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The Two Towers Burn, CD, Burn The new 1U and 2U rack and tower servers T he ability to automatically burn from Gateway are designed to provide per- and print up to 20 discs per job is formance, lower power consumption, greater possible with the Bravo SE Disc Pub- dependability, and higher value to the data lisher from Primera. A robotic arm center than previous transports a disc to the drive for re- models. A new feature cording, to the inkjet printer where allows customers to it prints direct-to-disc and places remotely shut down or finished discs in an output bin. It restart their servers, works with either Windows XP/2000 regardless of its power or Mac OS X and comes with dupli- condition, using a stan- cation and label-making software. The dard network connec- cost is $1,495. Visit www.primera.com. tion, web browser, and a dedicated manage- ment port on the serv- ers. The servers come Survey Says with a dual-core processor Zoomerang, an online provider of survey tools, has created an Edu- from Intel and can be configured with both cation Resource Center. Users of www.educationsurveyresources.com SAS and SATA drives. The E-9425R is the 1U can view sample surveys, learn surveying techniques, and find tips, model with four hot-swap SATA and SAS hard such as how to keep surveys short and focused. The zPro for Educa- drives. It offers 32GB of maximum memory. tion product, which allows users to send out an unlimited number of The E-9525R is the 2U model, supporting surveys, provides customizable templates or build their own surveys six hot-swap SATA and SAS hard drives, with which can be saved online , the ability to e-mail the survey or link to 32GB of maximum memory. Pricing starts at a web page, and real-time reports in graph form. Education pricing is $1,849 for the E-9425R and $1,899 for the $350 per year. If there are fewer than 100 respondents, professors can E-9525R. Read more at www.gateway.com. send a survey for free. Learn more at www.zoomerang.com. Auctions Made Easy Administrators looking to run an online auction fundraiser but don't know where to start should check out cMarket. The company guides nonprofits step-by-step in setting up an auction, has a selection of items to offer for bid, and can provide advice on items and auction length. Buttons allow donors to bid, donate cash, or donate items. The service costs $695 for an unlimited number of auctions for one year, plus 9 percent of net proceeds from all auctions combined, up to the first $75,000 raised. See it in action at www.cmarket.com. Help Students Brush Up on Algebra Maplesoft has converted The Mathematics Survival Kit book into an interactive electronic format, covering 115 topics from algebra to in- tegral calculus. The text is written in a conversational manner with 10- minute refreshers, exercises that provide hints to achieve the correct answer, and a more to explore section with hundreds of questions and assessments students can use to reinforce concepts. Resources, such as learning tools and a tutor, are also available. The software costs $29. Users must have Maple 10, which can be downloaded for $99. Learn more at www.maplesoft.com/students/index.aspx. www.universitybusiness.com November 2006 | 77 What'sNew1106.indd 77 10/23/06 11:21:39 AM http://www.primera.com http://www.gateway.com http://www.primera.com http://www.educationsurveyresources.com http://www.gateway.com http://www.zoomerang.com http://www.cmarket.com http://www.maplesoft.com/students/index.aspx http://www.maplesoft.com/students/index.aspx http://www.universitybusiness.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of University Business - November 2006

Table of Contents
College Index
Company Index
Advisory Board
Editor's Note
Stats Watch
People Watch
Sense of Place
Viewpoint
Marketing
Human Resources
Money Matters
Community Colleges
Wireless: The "n" is Near
TECH Central
Rising Stars
Coming Back from Katrina
Business Technology
What's New
Calendar of Events
Direct Connect
End Note

University Business - November 2006