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Tuesday, January 07, 2003
Profile: Roberta Ambur - Jean Consilvio, Computerworld
It was the spring of 2001, and Roberta Ambur, CIO at the University of South Dakota, was about to undertake a technological advancement that no other institution of higher learning had attempted: a rollout of more than 1,500 personal digital assistants (PDA) to full-time freshmen, first-year law and medical students, and faculty -- without adding IT staff. "Anytime you try something new, it's not going to go smoothly," says Ambur. One initial worry was getting each of the participants in the program to pay $250 for their Palm devices. But they did.
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