12.21.11   Government Security News The APTs Are Coming, But Are Agencies Ready? Despite increased awareness about cybersecurity threats, there doesn't seem to be an end in sight. The National Association of State Chief Information Officers reports that cyber threats are growing in numbers and severity, attacking state IT infrastructures on a daily basis. Similarly, federal agencies report a 650 percent increase in information security incidents during the past five years, according to the Government Accountability Office. Learn more ... 11.29.11   KyPost.com Rural NKY School Gets High Tech Bonanza It was like an early Christmas at Piner Elementary School, as dozens of laptop computers and other high tech gear were unveiled to the students Tuesday. But thanks to a national contest sponsored by CDW-G and Discovery Education and a very persistent secretary, this tiny school of 350 students in rural Kenton County is now running with the big dogs. Learn more ... 10.31.11   Government Technology Cloud Helps Illinois School Districts Stretch IT Dollars No matter how many car washes, talent shows or bake sales schools host to raise money, adding funds to their coffers is a recurring problem. This perpetual financial difficulty in education makes expansive technology purchases or changes seem like a pipe dream for school CIOs, and has education technologists searching for ways to stretch money. Learn more ... 09.19.11   Lake County News-Sun Gurnee's Spaulding School in Line for $43,000 in High-Tech Gear One vote out of more than 600,000 cast nationwide landed Spaulding School about $43,000 worth of technology for being one of three grand prize winners in the Win a Wireless Lab Sweepstakes, sponsored by CDW-G and Discovery Education. Learn more ... 09.01.11   TMCnet Blog Survey Sheds Light on Technology in Higher Education The typical upcoming college freshman asks himself a variety of questions before selecting a university: "What percentage of students get hired right after graduation?," "How many coeds double major?," "Does this college have sororities and fraternities?," and even "What is the school spirit like?" Recently, one more question has made the list. Students nowadays are asking "What is the technology like on campus?" before forking over the tuition money. Learn more ... 08.29.11   Power Your Practice Should Health Care Move to the Cloud? As healthcare organizations of all sizes adapt to new security, reporting and technology requirements, many are finding great value in the cloud while others are unsure of the burgeoning technology. According to CDW-G’s 2011 Cloud Computing Tracking Poll, 30 percent of healthcare organizations are already using cloud-based solutions or are in the process of implementing them. Learn more ... 07.28.11   Campus Technology The Problem with Classroom Technology? Faculty Can't Use It The top challenge to implementing classroom technology on campus is faculty's inability to use it. That's the consensus among faculty, students, and administrators on campus, according to a new CDW-G report. Only IT staff said budget concerns were a bigger challenge. Learn more ... 07.13.11   Education Week Educators Cite Research to Shift Ed-Tech Focus from 'Why?' to 'How?' The call for redefining debate echoed throughout the formal sessions at ISTE's annual conference last month and at informal events at nearby hotels, restaurants and bars, and even in casual conversations among the more than 20,000 estimated attendees. And, perhaps more important, it was expressed in data released by Project Tomorrow, the Software and Information Industry Association, and CDW-G. Learn more ... 06.17.11   T.H.E. Journal Illinois Cloud Consortium Pilots Disaster Recovery IlliniCloud, a cloud computing consortium serving K-12 schools in Illinois, is nearing the end of a pilot program testing a statewide, cloud-based disaster recovery service. The consortium worked with CDW-G to help develop and implement the system. Learn more ... 05.27.11   edtech digest From Tactic to Strategy: Cloud Computing in K-12 Districts The cloud computing hype is hard to avoid, and a new report from CDW-G finds that K-12 school districts are not plunging headlong into the cloud just yet, instead they are assessing the cloud computing opportunity carefully. Learn more ... 04.06.11   Converge 2011 Poll Shows Unified Communications Progress In the third-annual Unified Communications Tracking Poll released by CDW-G, 900 IT decision-makers sounded off on technology adoption in their organizations. The poll found that unified communications implementation rates doubled since 2010. Learn more ... 04.01.11   School Planning & Management A New Model for Energy Efficiency It is time for districts to consider a more energy efficient data center model. New data center technologies, including targeted cooling systems and upgraded uninterruptible power supply (UPS), as well as those that ease server loads, effectively reduce power usage and more importantly, power bills. Learn more ... 03.15.11   American Medical News Patients Trust Physicians Most to Protect Personal Data Patients trust their doctors over other parties, such as insurers, the government and employers, to protect their health information. But some believe electronic medical records may make their data less secure, according to a CDW Healthcare survey. Learn more ... 