Gastón De Ferrari, IAM project managerUC Davis launches identity management project, opens Web site
Posted 07/23/09
Managing electronic identities online--securely sorting names, privileges, and access rights--is a chronic challenge in information technology, especially as more services become electronic, systems grow more complex, and the need for privacy and security intensifies.
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Campus tech advisory group schedules open forum on SmartSite changes
Posted 11/03/09
Important upgrades to SmartSite are coming, and to help spread the word the Campus Council for Information Technology is sponsoring a free open forum Nov. 17. All are welcome. Here is the text of the Nov. 2 CCFIT email message:
Communication Resources, except for its storehouse, will move in December
Posted 11/02/09
Communications Resources is proceeding with plans to move to a new location west of Highway 113, with one significant change. Its storehouse is staying on the main campus.
Learn about SmartSite upgrades, pilot at discovery sessions
Posted 10/26/09
Significant upgrades for SmartSite are in the works. Come learn about them at a discovery session on almost any Wednesday from now through Dec. 9 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in 1102 Hart Hall.
Webinars introduce CollectionSpace
Posted 10/21/09
Technologists, faculty and others at UC Davis might wish to join a series of one-hour webinars to learn about CollectionSpace, an open-source software application that museums and similar collecting institutions can use to describe, manage and distribute information about their collections.
IET pandemic site has info on working from home, online instruction, more
Posted 10/02/09
Information and Educational Technology has created a pandemic planning Web site. It offers a work-from-home guide, information about online instruction, and a summary of IET's plans and preparations to mitigate the effects of a pandemic on critical campus operations.
Be wary of fictitious vendor security alerts received via email
Posted 09/30/09
Campus email users have reported receiving email messages from "Microsoft" advising them to install an operating system security update attached to the message as part of a monthly update process.
Gradebook 2 training, rSmart 'discovery sessions' added to fall SmartSite schedule
Posted 09/24/09
The fall training schedule for SmartSite is now available. It includes sessions in Gradebook 2, the completely new grading tool that replaces the old Gradebook with the start of fall quarter.
UC Davis ends printed phone book, will expand online directory
Posted 09/24/09
UC Davis no longer prints a phone book, but individual listings have been available online for some time, and departmental listings are coming in early 2010.
Free software finds, protects students' personal data
Posted 09/17/09
Starting this fall, UC Davis students can have a free copy of Identity Finder Home Edition to help them find and protect personal identity data stored in their computers.
Computer room printing will cost more starting Sept. 21
Posted 09/07/09
Budget cuts have forced the price of printing to rise in campus computer rooms starting Sept. 21.
Sympa outscores Mailman, will replace Listproc
Posted 09/02/09
The project to replace Listproc, the timeworn service that has managed UC Davis email lists since 1993, has made its choice: Sympa.
Summer teaching/tech institute opens registration
Posted 08/21/09
"Creativity and Productivity" are the twin themes of this year's Summer Institute on Teaching and Technology (SITT), scheduled Sept. 8-11 in 26 Wellman. Registration has begun, lunch is included, and UC Davis faculty can attend for free.
Wellman, Giedt gain wireless network coverage
Posted 08/20/09
Wireless coverage has improved on campus this year, although more slowly than planned because of state budget limits. The same is true for other upgrades to the campus data network.
Cybersecurity made fun: Educause posts 2009 video winners
Posted 08/14/09
If you have any colleagues who take a lax attitude toward computer security, introduce them to Cybersecurity Sam. He mumbles a little on camera, but his point is clear.
So long, NetID: Campus upgrades Internet address server
Posted 07/20/09
The campus is replacing the NetID server, which provides Internet addresses for a great many campus computers. Most people won't notice a difference--the work simply replaces a vital but outdated system that has reached the end of its service life.
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