Texas Technology - Fall 2008 - (Page 4) V O L U M E 4 | I S S U E 4 | FA L L 2 0 0 8 contents ON THE COVER Group Publisher: Publisher: Executive Editor: EDITORIAL Editor: Contributing Editor: Chief Copy Editor: Managing Editor: Justice and Public Safety Editor: Features Editor: Staff Writer: Copy Editor: Editorial Assistant: Contributing Writers: DESIGN Creative Director: Senior Designer: Graphic Designers: Illustrator: Production Director: Production Manager: PUBLISHING VP Strategic Accounts: VP Bus. Development: Don Pearson dpearson@govtech.com Scott Fackert sfackert@govtech.com Steve Towns stowns@govtech.com Matt Williams mwilliams@govtech.com Chad Vander Veen cvanderveen@govtech.com Miriam Jones mjones@govtech.com Karen Stewartson kstewartson@govtech.com Jim McKay jmckay@govtech.com Andy Opsahl aopsahl@govtech.com Hilton Collins hcollins@govtech.com Elaine Rundle erundle@govtech.com Cortney Towns ctowns@govtech.com Patrick Michels, Melissa Camilleri Magliola Crossover Appeal A Millennial overhauls Hutto’s IT infrastructure to deal with rapid growth. 10 F E AT U R E Cover photo by Micah Grau Kelly Martinelli kmartinelli@govtech.com Crystal Hopson chopson@govtech.com Michelle Hamm mhamm@govtech.com Joe Colombo jcolombo@govtech.com Tom McKeith tmckeith@govtech.com Stephan Widmaier swidm@govtech.com Joei Heart jheart@govtech.com Jon Fyffe jfyffe@govtech.com Tim Karney tkarney@govtech.com East Regional Sales Directors: Leslie Hunter lhunter@govtech.com East 16 For One and All El Paso County plans a new data center that could be the collaborative project public-sector groups have been waiting for. Account Managers: Shelley Ballard sballard@govtech.com West, Central CASE STUDIES EDUCATION 20 22 26 6 8 Punching up the Numbers A north Texas school district sees big results after MathForward implementation. HEALTH Standing Alone Houston benefits as the home of the country’s only school devoted entirely to health-information science. COMMUNITY SERVICES Melissa Cano mcano@govtech.com Erin Hux ehux@govtech.com Bus. Development Dir.: Glenn Swenson gswenson@govtech.com Bus. Dev./Sales Associates: Krista O’Sullivan kosullivan@govtech.com Lisa Doughty ldoughty@govtech.com Reg. Sales Administrators: Sabrina Shewmake sshewmake@govtech.com Christine Childs cchilds@govtech.com Director of Marketing: Andrea Kleinbardt akleinbardt@govtech.com Dir. of Custom Events: Whitney Sweet wsweet@govtech.com Assoc. Dir. of Custom Events: Lana Herrera lherrera@govtech.com Custom Events Coordinator: Karin Morgan kmorgan@govtech.com Dir. of Custom Publications: Stacey Toles stoles@govtech.com Custom Publications Writer: Jim Meyers jmeyers@govtech.com Director of Web Products and Services: Vikki Palazzari vpalazzari@govtech.com Web Services Manager: Peter Simek psimek@govtech.com Proj. Manager, Web Products and Services: Michelle Mrotek mmrotek@govtech.com Web Advertising Manager: Julie Dedeaux jdedeaux@govtech.com Subscription Coordinator: Gosia Ustaszewska subscriptions@govtech.com CORPORATE CEO: Executive VP: Executive VP: CAO: CFO: VP of Events: Marketing Director: Library Survival Plan The Houston Public Library reinvented itself into a hub of communitywide interaction by using technology. Dennis McKenna dmckenna@govtech.com Don Pearson dpearson@govtech.com Cathilea Robinett crobinet@centerdigitalgov.com Lisa Bernard lbernard@govtech.com Paul Harney pharney@govtech.com Alan Cox acox@govtech.com Drew Noel dnoel@govtech.com Editor’s Letter Outer Limits Where science and technology meet. Texas Technology is published by e.Republic Inc. Copyright 2008 by e.Republic Inc. All rights reserved. Opinions expressed by writers are not necessarily those of the publisher or editors. Article submissions should be sent to the attention of the Managing Editor. Reprints of all articles in this issue and past issues are available (500 minimum). Please direct inquiries to the YGS Group: Attn. Erik Eberz at (800) 290-5460 ext.150 or governmenttechnology@theygsgroup.com. Subscription Information: Requests for subscriptions may be directed to Circulation Director by phone or fax to the numbers below. You can also subscribe online at www.govtech.com/tt. Phone: (916) 932-1300 Fax: (916) 932-1470 A publication of © New Online: Prairie View A&M’s PantherAlert system roars. See what’s new at www.govtech.com/tt http://www.govtech.com/tt http://www.govtech.com/tt
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