02.17.11   Environmental Leader Few Agencies Ready for Energy Reduction Mandates Only 13 percent of Federal agencies are ready to comply with energy reduction requirements, according to a survey by an IT efficiency software company. In an IE survey, 13 percent of Federal agencies responding said they were "definitely ready" to comply with Federal energy reduction mandates such as executive orders 13514 and 13423, the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Stewardship Scorecard. Learn more ... 02.14.11   Public Safety IT Taking Steps Toward Bot Preparedness The scary reality for organizations that house confidential and sensitive data, including the personal information of employees and citizens, is that there is no end to cybersecurity threats such as botnets, worms and hacking. The Department of Homeland Security, which sponsors October's National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, offers a helpful "Stop. Think. Connect." mantra for the millions of governments, businesses and citizens that connect to the Internet every day. Learn more ... 02.02.11   Healthcare IT News Disaster-ready and Saving Money: Medical Practice Goes to Virtualization HealthPoint, a network of 12 not-for-profit clinics in suburban Seattle, reaped significant cost savings by consolidating IT that was spread throughout seven of the network's 12 facilities. It is a virtualization project that also provides improved disaster recovery, a necessary component given the main office's proximity to the Howard Hanson Dam. Learn more ... 01.10.11   Converge 2 Contests Offer Technology Prizes Teachers and schools could earn prizes including new tablets or electronic resources through the Win a Wireless Lab sweepstakes, sponsored by CDW-G and Discovery Education. Learn more ... 01.06.11   eCampus News Universities Find the Virtualization Sweet Spot Server virtualization was the most common strategy for improving colleges' energy efficiency, according to CDW-G's 2010 Energy Efficient IT Report, a survey that tracks the latest in money-saving campus technology strategies. Sixty-three percent of higher-education respondents said they had moved to virtual servers to save on electricity bills, according to the report. Learn more ... 12.16.10   CIO Update Virtualization Cuts Capital and Operating Costs When Peter Wallace became CIO of the City of Chesapeake, Va., in 2007, he discovered the city's data center produced so much heat that it reduced the lifespan of the equipment it housed. Wallace had two options to dissipate heat and accommodate future growth: expand the data center or virtualize. After careful consideration, Wallace turned to virtualization. Learn more ... 12.13.10   Healthcare IT News Study: Speedy Implementation Key to Reducing EHR Costs for Docs Physician practices may face total EHR adoption costs of $120,000 per physician, according to a new CDW Healthcare survey, which finds that the speed with which a practice fully implements its EHR and shifts to the new, accelerated workflow is critical to reducing the overall cost of adoption. Learn more ... 11.15.10   eSchool News Schools Get Smarter About Ed-tech Energy Use Schools across the country are finding that investing in energy-efficient technology has an economic benefit as well as helping to save the environment. CDW-G's 2010 Energy Efficient IT Report found that three-quarters of respondents are working to reduce energy use in their IT operations. If current energy use rates don't change, greenhouse gas emissions from data centers will outweigh those from the airline industry by 2020. Learn more ... 11.09.10   Government Computer News Energy-efficient Tech Aids Agency Cost Savings, Report Says Many public- and private-sector IT managers are getting the message: Energy-efficient IT programs are good for business, according to a new report by CDW-G. Three-quarters of the organizations surveyed are working to reduce energy use in IT operations, and two-thirds of respondents said understanding best practices for energy-efficient IT is critical to their success, according to CDW-G’s 2010 Energy Efficient IT Report. Learn more ... 10.25.10   Scholastic's Royal Treatment Understanding Botnets: The Zombie Army Botnets are robot networks, or better yet, Internet computers associated with malicious behavior and cyber crime. This zombie army can penetrate and evade firewall and anti-virus protections. They can keep K-12 district technology directors up at night – worrying. They are also the reason IT managers, and educators pushing the technology envelope, lock horns, and understanding bots can be beneficial for both sides. While combating botnets needs to be a controlled and unified effort, working within a safe system is possible for creative Web 2.0 teachers. Learn more ... 