The latest edition of IT Matters came out today and is available for download. A few faculty-relevant highlights:
- Security Manager Tony Maszeroski explains what the Identity and Access Management (IAM) initiative is all about. The IAM initiative is the reason behind a lot of the smaller changes you’ll see happening on campus – e.g., your R number becoming your user ID, etc.
- University of Scranton faculty and staff can get serious discounts on Microsoft Software like Office 2010 and a Windows 7 upgrade if they need the software on their home computers for work-related purposes. Check out http://www.journeyed.com/select/go/CAUSCRANTON for pricing – just know that you’ll have to fax or email a copy of your Royal ID in order to complete your order.
- There will be some major outages this summer from 7/28/11 through 8/2/11 as we go through an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) upgrade to a new operating system. More details when we get closer to the migration date.
- Three rooms in the Unified Science Center will have lecture capture capability. If you’re interested in lecture capture, let TAG know – we need your input!
- Deployment of Microsoft Forefront as a replacement for McAfee continues. All campus PCs should be switched over by the end of May. All faculty should get two warning emails with instructions in the week before their computer is scheduled for Forefront deployment.
- Should funding be secured, campus wireless will be upgraded within the next six to ten months, starting with the dorms and followed by academic and administrative spaces.
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Note: Post updated 4/5 at 3pm with a clarification on campus wireless from Network Infrastructure.
