1544 México, Política Digital, Seminario El nuevo modelo de conectividad para México
La revista Política Digital te invita cordialmente a participar en el Seminario “El nuevo modelo de conectividad para México”, evento gratuito que se realizará el próximo 28 de agosto en el hotel Royal Pedregal, ciudad de México.
Se trata de una reunión en la que se informará y deliberará en torno a la nueva estrategia de telecomunicaciones para el Acceso Universal de banda ancha, que el Gobierno Federal empieza a promover en todo el país. Para ello, hemos invitado a altas autoridades tanto del Gobierno Federal como de los Gobiernos Estatales que están involucradas en este nuevo modelo que, de resultar exitoso, cambiará el rostro digital de México.
Para mayor información sobre el seminario, y para registrate en línea, visita el sitio aquí.
Te esperamos el próximo 28 de agosto a las 8.30 am.
Andrés Hofmann
Director General
Política Digital
1542 Argentina, com.Letter, Price & Cooke, boletín informativo, 4 de agosto de 2008
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1538 Francia, Lyon, conferencia anual para Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación “ICT event 2008 - Invention, Innovation, Impact”, 25-27 de noviembre de 2008
La Comisión Europea y la presidencia francesa de la Unión Europea organizan la conferencia anual para Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación “ICT event 2008 - Invention, Innovation, Impact”.
Se llevará a cabo del 25 al 27 de noviembre 2008 en Lyon (Francia).
El objetivo de la conferencia es de presentar tecnologías futuras en TICs, nuevos mercados, nuevos sectores, nuevos actores, y el impacto a través de la política de la Comisión. Se presentará también de forma detallada el programa de trabajo 2009-2010 del Séptimo Programa Marco para investigación en TICs y otras fuentes de la Unión Europea para el fomento de la investigación, como programas de innovación y competitividad.
Participará el Comisario Europeo para la Sociedad de Información y Media.
Información más detallada al respecto encontrará en:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict/2008/index_en.htm
1532 Campus Technology, 6 de agosto de 2008
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In This Issue
- The Buzz:
- Weighing In:
- Products and Apps
- Online Resources:
The Buzz
Web Bazaar: The Problem of Abundance
Walking in the old part of Istanbul, the narrow street awash in shops, each with its appealing bins of gorgeous goods, I kept expecting to find a super market of some sort. But no supermarket ever appeared, just more miles of tiny shops. Welcome to Web 2.0.
Weighing In
It IS about Technology: Integrating Higher Ed into Knowledge Culture
For more than twenty years, we educational technologists have talked about “integrating information technology into higher education.” The implication was that education would stay the same and information technology would benignly slip in and cause no ruckus at all. This rhetoric no longer applies, if it ever did, and does a disservice to us as we work through the intricacies of this age.
Products and Apps
Sun To Open Source Java System Web Server and Web Proxy Technologies
Sun Microsystems recently said it will soon open source the core components of Sun Java System Web Proxy and Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 under the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) license. The Web and Proxy source code will be released later this year.
Katana Brings Education Content to Sakai Open Source LMS
Sakai, a popular open source learning management system, is adding content from McGraw-Hill Higher Education to its repertoire of educational tools. Through a technology called Katana, developed by McGraw-Hill Learning Solutions and The ETUDES Consortium, Sakai users will be able to tap directly into McGraw-Hill’s electronic learning resources, including online courses, digital media, and curricula.
Texas State Tech To Deliver Digital Media Program via Second Life
This fall Texas State Technical College (TSTC) will be offering a Digital Media certificate focused on virtual world technology using Second Life as the primary delivery method. An associate degree Digital Media will be offered in spring 2009.
U Minnesota Researchers Create ‘Safe Road Maps’ Mashup
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a Google Maps mashup, called SafeRoadMaps, which pinpoints the location of every fatal accident that has happened in the United States using data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
Online Resources
- Webcast: Lecture Capture Improves Distance Learning Program at GWU
In this free, 60-minute session, you will hear how Echo360 helped GWU create a simple, easy way to capture lectures and offer them to students online. Get details on the implementation process and hear the success the program has experienced, allowing it to extend its reach beyond the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Sponsored by Echo360 - Virtualization–The Greener, Faster, More Economical IT for Higher Ed
Imagine system processing times reduced by as much as 80%. Keiser University did, decreasing a 20 minute grade-posting process to about four minutes. How did they achieve this time-saving miracle? Going virtual. Virtualization is expected to be the next big thing in information technology-optimizing hardware resources, providing cost-savings, and reducing energy consumption. It’s revolutionizing campus system infrastructures across the world-and CDW-G is there to lend a hand! Learn more about the power of virtualization now.
