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UCit now Spring 2009
IT Security and Other News
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Confounding Confiker |
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by Quinn Shamblin
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Proper action helps UCit mitigate Confiker worm anxiety at UC.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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Data Protection Policy - Comments Invited |
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by Sandra Degan (Vice President for Research)
& Fred Siff (Vice President & CIO)
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The university has extended the Data Protection Policy comment period to 30 April.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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How to Illegally Acquire Copyrighted Material at UC |
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by Paul Powers
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You cannot. At least, that is the university's goal. UC Information Security and the Network Operations Center are working to fight this problem and make it more difficult for people at UC to get in trouble with this popular pastime.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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Central Modem Pool to Retire |
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by Mark Faulkner
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In the wake of dwindling numbers of users, increasing security concerns, and budget cuts, the central modem pool heads for retirement.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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Juniper SSL VPN Implementation |
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by Bruce Burton
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The legacy Cisco VPN connection is targeted to be disabled on Friday, 19 June 2009. Please transition your VPN connectivity to the new SSL VPN connection before that date.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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Data Center Secure Haven for IT Equipment |
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by Clarence Smith
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The UCit Data Center at G95 Medical Services Building on the East Campus is a secure facility where you can house your IT server rack or individual servers for a reasonable fee.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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Let us Remember the Important Things |
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by Kevin McLaughlin & Quinn Shamblin
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Information Security helps ensure that UCit personnel remain current in regard to UC policies and procedures with annual security training.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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— Services and Software —
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Are We Ready for Next-Gen Wi-Fi, UC? |
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by Diana Noelcke
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The wireless world has now evolved into a more robust environment and we wonder: Is it time to upgrade?
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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eProfessional Centralizes Management of Your Professional Data |
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by Josette Riep
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eProfessional gives users the ability to search for collaborators, maintain professional information, and generate various outputs. It is available for use by UC faculty, staff, and students.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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Help Desk Support Adds Screen Capture |
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by Vernon Jackson
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The UCit Help Desk is now using a remote software appliance called Bomgar to remotely access end user machines through the Internet and speed up problem resolution.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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MatLab Software Suite to Become
Available to All Registered UC Students |
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by Amin Shafie
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UCit and the College of Engineering have collaborated to license all registered UC students in all colleges of the university for a suite of the MatLab software from MathWorks, Inc.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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Social Networking Comes on Strong |
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by Mary J. Clark
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As last year ended, on Gartner's list of the "Top 10 Strategic Technology Areas for 2009," social software and social networking weighed in at number seven, and Nielson recently proclaimed "Social Networks More Popular than Email."
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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SPSS and Other Statistical Software
Available for the Apple Mac Platform |
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by Amin Shafie
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Recently, UCit purchased SPSS licenses for the Apple Mac platform. Other available statistical software for the Mac OS includes JMP from the SAS Institute and Stata from Stata Corp.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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Student E-Mail Rollout in Pilot Stage |
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by Maggie Brudnicki & Mark Young
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UCit E-Mail Services is in the pilot phase of the rollout of Microsoft Outlook Live for University of Cincinnati students. Currently the project is known as BOL Live.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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— Instructional Computing —
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Blackboard Fosters Collaboration, In and Out of the Classroom |
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by Leslie McCoy
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Blackboard offers various ways to create a richly featured collaborative environment.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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Elluminate Live!
An Online Meeting Place |
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by Sujata Prakash
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Elluminate Live is one of the leading synchronous e-learning and web conferencing technologies available to the University of Cincinnati community.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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UCFileSpace: Online Services for All |
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by Don Rainwater
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UCFileSpace provides a variety of services for all UC students, faculty, and staff. You can use your online storage space for:
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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— Other News —
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Co-op Students Receive Diversity Grant |
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by Melissa Berling
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Winning a grant from the Diversity Council, UCit selected two students in the College of Applied Science to receive the award.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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Lights Out on May Day |
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by Bill Lewis
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UCit’s Data Center transition to an unattended or “Lights Out” status will occur on 1 May.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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Provost's Vision Promotes Standardization |
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by Patricia Krekeler
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The Provost envisions UC's conversion to semesters as an opportunity to rethink our pedagogy and integrate our work with a shared vision of "one university." UCit is playing a key role in standardization.
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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Screen Saver, Power Waster |
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by Tony Quallen
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A new saying is gaining momentum: “Power is money.”
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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Where's our CTO? |
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by Mary J. Clark
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Last month, President Barack Obama appointed Vivek Kundra the nation's Chief Information Officer. (But where's our CTO?)
For more information, please click here, or on the article title.
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