Hofstra's Technological Edge
We see information technology as a critical tool that connects each student, faculty and staff member to each other and to the global community. The list below highlights a few of our unique technologies to support teaching, learning and research.
Connecting the campus community
- FREE Microsoft Office Professional and McAfee Enterprise Edition virus protection
- Fast Internet connectivity—a whopping 350 MB/second!
- Hundreds of wireless access points located in common areas, libraries, the Student Center, residence halls and many classroom buildings on campus
- New computers in all computer labs and classrooms every two years
- 48 computer labs around campus
- Internet printing—print your files at Hofstra from anywhere via the Internet
- Access to personal network files from anywhere Internet access is available
- Onsite computer repair center
Enhancing academic programs
- More than 160 online research databases available for the Axinn and Law Libraries
- Academic Financial Trading Room using Bloomberg, CRSP and Compustat databases
- Faculty Support and Multimedia Development Center for assisting faculty developing learning objects and other technologies that support teaching and learning
- State-of-the-art video and television production technologies
- Helix streaming server for streaming media development
- Two videoconferencing centers
- Connection to Internet2
Building a powerful infrastructure
- Grid computing
- A supercomputer: 96 CPU Linux Beowulf cluster
- CISCO communications network campus-wide
- More than 10,000 wired connections at 100 mb/second
- Server farm with more than 150 servers that provide hundreds of software applications throughout the campus
- …just to name a few!