Many colleges are taking their time signing on with public-cloud services. As a general rule, universities tend to adapt slowly to changing technologies, and the security of any cloud service is a big concern.
That's why Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago started with security. One of the university's first steps into the cloud was to migrate away from on-premises virus and spam filtering to cloud-based e-mail security. The university recently discontinued its use of Symantec's on-premises Brightmail system in favor of Symantec.cloud, a public cloud e-mail security service.
“We are always hesitant when it comes to the cloud, but we felt comfortable moving our e-mail security to the cloud with Symantec because security is what they do,” says Kim Tracy, executive director of University Technology Services at Northeastern Illinois.
