IU and Microsoft expand partnership
IU’s new four-year agreement with Microsoft includes productivity tools for students, faculty, and staff and enterprise server products for departments and schools.
There’s less than a week left to update your wireless
On June 22, IU Wireless is retiring across the IU Bloomington and IUPUI campuses. To make sure your wireless connection won’t be disrupted, start using IU Secure this week so your computer holds those settings.
NU2IT: Your one-stop shop for guides to IT at IU
To help you keep track of IU’s IT offerings, we’re constantly updating the “NU2IT” online resource guide. There you can learn about your Imail/Umail student email accounts; free software downloads; and IU Secure, the best way to connect to the wireless network on campus.
Look into the future of ColdFusion and Flex
Adobe is helping IU throw a party (complete with lunch, software giveaways, and other prizes) to welcome back Terrence Ryan, platform evangelist for higher education. Terry visited in April to talk about the Flash Platform. Now he’s returning to talk about his real love, ColdFusion.
Summer 2009 Oncourse CL enhancements
The June 6 upgrade of Oncourse CL includes a new Modules tool for creating course content, a new version of the Messages and Forums Notifications tool in My Workspace, significant enhancements to the Gradebook and Forums tools, and many other new features.
What’s new with Flash Media Server 3.5?
The IU Flash Users Group (IUFUG) is hosting James McGookey from the UITS Video Infrastructure group to bring you up to speed on what’s happening with FMS 3.5, the latest version of Adobe’s Flash Media Server platform.
IU expands and extends enterprise agreement with Microsoft
IU has finalized a new four-year agreement with Microsoft that includes enterprise licensing, cloud services, and converged communications. Departments will be able to take advantage of unlimited use enterprise server products at no cost, while students, faculty, and staff will have access to a range of personal productivity titles at no cost.
IU hailed as IT pioneer in CIO 100 Awards
On June 1, CIO magazine recognized Indiana University as one of the top 100 technology organizations in the nation for its leadership in developing open source software with dozens of colleges, universities, and commercial partners.
Starting June 12 you can apply online for IU-wide jobs
Indiana University is moving to a university-wide online application process (OLA) for staff positions on June 12, 2009.
Google Analytics: What’s in it for you?
As webmasters, site owners, and decision makers, you want to know if your work and online investments are effective. Should you use Google Analytics (GA) or a commercial package to analyze web traffic?
IU staff receive communications awards
Several staff members at IU have been recognized for the superior quality of their work by the Society for Technical Communication (STC) in its Chicago Chapter and International 2008-09 annual competitions of technical publications, art, and online communication.
Get the most out of your IU computing experience
Learn how to take full advantage of IU’s technology resources — subscribe to the UITS IT Help podcasts from the podcast portal. Topics include help for common computing difficulties, information about software and hardware, and updates on keeping your computer secure.
IU summer technology workshop for teens
Indiana high school students with an interest in computer technology, programming, or networking can work alongside IU technologists to build a robot and compete against other teams in a “robot showdown” during a hands-on workshop sponsored by the IU Pervasive Technology Institute.
