Welcome to IT Connections
Issue no.2 October 2008
Welcome to issue 2 of IT Connections. We hope you had a productive summer and are ready for the rigours of the coming year. A lot of change is on the horizon (as usual) and we will try to encompass as much as we can. Of course if we don't know about it we can't publish it...
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The next issue should be out in January 2009.
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Accessible portable applications in your pocket - an initiative developed by the JISC Regional Support Centres in Scotland. |
The University is in the early stages of updating the framework for the delivery of a variety of IT services using an Enterprise portal based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. |
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Replacing an aging server that was used as a portal to the Physics network. |
Drowning in Electronic information? As our individual ‘digital footprint’ grows, so too does the responsibility on organisations to address issues such as information security, compliance and reliability. |
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A conference, an epiphany and a proposal. |
Do virtual worlds have a place in education? |
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Earlier this year the Technology Review Group (TRG)* met with the Technical Infrastructure Group (TIG)** to discuss ways in which core University services could be implemented in a flexible and inclusive way while taking advantage of savings of scale. |
Virtualize, virtualize, virtualize! It has been the hot topic in computer marketing for the past couple of years and promised cost savings on software, hardware, power and space make it attractive to the boardroom. But an advanced VM environment has more to offer than that. |
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You may not know that IT Services pays for a site TV licence for the University of Glasgow on behalf of the Principal. |
From now until Christmas, various departments in the University will be trialling a system for sending text messages directly to students’ mobile phones. |
The Hub project- appointment system A new student appointment booking system based on Outlook and Exchange. |
Sound bytes
- The University’s Adobe CLP 4.5 Agreement has been renewed until 30 November 2010. more
- Until the end of June 2009 the Ultimate Steal makes available a full copy of Microsoft 2007 at a substantial reduction to anyone with a .ac.uk email adress. http://www.theultimatesteal.co.uk/
