Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Time: 9 AM (PDT)/12 PM (EDT)
Vanderbilt University needed to replace their legacy open source student e-mail system with one which students could relate. This new system had to:
• Empower users to work and communicate collaboratively
• Deliver a better technical experience
• Provide a search solution that could handle large volumes of searches through its public website-nearly 300,000 per month
• Handle an inventory of 4 million documents
After carefully weighing alternatives and reviewing vendor ratings with third-party analysts, Vanderbilt selected Google Apps Education Edition, a free version of Google Apps optimized for on-campus use.
Within thirty days the new system was up and running, delivering an opt-in email solution for the university's undergraduate population that provided new e-mail and collaboration tools which students welcomed and quickly put to use.
Join us to hear how Vanderbilt:
• Migrated student e-mail to Google Apps for Education, providing e-mail and collaboration tools at no cost
• Implemented the Google Search Appliance (GSA) across the school's search experience
What they accomplished:
• Saved $750,000 on storage costs, not to mention additional server expenses
• Freed up IT resources to address legacy data issues and focus attention on more strategic, university-wide projects
• Dramatically improved user experience on the Vanderbilt website by adding advanced search functionality
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