CREN Member Benefits

Certificate Authority Service
Digital certificates are an essential part of the current infrastructure for conducting secure transactions over the World Wide Web. CREN is deploying a top-level Certificate Authority Service that will provide authentication services to CREN's member academic and research institutions. How does my institution benefit?
  • Trusted third party certification
  • Secure e-commerce
  • Interinstitutional programs made easy
  • A tool for access management

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CBT Systems Hands-On Tutor CD
Available for the first time this fall, CREN & CBT Systems created the Hands-On Tutor CD. The CD is designed for individual use and offers 25 courses including Windows 98, Windows 95, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint & Internet Skills. This easy-to-use tool can help you reduce the demands on overburdened help desks and provide a convenient, self-paced 24-hour a day learning tool for students, faculty and staff.

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ListProc 8.2
 ListProc 8.2 is the latest version of our popular electronic mailing list management software. Version 8.2 follows ListProc's tradition of ease of use with the introduction of an intuitive web interface for subscriber interactions, subscription management, and list archive access. Discover the ease of ListProc's web interface. As a member of CREN, you are entitled to receive the latest release of CREN's ListProc 8.2 and tech support throughout your membership period.

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Blackboard Inc. CourseInfo Software
 CREN's new alliance with Blackboard Inc. supports easier access to a quality web course management tool. This alliance provides members a discount on Blackboard Inc.'s CourseInfo Software. CourseInfo allows faculty from any discipline to create Course Web Sites quickly and easily. CourseInfo incorporates a number a web applications that provide support for multimedia tools for audio and video streaming, communication tools (email, discussion boards, and real-time chats), and on-line tests and quizzes.

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CREN's Virtual Seminar Series: Creating Internet2
CREN's Virtual Seminar Series are valuable resources that provide you, your staff, and your training department with immediate access to the insight and expertise of a host of today's leading information technology professionals. As a member of CREN you will receive a copy of the two CDs, "Untangling the Web," and "Campus Communication Strategies," as well as free copies of all future releases, including our newly released Virtual Seminar Series on "Creating Internet 2."

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Knowledge Services: CREN "Tech Talk with the Experts"
On alternate Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. EST, CREN presents "Tech Talk with the Experts," a series of Webcasts featuring key experts in the field of information technology. These live Webcasts enable you and other participants at your institution to have a live person-to-person discussion with the presenter and engage in informative question-and-answer sessions about the topic at hand. For a full schedule of upcoming Tech Talk events, please visit https://seminars.cren.net/events.html.

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