next-generation consumer electronics is an extremely lucrative sector of technology, Google has shifted their thinking away from the immediate consumer electronics field, moving towards the development of green technology. The article further mentions Google's wide-range of environmentally-friendly initiatives which includes the development of an application plug-in that would help automobiles determine where the driver is going that in turn reduces energy use, incorporates renewable energy, and offsets carbon emissions. Also, despite the large amount of Google data centers, Google has managed to cut their energy use in half through practical thinking that included purchasing a wind farm in Iowa with plans of running entirely on renewable energy in the near future. The company also made it a point to cut down on greenhouse gases by having goats roam their Google campus to eliminate the need for fertilizer and lawn movers. In conclusion, by adopting unconventional techniques for effectively lowering its environmental impact, the company has become a model example for more companies to think outside of the box and focus on implementing green technology in an efficient and innovative manner.

The condition of the facilities and grounds on any campus directly impacts the real and perceived quality of everyone's academic and personal experience. The extent to which we can positively enhance Morgan State University's overall environment is the degree to which we fulfill our critical mission. As this University's largest non-academic department, the Physical Plant Department is committed to providing high-quality services that result in clean, well-maintained, and aesthetically pleasing facilities and ground areas. The Physical Plant also supports other campus departments in achieving their objectives by focusing on customer service, teamwork, and creating an environment where our employees can learn and grow personally and professionally.

The articles list some of the methodologies Apple has been implementing over the last few years for its contribution to Corporate Social Responsibility.

This article discusses "Hotel Computer Networks". The author keeps information brief but informative.Highlights include, explaining the point of a computer network and how such communication is made possible. "Hotel Computer Networks are used to: Facilitate communique via electronic mail, video conferencing, immediate messaging, etc." The article concludes by highlighting the various varieties of computer network's used in hotels i.e. Local Area Networks, Personal Area Networks and Campus Networks.

This article is about two schools that used Event Manager Software to help them get and stay organized. From knowing what areas/classes were clean and ready for use to knowing where certain groups were going to be located on campus for events. They were able to apply the same issues with organizing large groups for events to organizing the daily needs of the school.

American Hotel and Lodging Association - Purdue Chapter AHLA promotes the social and professional development of hospitality students. Members tour some of the highest rated hotels in Greater Lafayette, Indianapolis, and Chicagoland. Members also network with top executives in the industry at campus events and the national conference. Club Managers Association of America CMAA is designed to promote and advance relations among persons connected with the management of clubs. Students are involved in setting up field trips to various types of clubs as well as educational seminars for students interested in the various facets of club management.

The scheduling software is available not only for work schedule or meeting schedules, there is actually a software created specially for colleges and universities. It can assist in scheduling classes, non-academic meetings and events. Academic scheduling allows to copy the existing schedule and to modify it, without the need to create all new schedule. It is also available in mobile. In the article, there is 3 PDF documents, if anybody interested, please click on them and explore more functions and info on how the system works, with some illustrations.

Hotel Med Park, located across from UC Davis Medical Center Campus, caters to both business and pleasure travelers. Hotel Med Park has chosen ProfitWatch Call Accounting "to provide accurate call reporting and billing". According to the article, ProfitWatch is "designed to save the property money and simplify management for the hotel". In addition, they had an opportunity to implement a cloud-based property management system. Multi-Systems, Inc (MSI), which manages ProfitWatch, is also responsible for the integration of CloudPM. With both systems in place, the customer is provided with "accurate call tracking and guest call bill back functions".

This article is definition of telecommunication network. It introduces the basic segments of telecommunication network, and lists the types of telecommunication network. At the last, it also offers some example to show the telecommunication network. From this article, I can know the function of terminals, channels, processors, computers and control soft wares. And there are three main components in the structure of telecommunication network. According to the different geographic area, the telecommunication network has different types.

The University of Minnesota offers a graduate-level class called "Event Management in Sport" in which the 30 students create and implement a volunteer management plan for the sporting event the Final Four where an estimated 1,000+ volunteers participate.

This short article from Harvard University discusses ways in which conservation and recycling of old products can help minimize wasteful practices of corporations' extraction of precious minerals in the production of technological hardware.

Computer networking is essential within organizations to build effective communication and allows sharing of resources. Various forms of computer networks each serve a specific purpose based on the size of area being served. Computer networking has many advantages but also has drawbacks that must be considered. Networks have the ability to reduce costs, increase storage, enhance flexibility, and provide easy access to information. Despite this, computer networks are subject to the threat of security breaches and can be very costly for an organization. Employees may also find themselves being distracted by the vastness of information made available by the Internet. In all, computer networks can offer countless solutions to technological problems within organizations.

Interesting article! This robot Rosie, was created by a student while working as a housekeeper at a hotel. He saw that majority of accidents reported by housekeeping staff were injuries sustained from vacuuming. Later they found that Rosie was much more capable at performing other duties than housekeeping. Due her data storage capabilities she became useful in tracking environmental data, temperature, humidity and WIFI signal strength. No doubt this type of green technology has had a tremendous impact on the overall guest experience and increase in revenue.