Shootings at colleges and universities have shifted IT spending priorities, report says. 81 percent of college IT and networking professionals either have already upgraded those systems or will do so in the next 12 months. 89 percent said upgrade decision was linked to recent events such as the April massacre of 32 students at Virginia Tech by a gunman who then killed himself. These schools are spending hundreds of thousands, even millions, of dollars for a range of software and hardware that promises to reliably notify students, faculty and staff of emergencies via multiple channels.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2122694/colleges-shift-it-spending-in-wake-of-campus-layings.html