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Web 2.0 is your single best up-to-the-minute resource for news, tactics, strategies, and case studies for teaching and learning in the new web world. You’ll find the latest information on social software (wikis, blogs, and chat), virtual learning environments, Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) such as Second Life, web-enabled collaboration tools, social collaboration sites, gaming, immersive education technologies, and more. Published bi-monthly, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays in HTML and text formats.
Our goal is to keep our readers well informed with thoughtful articles and the most up to date news. In addition, we hope our audience members will share with us their opinions regarding educational technology issues so we may be certain we are covering the topics that are of most interest to them. Please direct any questions or comments about Web 2.0 to Mary Grush, executive editor.
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1530 México, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Reflextec, número 9
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1527 Campus Technology, Webinar, Best Practices for securing a Campus
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1522 Campus Technology, 5 de agosto de 2008
Campus Technology
News Update
August 5, 2008
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In This Issue
- News:
- U Illinois Urbana-Champaign To Establish Experimental Computing Cluster
- Sun To Open Source Java System Web Server and Web Proxy Technologies
- University of Utah Named CUDA Center of Excellence
- Model-Driven Development Cuts the Coding
- MIT Researchers Take Solar Power Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine
- Universities in Indiana, North Dakota, New York Deploy Oracle Software
- Apple Reacts to Spoof Threats, Issues DNS Hotfix
- Does Microsoft Have an Open Source Heart?
- 3PAR Releases Virtual Desktop Solution for VMware VDI
- Events:
- Online Resources:
- Webinar: Reducing Costs Through Strategic Financial Management
- Webcast: The Benefits of a Connected Campus
- Deliver Real-Time IT Services to Remote Users Anywhere
- Preparing Students to Meet the Needs of the 21st Century through Technology
- Security for Higher Education: The Technologies, the Issues and the Role
News
U Illinois Urbana-Champaign To Establish Experimental Computing Cluster
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is collaborating with the National Science Foundation, HP, Intel, and Yahoo! to establish an experimental computing cluster. The resulting “HP, Intel, Yahoo! Cloud Computing Test Bed” will be managed by UIUC and made available to academic users from other institutions for research in data-intensive computing.
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Sun To Open Source Java System Web Server and Web Proxy Technologies
Sun Microsystems recently said it will soon open source the core components of Sun Java System Web Proxy and Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 under the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) license. The Web and Proxy source code will be released later this year.
University of Utah Named CUDA Center of Excellence
The University of Utah last week was named a CUDA Center of Excellence for adopting parallel computing strategies and applying them to research and integrating them into the curriculum.
Model-Driven Development Cuts the Coding
Want to build custom Web applications without writing a single line of code? That’s the promise of Model-Driven Development (MDD), and the objective of Intelliun’s MDD-based Virtual Enterprise (VE) toolset.
MIT Researchers Take Solar Power Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine
Researchers at MIT announced last week that they’ve cracked the solar power nut by finding a method to squirrel away energy for use when the sun isn’t shining. Unlike existing techniques, this new one is efficient, inexpensive, and clean, researchers said, relying on resources that are abundant and lend themselves to easy manufacture.
Universities in Indiana, North Dakota, New York Deploy Oracle Software
Four institutions of higher education–Anderson University, the North Dakota University System, Indiana University, and City University of New York–have gone public with their deployments of software from Oracle. They’re among 13 colleges and universities that have recently implemented or selected applications from the vendor.
Apple Reacts to Spoof Threats, Issues DNS Hotfix
Apple took action Friday to address the infamous Domain Name System (DNS) problem. And none too soon.
Does Microsoft Have an Open Source Heart?
Microsoft’s open source outreach effort, which started just a few years ago, isn’t dead on arrival, if you hear Sam Ramji, Microsoft’s senior director of platform strategy, talk about it. Rather, it’s coming alive.
3PAR Releases Virtual Desktop Solution for VMware VDI
3PAR has announced a new virtual desktop provisioning and management solution for VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
Sponsored by: Meru Networks
Creating an 802.11n Strategy that Makes Sense
Learn how to build an effective 802.11n migration plan and see how Wayne State University is taking campus mobility to the next level with a comprehensive Wi-Fi network strategy that includes a high-performance 802.11n solution from Meru Networks.