10.22.10   EdTech Digest Surf's Up: Ride the Virtual Wave to Immersive Learning From guest lectures to distance learning and everything in between, virtual learning is ushering in a new wave of possibilities in education. Virtual learning moves us away from the static classroom – professors at the front, speaking from podiums and students in the back, taking diligent notes – and allows students to more fully interact, collaborate and engage with faculty and their peers. Learn more ... 09.28.10   Healthcare IT News Docs Get More Demanding Re EHRs Indicators are that sales of ambulatory electronic health records are sizzling, driven mostly by the prospect of Federal incentives for the adoption and meaningful use of the technology. Along with that has come more involvement by physicians in the technology piece of their practice, says Jon Karl, director of sales for CDW Healthcare. Learn more ... 09.23.10   InformationWeek CDW Healthcare Inks IT Contract with VHA VHA, a national network of not-for-profit healthcare organizations, expanded its relationship with CDW Healthcare to deliver IT products and services to the VHA-supported Mid-America Service Solutions consolidated service center. Learn more ... 09.13.10   McKinneyNews.net Information Technology in McKinney Virtual Reality The city of McKinney doesn't take IT lightly. In fact, McKinney has been working diligently to save revenue by revamping its data center, an area most of its residents will never see or rarely even think about. Like all cities, McKinney faces pressure to provide quality services with budget restrictions. Recently working with CDW-G, the city's needs were assessed. It realized that it has outgrown its data center. Learn more ... 09.02.10   EdTech Digest High Expectations for a High-tech Campus Not long ago we were looking forward to the 21st century and the expectation that technology would be integrated into every aspect of our daily life. It might not be a stretch to say that our expectations have been exceeded. Learn more ... 09.01.10   American City & County Virtualization Helps Locals Cut IT Costs With local and state governments looking to reduce costs and improve productivity, many IT managers are turning to virtualization – the division of a server into several subsystems. The recently released "2010 Government Virtualization Report" from CDW-G confirms that while many are considering or planning to implement the technology, budgets are standing in the way of some local and state government agencies. Learn more ... 08.23.10   SouthEast Education Network Magazine Taking Classrooms Out of the Technological Dead Zone Wake up. Send e-mail. Shower. Read CNN.com. Commute. Update Twitter. The Internet era significantly altered the way most of us go about our daily lives. With smart-phones, wireless Internet access, blogs and social networking, we communicate and learn from each other in ways that are drastically different from just a few years ago. It should be no surprise, then, that today's students retain and process information differently as well. Yet, many of the tools that we use to teach students – print textbooks, pencils, paper and blackboards – remain static. Learn more ... 08.18.10   eCampus News Not Getting the (Text) Message Today, technology plays a pivotal role in emergency alert systems. An effective system uses existing data and voice networks to deliver pre-recorded or live messages to alert the community of emergencies and give residents instructions, such as evacuating a building or going to pre-assigned shelters. Learn more ... 08.06.10   Government Computer News 5 Ways to Ease Desktop PC-induced Pain A recent study by CDW Government suggests there is potential for widespread deployment of desktop virtualization. The study reported that 84 percent of all government agencies are considering or implementing client virtualization; however, most agencies were grouped in the learning phase of the adoption curve. Learn more ... 08.03.10   Federal News Radio How to Leverage Your Data Center with Virtualization Data centers are proliferating in the federal government. We now have more than 1,000. We all know that virtualization reduces capital costs, allows for a scalable environment, reduces your energy footprint and speeds up setting up testing sites. Learn more ... 07.26.10   Tech & Learning Wireless Lab Contest Winners Announced CDW-G and Discovery Education announced the winners of the eighth annual Win a Wireless Lab sweepstakes. Each school will receive a state-of-the-art 21st-century classroom, complete with wireless notebook computers or tablet PCs, an interactive whiteboard, student response system, projector, printer, document camera, video camcorder and more. Learn more ... 07.19.10   The Chronicle of Higher Education What Belongs in a 21st-Century Classroom? Faculty and IT Staff Disagree Faculty members and Information Technology staff members alike say technology is useful for teaching and learning, but professors take a narrower view of what technology belongs in today's classroom, according to a report released by CDW-G. Learn more ... 07.16.10   InformationWeek Government Sees Virtualization Benefits Government agencies are reaping the financial and efficiency benefits of virtualization technology, but still lag behind the public sector in adopting it, according to a new report by CDW-G. Seventy-seven percent of Federal, state and local agencies are implementing at least one form of virtualization, and of those, 89 percent are benefiting from the technology, according to CDW-G's 2010 Government Virtualization Report. The report is based on a May survey of 600 Federal, state and local IT managers. Learn more ... 