| UniversityGate
Association is the product of a three year study
of creative business approaches, public and private
partnerships, and other substantial methods of
crafting dramatic, new opportunities for colleges
and universities. We promote new technologies and
new forms of enterprise that empower academic
institutions to develop commercially sustainable
access to information-technology and its
infrastructure. The
Challenge
The relentless force of technological development
has created ever-increasing funding demands for
American colleges and universities. The struggle to
maintain cutting edge technology is formidable.
Hundreds of moderately funded institutions are
finding it difficult to keep pace. Without funding
innovations of a sustainable nature, the challenges
will only escalate. |
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| The
Opportunity Internet-Based
Collaboration, an industry still in its infancy, is
expected to generate sales of 14 billion dollars in
2006. This represents extraordinary growth and
forecasts an abrupt and irrevocable change in the
ways in which business and commerce are conducted.
As did the Internet, “Internet-Based Collaboration”
will disrupt current business models and the very
nature of industries.
The potential for academic institutions, as
trusted community resources, to enter the
marketplace as part of a soundly organized coalition
of strategic marketing partners is exceptional. With
each participant possessing a well defined vision of
an elegant social mission, the alliance may be
quickly positioned to create and service a small
niche in this arena. |
