UC Davis Maybe Not Googley
May 5, 2010
No details but the University of California – Davis may not be Googley. “Exclusive: Gmail Ditched By Major University” reported in an exclusive, which is important, that:
In a joint letter last week to employees, University of California-Davis CIO Peter Siegel, Academic Senate IT chair Niels Jensen, and Campus Council IT chair Joe Kiskis said the school decided to end its Gmail pilot, which could have led to campus-wide deployment, because faculty members doubted Google’s ability to keep their correspondences private. Many faculty “expressed concerns that our campus’s commitment to protecting the privacy of their communications is not demonstrated by Google and that the appropriate safeguards are neither in place at this time nor planned for in the near future,” the letter said.
Is the school admitting it is not Googley? Not sure, but the privacy thing. Ouch.
Stephen E Arnold, May 5, 2010
Freebie, gentle reader, freebie.
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