Recent News

• Sanders named associate director for TLT Online Operations

  The former instructional design manager and longtime U employee will oversee Canvas LMS administration, direct the work of Exam Services at the UOnline Center, assign projects to course development and support teams, and more.

• CTO announcements: New associate director, organization realignment

  Abraham Kololli is the new leader of the network team, which has been renamed Network Services and reports to CTO Jim Livingston. Director Mike Ekstrom’s team has been renamed Communications Infrastructure.

• 'This is just a vision' — Data center tour surprises, impresses visitors

  Some university affiliates walked in expecting neon lights and darkened clusters (and maybe Edward Snowden), but walked away with a much different perspective of the facility that houses a  significant  portion of the U's storage and server capabilities.

Other News

• Windows 7 support will end in 2020; users should move to Windows 10

  On January 14, 2020, Microsoft will stop providing security updates and support for the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system, which is a decade old. Windows 8.1 users should also upgrade, as extended support for that version will soon expire, too.

• Annual UIT Knowledge Base review moves to ServiceNow

  The comprehensive annual review process, which asks subject matter experts from UIT and other campus organizations to carefully review articles under their purview, will now take place on a rolling basis via ServiceNow.

• U’s POWDER team completes first advanced wireless research testbed

  Led by Dr. Kobus Van der Merwe, an associate professor in the School of Computing, the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) testbed will enable researchers to explore wireless technologies and applications efficiently and at scale.

• Not just for thesis writing: Grammarly Premium free to grad students

  Grammarly Premium is not just for thesis or dissertation writing. Graduate students can use it to write a paper or an email, jot ideas down for a blog post, compose a post for social media, or type up a text.

• Deputy CIO Deputy CIO All-Hands Meeting roundup

  The Deputy CIO All-Hands Meeting on April 5 kicked off with refreshments and words of appreciation from Deputy CIO Ken Pink and CIO Steve Hess.

• IT Governance roundup

  The Enterprise Web Advisory Council (EWAC) met on April 11, and the Architecture and New Technology Committee (ANTC) met on April 22. The Teaching and Learning Portfolio (TLP) will meet April 30. The Strategic Information Technology Committee (SITC) did not meet this month. EWAC will next meet on May 9, ANTC will meet on May 20, SITC will meet on May 21, and TLP will meet on May 23.

• Kudos & Congratulations — April 2019

  UIT staff recognized for their excellent work.

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