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Becausemany classes will require students to bring a laptop to class for in-class experiential learning (see list below), all students are required to have a laptop while taking classes in the Alvarez College of Business. The singular exception is the fully online BBA in Cyber Security, in which case a desktop or a laptop is required because all of their classes will be online.

Because a laptop is an academic requirement for all Carlos Alvarez College of Business students, students can make a one-time request to increase financial aid to support the purchase of an appropriate computer to complement course instruction.

Please note: Some classes, particularly upper-level cyber security classes, require that students have administrative privileges on the Windows laptop to install software and adjust configuration settings for laboratory assignments. These courses also drive the required processor, RAM and storage requirements stated in the college laptop policy. Some classes will require students to create, use, connect, etc. several virtual machines, so students may need up to 100GB or more of free storage space per semester.

The types of computers listed below will not work for many classes, particularly those that require the installation of virtual machines. The examples are not exhaustive; please check your specific manufacturer and model.

Students enrolled in an information systems and cyber security course have access to more than 100 Microsoft Developer Tools for use on their personal machines and are automatically enrolled in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business subscription with Microsoft Azure. Accounts are available the second week of classes each semester. Contact COB...@utsa.edu for more information.

Students enrolled in an information systems and cyber security course have access to virtualization technology provided by the VMware Academic Program (VMAP). Accounts are automatically generated the first week of each semester and eligible students will receive an email with registration details.

San Antonio's CPS Energy stunned the solar industry last month by upping its request for solar power from 50 megawatts to 400 megawatts, enough to power 80,000 homes and put the Alamo City in the top tier of solar users around the globe.

The municipally owned utility also added a twist: The bids that are to be awarded later this month won't be judged on price alone. The type and number of jobs that the winners bring to San Antonio will be a crucial factor.

While Austin has long worked to create a market to attract clean energy companies, San Antonio's leadership is now using CPS Energy's purchasing power to demand jobs as a condition of doing business with the utility.

"San Antonio can be for the new energy economy what Silicon Valley is to software and what Boston is to biotech," Castro said in June as he announced that five energy-related companies plan to relocate a couple of hundred jobs to San Antonio.

Whether hype or hope, San Antonio's muscle-flexing has lit a debate among Austin's clean tech advocates about whether Austin Energy is in danger of losing its leadership role in clean technology and whether the city-owned utility could do more to attract jobs.

When it comes to leveraging a utility into a job creator, "San Antonio is capturing the value of a community owning an electric utility," said Mike Sloan, a renewable energy consultant and founder of the advocacy group Solar Austin. "In Austin, we've talked about it, but we haven't really done it."

Jose Beceiro, director of economic development with the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, said he isn't worried. "I think San Antonio is going to grow aggressively, but I believe Austin will still be out front," he said. "Austin Energy has been a leader in stimulating the market" for clean energy.

Beceiro said San Antonio is getting a lot of attention by accepting bids to build complexes of solar panels that can generate 400 megawatts, which will be built in phases on multiple sites. However, he said, it would be interesting to see whether the city can really land a solar manufacturer given China's lower overhead for manufacturing solar panels.

He said his client offered a kilowatt price 25 percent cheaper than the 16.5 cents that Austin Energy is believed to be paying for its 30-megawatt solar farm being built in Webberville, plus 500 jobs. He said only 100 of the jobs were assembly work and that the rest were chipmaking jobs for solar panels.

In June, Castro announced five companies agreeing to relocate their headquarters or parts of their operations to San Antonio. They range from a solar developer to a truck assembly firm to a lighting company.

Jack Roberts is the CEO of Consert Inc. , a developer of software that allows homeowners to manage their energy conservation through their home computers. Customers save money, and utilities have to build fewer generators.

"We are actively involved in the front end, focusing on creating the market, as opposed to waiting until companies are bidding on a contract and moving jobs here," said Karl Rbago, Austin Energy's vice president of distributed energy services. "You have a larger opportunity for success if you create a self-sustaining market."

Rbago points to Austin's long history of rebates, conservation grants, green building programs and promotion of solar panels on houses and buildings as efforts that added jobs. For example, he said, six years ago the city had four companies installing panels. Now it has 34.

Austin Energy is also involved in the Pecan Street Project, an Austin-based clean energy consortium with projects in the Mueller community. Pecan Street encourages companies to develop and refine clean energy technologies.

"We would want to take advantage of the fact it is a competitive market, rather than limit the competition by adding provisions in a contract," Rbago said. "We're not into picking technologies; we're into creating the environment."

Even if San Antonio recruited one company in every aspect of clean energy, he said, "they still might not generate the kind of industrial cluster that will stimulate long-term sustainable technology innovation and job creation."

"It's a tale of two cities. We've long led in the race to have the most sustainable energy," Smith said. "Now we're going to fall behind our neighbor to the south, who has read all of our studies and said they've got a good idea."

"I'm really excited that San Antonio is making these big moves," he said. "It's good to have company in this. Besides, if a manufacturing company goes into San Antonio, we'll enjoy the low freight (prices) on our product as well."

Consert Inc.:The Raleigh, N.C.-based firm, which creates energy management software, is moving its headquarters to San Antonio. It will have 50 employees initially but expects to expand rapidly as it installs its software in as many as 140,000 homes and businesses by 2015.

GreenStar: Moving from nearby Boerne, the lighting company brings 35 jobs. It's expected to expand to 50 jobs as it replaces 25,000 streetlights, beginning downtown, with light-emitting diode (LED) technology. The lighting's manufacturer, Philips Lumileds, will help establish a Center of Excellence in LEDs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Texas Instruments will aid the university.

Cold Car USA:The company, which now assembles refrigerated trucks in Boerne, is transitioning its vehicles to electric and hybrid vehicles. It will relocate its headquarters and 35 jobs to San Antonio as it assists CPS Energy's research into electric charging stations.

Summit Power: The developer of a coal-fired clean energy facility near Odessa will sell power to San Antonio but also locate its customer relations office in the Alamo City. It also will partner in research on sustainable energy at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

SunEdison: The solar developer is under contract to build 30 megawatts of solar power for San Antonio. It will contribute $600,000 for education and research on energy issues in San Antonio as well as opening a regional office for its expanding business interests in Texas.

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