Colleges and universities have an opportunity to lower their operational costs and put those funds towards student-centered services by prioritizing the simplification of the IT operating environment.

“When IT is mired in the complexity of managing infrastructure silos, different sand-based components, and the virtualization components of their legacy environment, it detracts from its ability to be innovative and providing the agility that the university needs,” says Nutanix's Steve Kaplan.

Kaplan, author of the book “The ROI Story: A Guide to IT Decision-Making,” says that IT leaders should be using data to support their infrastructure decisions, instead of a following “a blind adherence to status quo environments.”

Guest: Steve Kaplan, Vice President, Customer Success Finance, Nutanix

Host: Wyatt Kash, SVP, Content Strategy, Scoop News Group

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On this episode of EdScoop Edition, Jake talks with two members of Educause's staff about the future of teaching and learning, and catches up with Texas Tech University's CIO on how he has responded to the coronavirus pandemic. Jake also talks with the EdScoop Editorial Team about the latest news across higher ed.

Identity governance plays an essential role for higher education institutions in their efforts to provide a seamless, reliable and secure user experience, says West Virginia University's CISO, which serves more than 21,000 undergraduates.

Colleges and universities have a diverse population — applicants, students, alumni, faculty, staff and contractors — and the potential for ever-changing access privileges to resources. Therefore, IT departments need a solution that can manage identity and access to systems, data and devices. Sponsored by SailPoint.

Guests: Alex Jalso, chief information security officer for West Virginia University and , Cullen Landrum, senior systems engineer at SailPoint

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On this episode of EdScoop Edition, Jake hosts the SXSW EDU panel that never was with University of Tulsa CIO Paige Francis and Cypress-Fairbanks ISD IT leader Karen Fuller.

On the first episode of EdScoop Edition, EdScoop's Associate Publisher talks with Western Governors University President Scott Pulsipher, Indiana University of Pennsylvania CIO Bill Balint and the EdScoop Editorial team about how coronavirus is changing the way higher education operates.

Identity governance tools give colleges and universities greater control in securing access privileges, says the University of Utah’s IT official. Sponsored by SailPoint.

Guest: Chris Stucker, associate director for identity and access management, University of Utah

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Security experts from Cisco Systems and Duo Security discuss zero-trust strategies and how higher ed institutions can be more creative with where they set up access controls. Sponsored by Cisco Systems.

Guests: Peter Romness, U.S. public sector cybersecurity solutions lead at Cisco Systems and Wendy Nather, head advisory CISOs with Duo Security

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Colleges and universities should look at scalable, “always-on” network connections as essential to attract and retain students and staff, says expert in a new podcast. Sponsored by Cisco Meraki.

Guest: Tony Carmichael, product manager of APIs and developer ecosystems at Cisco Meraki

On this episode of Cutting EDge, EdScoop chats with Wake County Public Schools' (North Carolina) Marlo Gaddis on the upcoming challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence.

On this episode of Cutting EDge, EdScoop chatts with Maribeth Luftglass from Fairfax County Public Schools.