UPCOMING EVENTS
University of Wisconsin-Madison Annual
Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning
Madison, WI
Aug 5-8, 2008
Enhancing and Assessing Student Learning Using ePortfolios
Park City, UT
Aug 11-13, 2008
SANS Boston 2008
Cambridge, MA
Aug 11-16, 2008
SANS Virginia Beach 2008
Virginia Beach, VA
AUG 21-29, 2008
SANS Chicago 2008
Chicago, IL
SEP 3-10, 2008
CIC: Data and Decisions Workshop
Memphis, TN
Sep 23, 2008
SANS Network Security 2009
Washington, DC
Sep 28-Oct 6, 2008
ONLINE RESOURCES
- Webinar: Reducing Costs Through Strategic Financial Management
Sponsored by Oracle
Integrating budget planning and reporting systems across campus departments enabled Santa Clara University to streamline its financial management processes and get senior management involved in budget planning. Find out how. - Webcast: The Benefits of a Connected Campus
Sponsored by: Sprint and Rave Wireless
Discover how Park University enhanced safety, learning and communication–both on and off campus–thanks to Sprint’s Campus Connect. - Deliver Real-Time IT Services to Remote Users Anywhere
Sponsored by: LogMeIn
Discover how you can provide cost-effective, anytime remote IT support services. - Preparing Students to Meet the Needs of the 21st Century through Technology
Sponsored by: CDW-G
21st-century learning and preparing students to meet the challenges of a global economy are two of education’s most critical issues. This means teaching the basics of technology use and giving students the foundation they need to adapt to the changing landscape: innovation, critical thinking, information and media skills, and global awareness. For in-depth resources on 21st century learning, visit our microsite and get a fresh perspective on the relevance and role of technology in teaching for 21st century skills. - Security for Higher Education: The Technologies, the Issues and the Role
Sponsored by: CDW-G
One of the most critical challenges for colleges and universities is protecting student information and sensitive data. Here’s some fresh insight on how to meet those challenges: A new microsite sponsored by CDW-G explores the state of school security in its 3rd annual Higher Education IT Security Report Card. Plus, read how one university keeps its community informed and prepared to fight IT theft. - More resources
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1513 Webinar, Campus Technology, The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Solution
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1498 COHA Report, China’s Claim in Latin America: So Far, a Partner not a Threat
China’s Claim in Latin America: So Far, a Partner not a Threat
By light years, Washington traditionally has held the upper hand when it comes to foreign influence on Latin America. Its hemispheric power-advantage rests on decades of security, trade, investment, and ideological connections. However, the era of globalization is now tearing down many of the world’s hemispheric divides. Latin America is rapidly diversifying its international relations as major regional powerhouses, such as China, increase their presence in the region. Many view China’s growing influence in the western hemisphere as a challenge to the U.S.’s historic regional supremacy. However, the struggle for power and influence need not automatically reflect a winner-take-all competition, as both outside megaliths can benefit from China’s presence in Latin America.
China’s Economic Expansion
China’s phenomenal economic growth in the past quarter century has helped motivate Beijing to globalize its industries. From 1990-1998, China’s average annual economic growth rate was 11.2 percent, compared to the world’s average rate of 2.4 percent during the same time frame (China’s Average Economic Growth Rate in the 90s Ranked 1st in the World 2000) and the country’s growth rate is projected to remain above 8.5 percent for the next five years (Erikson 2008). Beijing’s economic ties to Latin America have witnessed comparable growth: from 1993 to 2003, China’s trade with Latin America increased by 600 percent (Xinhua News Agency 2004). Chinese president Hu Jintao set the mark for increasing trade with Latin America to $100 billion by 2010, a goal easily met when trade surged to $102.6 billion in 2007, which represents a 42.6 percent increase from 2006 (Erikson 2008).
Magnitude of Trade
Much of China’s increased trade in the region is stimulated by its desire to expose its economy to new markets in order to satisfy its relentless demand for resources to fuel the economy’s enormous manufacturing capacity. The rapid increase in trade between China and Latin America proves that the region can offer China a series of profitable markets. The largest market thus far has been Brazil, whose 2007 bilateral trade with China amounted to $29.7 billion, followed by Mexico with $14.9 billion (Erikson 2008). Interestingly, Mexico and Brazil are also the U.S.’s two largest regional trading partners (Hornbeck 2008). Comparatively, however, China’s economic activity is mightily eclipsed by that of the U.S., which carried on $560 billion of trade with Latin America in 2007 (Erikson 2008). Nevertheless, China has every intention of increasing its economic ties to Latin America across the board. Chinese President Hu Jintao remarked in a 2004 visit to Latin America that “Sino-Latin American co-operation is facing an unprecedented historical opportunity. We should seize it and work side-by-side to push this friendly co-operation towards continuous progress” (China Daily 2004).
On the other hand, China’s eagerness to engage economically with Latin America is not particularly reflected in its foreign direct investment (FDI) in the region, a sector in which the U.S. has an even stronger advantage. Although nearly a quarter of China’s FDI goes to Latin America, the amount only totaled $22 billion in 2007, which is almost insignificant when compared to the U.S.’s $350 billion invested in the region (Erikson 2008). The U.S. maintains a far higher capacity to invest in Latin America than China and its resulting regional influence is indicated by the magnitude of its investments.
Ramifications for the U.S.