06.25.10   Converge Teacher Training Lays Foundation for Digital Learning In 2004, Hunterdon Central School District gave every teacher a tablet computer and set up wireless projectors and multimedia speakers in their rooms. The district worked with CDW-G to figure out what hardware was needed and what tools would fit well with the district's goals. Through its partnership with CDW-G, the district was also connected with staff at other school districts. Learn more ... 06.10.10   9-1-1 Magazine NOAA Predicts Near-Record Hurricane Season for 2010 A well-managed disaster preparedness plan can help prevent costly downtime and help maintain important citizen services. CDW-G outlines seven habits of highly resilient organizations that state and local government officials can adopt to best prepare their IT systems for a hurricane. Learn more ... 06.01.10   University Business Sustainable IT When colleges and universities start assessing their carbon footprint, the IT department is likely to come under fire by virtue of having oversight of much of the energy consumption on campus. Just how much energy do IT functions account for? CDW-G's 2009 Energy Efficient IT Report shows that IT executives who are responsible for the IT energy bill are twice as likely to place high importance on energy efficiency in the purchasing process as executives who do not own the IT energy bill. Learn more ... 06.01.10   T.H.E. Journal Nothing to LOL About To dodge potential security threats and keep students safe, districts are choosing an unfortunate solution to social media – blocking technology that has substantial educational value. Nick Teplan, CDW-G networking and security specialist, and Brad Sandt, director of technology, Park Hill School District, provide insight on allowing access to social networking sites, while simultaneously protecting networks from vulnerabilities. Learn more ... 05.25.10   Washington Technology CDW-G Seeks New Small-biz Partners CDW-G is seeking partnerships with small businesses to go after new Federal contracting opportunities. The company issued an immediate request for proposals soliciting small businesses as partners. Successful respondents will join CDW-G's Small Business Partner Consortium, which was established in 2003. Learn more ... 05.20.10   Government Technology Spring Cleaning Can Be Time for Optimizing the Data Center Springtime is a good time for housecleaning, as that well worn adage goes. The same can be said for IT, according to CDW-G, which recently released a checklist of suggestions for optimizing data centers. Learn more ... 05.14.10   Educators' Royal Treatment 7-Step District IT Checklist While educators are thinking about summer and continuing education workshops, technology and IT professionals are thinking spring maintenance, summer work, and the first day of the new school year. Learn more ... 05.01.10 eSchool News Schools Turn to Unified Communications to Save Money, Streamline Operations More K-12 schools, colleges, and universities are turning to unified communications as a way to streamline campus communication and save much-needed money in unpredictable economic times, a new survey suggests. Learn more ... 04.21.10 Government Computer News Giving Hackers a Dose of Their Own Poison Hackers who attack Federal Web sites may soon be in for a dose of their own poison. The government is able to use hackers' own malware to strike back, and some may already be doing so, according to reports. Learn more ... 04.15.10 Government Computer News NY County Cashes in on Unified Communications Broome County, situated in New York's Southern Tier along the Pennsylvania state line, has fewer than 200,000 residents but serves as a hub for police departments in several surrounding counties to connect with state police. Learn more ... 04.01.10 Campus Technology Calculated to Save Money…and Energy One of the easiest ways IT can lower its energy consumption is to buy ENERGY STAR-qualifying equipment. In surveying higher ed institutions about energy-efficient IT practices, CDW-G found that more colleges and universities are getting on the ENERGY STAR bandwagon. From 2008, the first year of the survey, to 2009, the percentage of survey respondents who reported buying ENERGY STAR-compliant devices jumped from 31 to 57 percent. Learn more ... 03.30.10 eCampus News Colleges Turn to Unified Communications to Save Costs, Boost Productivity More K-12 schools, colleges and universities are turning to unified communications as a way to streamline campus communication and save money in unpredictable economic times, a new survey by CDW Government suggests. Learn more ... 03.25.10 Government Computer News Is Cybersecurity Underfunded? Many Feds Think So Ninety-four percent of government and related information technology professionals believe federal agencies and networks get attacked every day, but 47 percent believe their organization does not have the funding it needs to meet its security requirements, according to a poll of FOSE attendees at CDW-G's presentation of its November 2009 Federal Cybersecurity Report. A further 27 percent were unsure whether they had the funding needed to support their cybersecurity efforts. Learn more ... 