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— Top Stories —

  VP & CIO Overview
  by Fred Siff 
  In this issue we have pointed out some of the technology resources available to you, thrown a light on some of the neat ones that might make you consider wandering around the UCit web site. Have fun with it. 

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  Did You Know that UCit Offers...?
  by Mary J. Clark 
  Many UCit services are well-known to the UC community. Some of our services, or particular facets of them, are not quite as well known. Here are a few that you may not know, even if you know us well. 

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  UCit Has Upgraded to Exchange 2007
  by Maggie Brudnicki 
  UCit has upgraded the university faculty and staff e-mail system to Exchange 2007. This upgrade brings with it a host of benefits.  

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  New Electronic Classrooms Are Available
  by ECSS staff 
  As we begin a fresh academic year, Electronic Classroom Support Services (ECSS) is pleased to announce some new classroom offerings. 

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— UC Mobile —

  New UC Mobile Applications have been Implemented
and Shuttle Tracker is Now Available on Your PC
  by Mark Faulkner 
  UCit has enabled some new mobile applications built by students and made the popular UC Mobile application, Shuttle Tracker, available from your PC.  

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  UC Mobile is Available to Students, Faculty, and Staff
  by Diana Noelcke 
  UC Mobile has been hard at work creating new plans, improving east campus cellular coverage, and negotiating a location for an on-campus store. 

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  UCit has Deployed the UC Mobile
Student Schedule Application
  by Roger Siebenthaler 
  UCit deployed the UC Mobile Student Schedule web application into production in September. Now, students can access their class schedules via their cell phones. 

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— Security —

  IDM has released PSS and CLS Changes
  by Quinn Shamblin & Kevin McLaughlin 
  The Identity Management (IDM) Project has released Password Self Service and Central Login Service changes. 

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  SafeConnect Simplifies Network Security in Residence Halls
  by Brian Ruehl 
  The Network Operations Center (NOC) recently migrated the resident hall networks to a more user-friendly Network Access Control (NAC) product, SafeConnect. Through testing and pilot projects, SafeConnect has proven to be nearly effortless for most users to install and become compliant with the university's network policies. 

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  Simplified Secure Access is Available Now
  by Bruce Burton 
  UCit is pleased to announce the availability of a newly installed web-based Secure Sockets Layer Virtual Private Network. The SSL VPN provides secure connectivity to off campus users who need access to private or restricted services on the UC network.  

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— Other News —

  Apple and UC Partner to Offer iTunes U, UC
  by Brian Warner, Governmental Relations 
  iTunes U has come to UC. Support is now available to enable you to provide content through iTunes.  

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  Blackboard 8 is Served; New Technologies are Considered
  by Leslie McCoy 
  The Blackboard support team has been especially busy this summer, as upgrading to Blackboard 8 brought improvements and challenges. If you didn't make it to a workshop this summer, you may want to attend a fall session.   

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  Discounted Subscriptions to SurveyMonkey are Available Now
  by Amin Shafie 
  Discounted annual subcriptions to the SurveyMonkey online survey tool are now available.  

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  E-Mail Allocations Have Increased
(and other e-mail facts)
  by Maggie Brudnicki 
  UCit recently increased e-mail quotas to 300 MB (and plans to increase it to 500 MB per user soon). 

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  Exam Grading and Scanning Services Are Available
  by Jane Combs-Haniefy 
  Do you use UCit Exam Grading and Survey Scanning Services? Here's a quick review our hours, policies, and procedures. 

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  FindWireless Site is Available Now
  by Barb Renner 
  UC Network Operations Center has implemented a web site where you can locate wireless coverage areas at UC.  

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  The UCit Help Desk is Here to Help You
  by Lisa Padgett 
  The UCit Help Desk strives to provide exceptional customer service to university students, faculty, and staff. 

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  UCFileSpace: 1 GB of Storage, and More!
  by Don Rainwater 
  UCit provides UC students, faculty, and staff with an online file storage service called UCFileSpace. Your automatically-created account comes with 1 gigabyte (GB) of storage space. 

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  UCit Saves Time, Space, and Money by Virtualization
  by Dan Kuhlmann 
  Virtualization is changing everything. It's changing the way server resources are deployed and managed, greatly simplifying administration, and speeding IT response to meet business needs and challenges. 

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  Your IT Equipment Can Call the Data Center Home
  by Clarence Smith 
  Did you know that the university has a Data Center that can house your IT equipment? 

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