Instructional Resources
Instructional Resources
To help students obtain competitive advantages in the real working environments from classrooms and to help students to acquire the knowledge through hands-on modern methodology effectively and efficiently, SVU participates in many university programs provided by the leading companies in their industries, such as Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and Cadence. Students who learn the usage of the emerging tools in the real world can definitely grant themselves better job opportunities. SVU’s instructional resources aim to do just that.
Apple iOS Developer University Program Membership
SVU has joined the Apple iOS Developer University Program to provide a wide range of technical resources to assist students in design, development, and testing. The iOS apps include iOS Dev Center, iOS Developer Library, and Development Videos.
Microsoft Azure for Education Membership
SVU has subscribed to Microsoft Azure for Education membership to make the latest Microsoft software available in labs and classrooms. The Microsoft Azure program offers Microsoft developer tools for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields, including the up-to-date Visual Studio, Windows Operating Systems, Windows Server, .NET Framework, computer cluster server, Mobile SDK and more than 300 tools.
Oracle Academy Membership
SVU is a member of Oracle Academy. SVU provides Oracle 11g Real Application Cluster (RAC) Enterprise version database to students and faculty. Oracle RAC database services is a shared cache clustered database architecture that overcomes the limitations of traditional shared-nothing and shared-disk architectures for unbeatable database performance, scalability and reliability without requiring changes to existing Oracle Database applications. Oracle RAC has been successfully deployed by thousands of Oracle customers, allowing these customers to use clustered database servers for a simplified, efficient and successful delivery of Database Services on the Cloud.
Higher Education User Group and University Alliance Program of SAP Membership
SVU has formed a membership with Higher Education User Group (HEUG) and University Alliance Program offered by SAP (Acronym of Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing) North America to use the tools from SAP software for faculty members and students to enhance the academic and professional learning outcomes.
Google G Suite
SVU partnered with Google G suite, a cloud productivity suite containing a collection of enterprise-based products accessible anywhere through the cloud. G Suite core set of applications include Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Google+, Hangouts Meet, Hangouts Chat, Sites, and Groups. Students can collaborate with each other, SVU instructors, and SVU administration, while maintaining a highly secure, reliable, and compliant environment for SVU.
Data Communication/Telecommunication
SVU offers a state-of-the-art network equipment such as Cisco routers, Dell switches, Linksys wireless routers, Apple Computer wireless routers, Cisco VPN remote access servers. Students can access these resources from any onsite networked workstation or remote to configure or control those equipment.
Linux/Unix Private Cluster Node
The Linux/Unix system is provided to students in labs to understand the cloud computing paradigm and framework. The cloud computing infrastructure can be used for sharing, scheduling, reliability, availability, elasticity, privacy, provisioning and geographic replication.