Synopsis
The emergence of the networked information economy is unleashing two powerful forces. On one hand, easy access to high-speed networks is empowering individuals. People can now discover and consume information resources and services globally from their homes. Further, new social computing approaches are inviting people to share in the creation and edification of information on the Internet. Empowerment of the individual -- or consumerization -- is reducing the individual's reliance on traditional brick-and-mortar institutions in favor of new and emerging virtual ones. Second, ubiquitous access to high-speed networks along with network standards, open standards and content, and techniques for virtualizing hardware, software, and services is making it possible to leverage scale economies in unprecedented ways. What appears to be emerging is industrial-scale computing -- a standardized infrastructure for delivering computing power, network bandwidth, data storage and protection, and services. Consumerization and industrialization beg the question "Is this the end of the middle?"; that is, what will be the role of "enterprise" IT in the future? Indeed, the bigger question is what will become of all of our intermediating institutions? This volume examines the impact of IT on higher education and on the IT organization in higher education. International customers: contact EDUCAUSE at info@educause.edu.
About the Author
Richard N. Katz consults on strategy, technology, and assessment issues with governments, corporations, and colleges and universities worldwide. He serves on a number of corporate, university, and association governing and advisory boards. Katz is an internationally known speaker and author. He has delivered more than 200 keynote addresses, and he has written or edited seven books and more than 75 articles, monographs, and book chapters. Katz served 14 years as vice president of EDUCAUSE and was the founding director of the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR). He had executive responsibility for establishing the first combined EDUCAUSE annual conference, The EDUCAUSE Review, and EQ. He oversaw EDUCAUSE corporate relations, and he forged relationships with the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC), the New England Computing Program (NERCOMP), the Seminars on Academic Computing (SAC), and the College and University Computer Users Association (CUMREC). Prior to joining EDUCAUSE, Katz held a variety of senior positions spanning 14 years at the University of California (UC). He staffed the nine-campus UC system's Improved Management Initiative, coordinating and leading groups charged with rethinking university approaches to accounting and finance, human resources management, capital programs, and institutional assessment. As Executive Director of Business Planning and Practices, he was responsible for guiding or implementing many of these strategic management initiatives. Katz was the second recipient of that university?s Award for Innovative Management and Leadership.
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