IT News http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/ IT news from the University of Minnesota's Office of Information Technology en Copyright 2013 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:35:07 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Personal web space remains available until further notice You responded and we listened!

Due to feedback received regarding the changes to the personal web space service originally scheduled for Monday, Dec. 31, the collaboration and web content team will continue to offer the availability of personal web space until further notice. Additional questions or comments may be sent to help@umn.edu.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/12/personal_web_space_remains_ava.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/12/personal_web_space_remains_ava.html News and Events Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:54:06 -0600 Staff Updates Bob Zak is leaving the University and his last day will be Tuesday, December 18. We wish Bob the best and thank him for his 19 years of service with the University.

Heather McLaughlin joined IT@UMN as a Salesforce.com Product Owner.

Mark McKay joined IT@UMN as an Academic Technology Systems Analyst.

Welcome Heather and Mark!

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/12/staff_updates_12.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/12/staff_updates_12.html Inside IT Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:37:26 -0600 IT Formal Communities of Practice Update The kick-off meetings for the first few IT formal Communities of Practice (fCoP) were well attended. Thank you for your enthusiasm!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: All future fCoP meeting notices and community updates will be communicated exclusively via each fCoP's corresponding Google group. To stay informed, make sure to join the Google group for the fCoPs with which you want to engage. Links are below. More information about Google groups is located on the UMN Google site.

More information about the University's IT Community including a master calendar of events can be found on the IT@UMN page.


]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/12/it_formal_communities_of_pract.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/12/it_formal_communities_of_pract.html News and Events Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:48:42 -0600 Personal web space to be decommissioned Personal web space is scheduled to be decommissioned on June 30, 2013. In preparation for the decommission, new personal web space folders no longer will be created, effective Dec. 31.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/12/personal_web_space_to_be_decom.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/12/personal_web_space_to_be_decom.html News and Events Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:32:53 -0600 Annual data center maintenance; service interruption scheduled for Jan. 5-6, 2013 The annual data center maintenance outage is scheduled for 6 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, with restoration scheduled to begin at 6 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. It is expected that all affected services will be restored by noon Sunday.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/11/annual_data_center_maintenance.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/11/annual_data_center_maintenance.html Inside IT Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:03:30 -0600 New phone and web conferencing tool planned Since the beginning of fall semester, the use of Gopher Conferencing has increased dramatically. Because we are nearing capacity with the existing conferencing tool, Voice Network Services is planning to upgrade to a new web and phone conferencing application in the upcoming months.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/10/new_phone_and_web_conferencing.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/10/new_phone_and_web_conferencing.html News and Events Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:52:25 -0600 World Usability Day 2012 - Nov. 8 Usability.jpegMark your calendar for this year's World Usability Day to be held Thursday, November 8. You are invited to join University of Minnesota Usability staff for a day of special programming on the theme "Usability as Service Learning." The program runs from 9:30 a.m. to noon in Coffman Memorial Union, room 303. A Usability lab open house will take place from 1 - 3 p.m. in Walter Library, room B-26. The full agenda will be shared at a later date.

For more information on available usability services at the University, visit the Usability Services website.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/10/world_usability_day_2012_-_nov.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/10/world_usability_day_2012_-_nov.html News and Events Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:49:12 -0600 ArcGIS license prices decrease effective Nov. 1 Effective Nov. 1, prices will be reduced for department- and collegiate-level ArcGIS software licenses made available through a contract partnership between the University and MnSCU. The decrease is made possible due to increased usage and decrease in annual license fees.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/10/arcgis_license_prices_decrease.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/10/arcgis_license_prices_decrease.html Inside IT Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:44:17 -0600 PeopleTools Upgrade Bookmark and Browser Cache Issues The PeopleTools upgrade was successfully completed on October 14. PeopleSoft Campus Solutions (Student Admin and HRMS) and PeopleSoft Financials are available. Some users may have to correct their bookmarks or clear their browser caches when first using the upgraded applications. See http://www.oit.umn.edu/peoplesoft/peopletools-upgrade.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/10/peopletools_upgrade_bookmark_a.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/10/peopletools_upgrade_bookmark_a.html News and Events Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:48:32 -0600 UMN-TV: A Smart Solution As colleges, departments, and units around the University work TV.jpgto reduce costs while enhancing services as part of President Kaler's Operational Excellence initiative--or rather, what he calls "a new way of functioning at the University"--the status quo is being challenged. The effort is also fostering new partnerships.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/10/umn-tv_a_smart_solution.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/10/umn-tv_a_smart_solution.html News and Events Tue, 09 Oct 2012 10:48:19 -0600 Microsoft Home Use Program Now Available for Faculty and Staff University of Minnesota faculty and staff are eligible to participate workfromhome.jpgin Microsoft's Home Use Program (HUP), enabling those who use Microsoft Office for their work at the University to purchase one licensed copy per platform of Office (for Windows or Mac) to install and use on home computers, for work and personal purposes.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/10/microsoft_home_use_program_now.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/10/microsoft_home_use_program_now.html Inside IT Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:15:27 -0600 PeopleSoft Outage October 13-14 Beginning Saturday, October 13 at 6 p.m. PeopleSoft Campussystem-upgrade.png Solutions (Student Admin and HRMS) and PeopleSoft Financials will be unavailable for use due to a planned upgrade. It is intended that full functionality will be restored by 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 14. During this time, access to all of the PeopleSoft core applications, as well the many other applications that depend upon them such as One Stop self service and employee self service, will be unavailable. This outage is necessary for an upgrade to PeopleTools version 8.52. Please plan your work accordingly. Updates will be posted throughout the maintenance window on the system status page. For more information, see the PeopleTools Upgrade page or contact technology help.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/10/peoplesoft_outage_october_13-1.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/10/peoplesoft_outage_october_13-1.html Inside IT Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:02:24 -0600 Put Google Groups to Work for You Google Groups, a tool for a team of users to quickly collaborate with one another either via email, or any of Google's various applications, is now available with Google Apps for the University of Minnesota.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/09/put_google_groups_to_work_for.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/09/put_google_groups_to_work_for.html News and Events Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:00:30 -0600 U of M Sign In Pages to be Updated September 28 On Friday, September 28, 2012, OIT will update the University of Minnesota sign in page.

Due to feedback from the University community, we are changing the guest account creation and student account initiation links to instead send users to a new page that provides more detail about how to choose the proper account.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/09/on_friday_september_28_2012.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/09/on_friday_september_28_2012.html News and Events Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:26:56 -0600 NetFiles migrates to Shibboleth authentication Logging in to NetFiles just got easier.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/09/netfiles_migrates_to_shibbolet.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oit/news/2012/09/netfiles_migrates_to_shibbolet.html News and Events Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:43:22 -0600