Live@edu update
I was just going through my portfolio positions at TD Ameritrade and came across a newwire from Microsoft (MSFT). This morning Microsoft annouced a series of new additions to the Live@edu offer (recall: this was the product I managed this summer).
Live@edu will be one of the first programs to integrate the new Office Live Workspace into its service lineup. It appears like there are already several universities involved in an early adopter program, including: Ball State University, DeVry University, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Indiana University, Kentucky Community and Technical College System, Michigan State University, University of Illinois, the University of Pennsylvania, Rio Salado College of the Maricopa Community Colleges, University of Washington and Vanderbilt University.
Also, in addition to Office Live Workspace, Live@edu is also pushing the available storage space for all accounts to 5GB, up to 1 GB of password-protected online storage space, automatic e-mail reply, and IP address whitelisting, which keeps e-mail messages sent from university mail servers from getting caught in spam filters.
Since Live@edu launched in March 2005, more than 400 schools from more than 30 countries have chosen the Live@edu suite, including Bryant University, San Jose State University, South Dakota State University, the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and William Carey University. The most recent school system to “go Live” is City University of New York (CUNY). I wish I could take more credit for this, but the team of people working on thie project is absolutely fantastic!!