China’s expanding economic relations with Latin America could potentially have an important impact on U.S. economic interests in the region. Primarily, China’s expanding economic presence should increase the economic strength of its Latin American partners. “The expanding relationship with China is transforming Latin America. Major infrastructure projects, including contemplated rail, road and pipeline projects, are focused on getting goods to and from Pacific ports” (China-Latin America Task Force 2006). Growth in Latin American economies generated by increased trade with China would significantly increase opportunities for the U.S. to engage in mutually beneficial trade with Latin America. In fact, researcher Daniel Erikson has argued, “To the extent that China’s involvement is sparking economic growth in Latin America, it may contribute to economic stability and well-being in a manner that suits the U.S. desire to see a prosperous and healthy neighborhood” (Erikson 2008). Therefore, China is unlikely to automatically encroach on potential U.S. markets in Latin America because its enhanced presence will help spur the development of entirely new markets in Latin America to which the U.S. will have access.
Furthermore, Chinese competition in the manufacturing sector is worrying many Latin Americans. “On average, [Chinese] light-manufactured goods, such as textiles and footwear, are three times cheaper than those produced in Latin America” and Latin American light-manufacturers have been largely removed from a number of export markets, with many manufacturing jobs being outsourced to China (China-Latin America Task Force 2006). China also holds intrinsic production advantages due to cheap fixed capital costs and low environmental and labor standards. Many Latin American manufacturers have responded to increased competition by focusing on goods in which they hold shipping cost or time advantages, which has allowed them to retain much of their industry (China-Latin America Task Force 2006).
China’s Political Involvement
Aside from increased diplomacy and presidential visits, China’s political initiatives in the region are hardly comparable to its economic ones. Despite claims that China is trying to diffuse U.S. unilateral authority in the region, it is more likely that at least part of China’s Latin American policy is focused on switching official diplomatic recognition of Taipei to Beijing. In fact, Latin America is home to twelve of the remaining twenty-three countries that still recognize Taiwan diplomatically (Erikson 2008). China hopes that its increased economic presence in Latin America will prompt those countries to rescind their official recognition of Taiwan. These hopes are not so far-fetched given that in 2004, Dominica abruptly abolished its ties to Taiwan when China pledged $122 million to the country (BBC Caribbean 2004) and Costa Rica followed suit in 2007 (BBC Asia-Pacific 2007). Taiwan’s president is planning a visit to Latin America in a desperate attempt to hold down its Latin American alliances.
Many in Washington worry that U.S. authority in Latin America is threatened by China’s intricate involvement with Venezuela, a Latin American nation with which the U.S. has an increasingly hostile relationship. These fears appear plausible given the U.S.’s increasing concern with the Middle East and its concomitant waning involvement with Latin America. However, China’s relations with Venezuela reflect its increasing need for energy, not necessarily a decision to antagonize the U.S. Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu visited Venezuela in May of 2008, where the two governments agreed to joint ventures for oil development in Venezuela and the construction of a refinery in China, in cooperation with the China National Petroleum Corporation and Petroleos de Venezuela (Xinhua 2008). Venezuela currently ships 350,000 barrels per day of crude oil to China, which it aims to raise to one million barrels per day by 2012 (Xinhua 2008). Although Venezuela seeks to diversify its U.S.-dominated oil market, short-term U.S. energy interests in the region are hardly threatened since the U.S. already imports over one million barrels per day from Venezuela (Energy Information Administration 2008). Venezuela is not among the U.S.’s top three sources of oil, but the U.S. should consider negotiating oil development ventures with Venezuela to ensure the country remains a long-term energy source.
Similarly, China’s relationship with Cuba is far less of a threat to the U.S. than some U.S. analysts are prepared to believe. Although Cuba’s geographic proximity to the U.S. calls to mind the Soviet Union’s strategic use of Cuba during the Cold War, China’s interest in Cuba is largely an economic effort to secure access to even more raw materials. In fact, China is now Cuba’s second largest trading partner (Caribbean Net News 2008).
China poses no significant political threat to the U.S.’s historic role in Latin America. “China is not, in the near term, seeking to develop client states in the region with foreign policies or political structures aligned with its own” (China-Latin America Task Force 2006) and has remained neutral toward a wide variety of governments. Politically, China’s role in Latin America serves only to diversify Latin America’s partners, but does not threaten the U.S.’s ability to pursue its own geopolitical interests in the region.
Don’t Cry Wolf Just Yet
The U.S. is still the prevailing influence in Latin America. The geographic proximity of the U.S. to Latin America, as well as the cultural and historic ties of the western hemispheric nations, are just a few of the natural advantages the U.S. has over such relatively distant countries as China. At least economically, it is clear that China still prioritizes its relations with the U.S. over those with Latin America. For instance, in 2007, the U.S. was ranked as China’s top trading partner, at $302.1 billion in trade; meanwhile, no Latin American country made China’s top ten list (The U.S.-China Business Council 2008). Nor is China’s interest in Latin America an exceptional development; rather, it corresponds to China’s burgeoning relations in Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
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