03.12.10 Converge Does Your School Communicate Effectively? At Normandale Community College, the phone system just isn't clicking with the faculty, staff and students. At 10 or 12 years old, it's not exactly antique, but it doesn't meet the needs of users – it will need to be replaced down the line. Learn more ... 03.02.10 Campus Technology Higher Ed Sees Dramatic Ramp-Up of Unified Communications Two-thirds of institutions of higher education institutions--66 percent--have prepared a business case or strategic plan for implementing unified communications (UC), citing reduced operating costs and distance learning as the top benefits. That's up from 41 percent in 2009. Public institutions were more likely to have prepared a business case or strategic plan for UC than private institutions. Those are the results from a new survey published by CDW Government (CDW-G), which sells technology products and services. Learn more ... 01.01.10 Campus Technology Calling All Community Colleges Two-year schools lag in implementing emergency notification systems – but all higher ed institutions need to boost awareness of these life-saving systems. All may not be equal on college campuses when it comes to emergency notification systems. According to a 2009 CDW-G nationwide survey of higher education institutions*, community college denizens are less likely to know if their campus has a modern notification system than faculty, students, and IT staff at four-year schools. (The survey defined a "modern" system as one that uses a combination of mass e-mail, text-messaging, loudspeakers, and sirens.) Learn more ... 12.07.09 Government Technology CIOs Weigh Security Opinions with Federal Counterparts in CDW-G Report Recent survey results reveal that federal IT professionals grappled with more cyber-attacks in 2009 than they did in 2008, and that more than half of their agencies experienced a cyber-security incident at least weekly, but when one city chief information security officer (CISO) read that, he wasn't sure if the respondents were in agreement over what an "incident" actually is. Learn more ... 12.04.09 Processor Boosting Energy Efforts Making a move toward energy efficiency is on the minds of many IT professionals. In fact, CDW's 2009 Energy Efficient IT Report indicates that 52% of organizations actively working to reduce energy consumption have cut IT energy costs. Although this initial effort is underway and yielding results, there remains plenty of opportunity to reduce energy consumption even further. Learn more ... 11.12.09 InformationWeek Government IT Confronts Security Threats Daily External attacks, malware, lost devices, and internal threats pose ongoing security challenges for many federal agencies, according to a new report. Nearly a third of federal IT pros say their agency experiences at least one cybersecurity incident each day, according to a new survey. Learn more ... 11.05.09 InsideHigherEd.com Technology Gap Professors think they are doing reasonably well when it comes to using technology in the classroom, according to a survey released here this week by CDW-G at the annual meeting of Educause. Not everyone agrees with the faculty view of things. Learn more ... 10.27.09 Government Computer News DHS Needs Outreach Program for Emergency Responders, Survey Concludes CDW-G says coordination would help fulfill National Emergency Communications Plan. The Homeland Security Department should launch an outreach initiative to ensure that state and local agencies are working toward the emergency management communications goals the agency outlined in the National Emergency Communications Plan, according to a report issued by CDW Government. Learn more ... 10.27.09 Government Computer News DHS Needs Outreach Program for Emergency Responders, Survey Concludes CDW-G says coordination would help fulfill National Emergency Communications Plan. The Homeland Security Department should launch an outreach initiative to ensure that state and local agencies are working toward the emergency management communications goals the agency outlined in the National Emergency Communications Plan, according to a report issued by CDW Government. Learn more ... 10.19.09 Healthcare IT News Cerner, CDW Announce Deal to Push EHR's to Physician Practices In what has been an ongoing trend over the past year, two healthcare IT giants are joining forces to help physician practices adopt healthcare technology. The latest collaboration, announced Oct. 19, has the Cerner Corporation and CDW Healthcare partnering to offer Cerner's electronic health records system to CDW clients beginning November 1. Learn more ... 09.01.09 Campus Technology Report: Energy Programs Driving IT Savings, But Fewer Execs Emphasize Efficiency The majority of colleges and universities that have energy management strategies in place are experiencing cost savings as a result of their efforts. But, according to new research released this week, IT executives are de-emphasizing energy efficiency as a priority in their departments. Learn more ... 