School CIO: Data Management

October 12th, 2008

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Data Management

The Dark Side of Tech: How CIOs Tackle Security Breaches
by Matt Bolch
The proliferation of ed tech is certainly cause for celebration. But that celebration carries a dark side--the potential for fraud and abuse. Tech & Learning asked four technology directors about five security challenges that keep them up at night.

Business Intelligence Basics
by Lane Mills
Is your district's data analysis system producing actionable results? In part 2 of our series on data management, we take a look at how applying the practice of Business Intelligence to your accumulated data can help you drill down to the specifics that'll help meet your goals.

Getting Started with Data Warehousing
by Lane Mills
The first in a series on managing data efficiently in your district.

Redefining Data-Driven Decision Making
by Keith Waters
How schools can move beyond D3M to embrace a culture of education performance management.

A CIO Story
by Amy Poftak
Boston Public Schools' Kim Rice is changing the role of technology in her community, one customer at a time.

Data Warehouse to Go
by Elena Malykhina
Business intelligence vendors create scaled-down applications for smartphones

How to Shop for a SAN
by Dave Raffo
Storage negotiating tips from an education IT director who knows.

8 Tips for Going Paperless
by Sheila Riley
Tech directors reveal their strategies for taming the paper monster.

Dancing the Data Two-Step
by Dave Stodder
As IT leaders step up to data management challenges, they must also step back and let users determine how data-driven insight fits their world.

The Coming Database Revolution
by Josh Greenbaum
You may not want to rip and replace, but consider the possibilities for new deployments.

Case Study: Using Data Mining to Analyze Student Behavior
by Rick Whiting
A Louisiana district scours a year's worth of discipline reports for patterns.

Data Protection: Who's Got Your Back?
by Joseph F. Kovar
Three words can sum up the storyline in storage nowadays: protection, protection, and protection.

What's Your Achilles Heel?
by School CIO readers
School CIO readers share their biggest challenges.

Are You Being Servered?
by Don MacVittie
Just because you can't pay big bucks for servers doesn't mean you have to limp along with a substandard infrastructure.

Dealing With The Metadata Mess
by Howard Baldwin
Will we ever be able to consolidate all the places where metadata exists in the enterprise?

Virtualization Delivers Cost-Saving Lesson
by Sharon Gaudin
How one school turned to virtual software as an alternative to a costly data center buildout.

Getting Staff to Use Online Data Systems
by Sheila Riley
10 tips for encouraging educators to embrace "accountability" technologies.

Surviving an ERP Implementation: Notes from the Field
by Philip J. Brody, Ph. D.
One CTO's account of the rollercoaster that is enterprise resource planning.

Smart Backup Storage Tips
by Humayun Beg
Electronic vaulting promises an end to shipping backup tapes, The Advisory Council says.

How to Buy a Student Information System
by Richard Hoffman
Lessons learned from Prince George's County Public Schools.

IT Inside the Country's Largest School System
by Christopher Heun
An exclusive interview with New York City Department of Education CIO Irwin Kroot.

The NCLB Effect
by Richard Hoffman
Examining the impact of No Child Left Behind on school technology programs and the people who run them.

Data Privacy Trouble Spots
by Eric Svetcov
Concerned about FERPA and HIPAA? Start by closing the gap on some commonly overlooked vulnerabilities.

Data: Maximize Your Mining, Part Two
by Todd McIntire
Individualized analysis and a "can do" culture are key to schools committed to sustained student achievement.

DATA: Maximize Your Mining, Part One
by Todd McIntire
Sustained student achievement is the ultimate goal of data mining, but efficient analysis is key to getting there.

How to Perform a Data Makeover
by Richard Hoffman
If the data you're storing isn't the right data, or is inconsistent, erroneous, or incomplete, the best analytic tools in the world won't help you make sense of it. We give you four steps to help you "keep it clean."

Data Glossary

Don't know your data mart from your dashboard? We explain the essentials.

Student Information Systems Demystified
by Todd McIntire
The increasing demand for accurate, timely data means schools and districts are relying heavily on SIS technologies. Here, key facts you need to know before investing in a new system.