ITS will be removing Spirion from university-owned computers. Continue reading
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Device Requirements for Student Success
The University is announcing device requirements for new and continuing UConn students. Continue reading
Voicemail system
ITS will be replacing the voicemail system for faculty and staff on the UConn Storrs campus. Continue reading
Preview UConn AnyWare
ITS would like to let you know about an opportunity to preview our new application virtualization service, UConn AnyWare. Continue reading
IT community mailing list changes
ITS has made changes to our IT community mailing lists.
We maintain an IT Contacts mailing list that is delivered through our listserv environment and includes all ITS staff, university-wide IT staff, and other stakeholders with a vested interest in IT. Continue reading
Process improvements for NetIDadmin accounts
The process for requesting and activating NetIDadmin accounts has been improved. Continue reading
Re-designed UITS IT Status page
ITS has re-designed the IT Status page.
The purpose of the IT Status page is to communicate the condition of systems and services to our UConn community. Continue reading
Intermediate SSL certificate
On the evening of Friday, February 13th, ITS discovered that the myUConn app class schedule module was malfunctioning on Android devices. Research into the problem revealed that an update to the Android operating Continue reading
Change management process
ITS is responsible for a broad collection of systems, services, and capabilities that in many different ways, are important to our community. Disruptions will periodically occur as we work to maintain and evolve our infrastructure. ITS has a Change Advisory Board (CAB) that consists of our managers and is tasked with ensuring that substantive changes to IT systems and services follow a standardized process and proceed in a transparent, orderly fashion. This minimizes the risk of outages or other negative impacts to the community. A key step in this process involves communicating effectively and broadly with audiences internal and external to ITS. This crucial step increases awareness among the community of upcoming changes and prompts timely feedback. To achieve our communication goals, ITS is now publishing scheduled changes on the University events calendar under “change advisory board“. This new change calendar gives CAB a mechanism to effectively reach a wider audience and gives constituents more opportunity to surface concerns or to illuminate impacts that may have been overlooked. It also leverages the built-in features of the university events system, such as providing you with the capability to add the CAB calendar to Outlook and subscribe to RSS feeds. ITS is committed to effective collaboration; we believe that our dedicated change calendar will make it easier for us to deliver information and for you to obtain it conveniently via a mechanism of your choice.
End of Semester Moratorium
ITS will have a moratorium on non-emergency network and system changes starting Monday, December 8, through Thursday, December 18.
We understand that this time of year is a critical period with students and faculty trying to meet end of semester obligations. ITS will defer changes to systems and services that might have a production impact in order to minimize potential outages during this high-anxiety period. Changes required to respond to emergent situations will be duly evaluated and pursued only if their need is significant.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have comments, questions, or concerns.