08.10.09 Government Computer News Nine Tips for COOP Planning Officials at CDWG, along with industry observers and others interviewed for this report offered several recommendations to assist federal government organizations in their ongoing continuity planning efforts. Learn more ... 07.31.09 Homeland Security Newswire Eleven Questions to Ask – and Answer – About Your Organization's Crisis Plan The outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus, or swine flu, has caused anxiety as businesses, schools, and governments contemplated the prospect of widespread quarantines and shutdowns. Many organizations which already have crisis-response plans used the occasion to dust off these plans, and many that do not have such plans used the pandemic prospect to start creating one. Preparedness is a good thing – especially as pandemics are only one kind of crisis that can disrupt an organization on such a scale. Learn more ... 07.01.09 Washington Technology New Virtualization Solutions Can Cut Desktop Costs Maintaining employees' computers is one of the information technology department's most thankless responsibilities. The desktop and laptop PCs that are fixtures of today's workplace eat up IT staff time and a good slice of the department's capital budget. But usually, the IT department hears from users only when the devices are broken or tied to a security breach. Learn more ... 07.01.09 Healthcare Informatics Eco-nomics Prior to the economic downturn, the movement for environmentally friendly or "green" practices had begun carving out a small but noteworthy niche in the healthcare IT industry. According to a 2008 survey by CDW Healthcare, 57 percent of providers had plans to actively pursue energy-efficient IT/recycling practices by 2009, and 21 percent said green IT policies guide the majority of their purchasing decisions. Learn more ... 06.16.09 Virtualization Journal Federal IT Managers Identify Significant Potential in Virtualization CDW Government, Inc. (CDW-G), has released its 2009 Federal Virtualization Report, an assessment of client, server and storage virtualization in Federal civilian and defense agencies. The report, based on an April survey of 377 Federal IT managers, reveals that while 73 percent say the technique, a broad term used to describe the abstraction of computer resources, is integral to improved efficiency in IT operations and reduced costs, just 20 percent indicate that their agencies are harnessing virtualization to the fullest extent. Learn more ... 05.19.09 T.H.E. Journal School Districts Increase Emergency Alerts, Surveillance on Students School districts are saturating their campuses with surveillance cameras, with nearly four in five (79 percent) reporting that they use cameras at their schools--an increase of nine points over the last 12 months, according to a new report. But overall, according to CDW Government (CDW-G), which conducted the survey, schools are not keeping pace with "increasing threats." Learn more ... 04.08.09 MedTech Journal Survey Finds Hospitals That Make Balanced Infrastructure Investments Enjoy Better Performance CDW Healthcare, part of the public sector subsidiary of CDW Corporation and a leading provider of technology products and services to healthcare organizations, today announced the results of the IT Checkup, a survey of more than 500 IT and clinical healthcare professionals from across the United States. The study reveals that hospitals with stronger IT infrastructures enjoy significantly better performance and results from their clinical applications than providers who deploy applications without concurrent investments in infrastructure. Learn more ... 03.13.09 Campus Technology Emergency Mass Notification Revisited Sometimes you need a wake-up call. Mine came at 8:12 a.m. Thursday, March 5, when a massive natural gas explosion blew out four historic buildings in downtown Bozeman, MT, just 50 miles away. Earlier in the week I had received a press release from CDW-G about a "Mass Notification Toolkit" but had been too busy to pursue it. "Just another vendor sales piece," had been my assumption. With fire departments from around the county rushing to the scene and a multi-block evacuation underway, I decided to take a closer look. Learn more ... 02.27.09 Federal News Radio DoD Out In Front with Unified Communications The Defense Department chief information officer, John Grimes, signed a memo in January calling for the military to begin testing using the Internet for all communications. The Unified Communications Strategy describes DoD's end state and how they were going to get there, according to Cindy Moran, the Defense Information Systems Agency's director of network services. Learn more ... 02.02.09 T.H.E. Journal Pennsylvania Ed Tech Initiative Shifts Students to Project-Based Learning Pennsylvania's three-year Classrooms for the Future (CFF) initiative has borne fruit, according to a recent study conducted jointly by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and education IT provider CDW Government. Learn more ...