Pete Koczera

[sayit]I’ve seen countless headlines declaring 2020 to be “The Year of 5G” in higher education. To be honest, that was always an unlikely scenario, reflecting hype more than reality of conditions for scale. And now, with higher education IT departments scrambling to enable increased remote learning due to coronavirus closures and social distancing, other priorities…

It wasn’t all that long ago that few colleges and universities had Wi-Fi in their buildings. And early wireless connectivity solutions were expected to be wonky and unpredictable; when the Wi-Fi wasn’t working, students shrugged and then waited until they were back at their desktops to connect. But then, in the span of only a…

Organizations have adopted Google’s G Suite at a breakneck pace. Earlier this year, the company reported it had 4 million paid users for its collection of business productivity tools — in addition to 80 million users of its free tools for educational institutions. Organizations are implementing the applications because of the seamless productivity and collaboration…

You’ve gotten Inspired Beyond the Why and are ready to be an early adopter in exploring what 3D printers can do in your organization. Now what? What do you need to effectively deploy this technology? The tech research and analysis firm Gartner predicts that 3D printer purchases will double every year for the next three…

The No. 1 question I hear asked about 3D printing is some form of ”why,” closely followed by ”what.” Why would I need one and what would I use it for?  Unfortunately, 3D printing proponents haven’t done the best job of explaining this to date. Promotional materials and experiences focus on novelty items produced by…