November 19, 2009 | In
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NC State University will save money and improve efficiency by partnering on the human resources and finance components of their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
Both campuses use Oracle’s PeopleSoft software for their ERP systems – major administrative systems for student services, human resources, payroll and financial. The partnership will focus on the human resources and financial systems. NC State has used PeopleSoft for these functions for a decade and is upgrading to the latest version. UNC-Chapel Hill plans to use those PeopleSoft components.
That timing means information technology offices on both campuses can learn from each other while avoiding duplicating efforts or investments while enhancing services for faculty and staff. The partnership aims to tap the most effective and efficient mix of sharing hardware, software, resources, business operations and vendor contracts to improve effectiveness and reduce costs for both universities. Both campuses are investing equal resources – equipment and staffing. 2013 is the target date for both campuses to be up and running with the new systems.
October 8, 2009 | In
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The ITS Year in Review, July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009 can now be found online.
This past fiscal year, the first under the leadership of Larry Conrad, vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer, was a particularly busy and challenging one for ITS.
Under Conrad’s direction, ITS concentrated on:
- better aligning services and support with the needs of the campus community
- working to become more customer service focused in responding to the needs of faculty, students and staff
- listening to the community, and
- working in partnership with other IT providers at the University to coordinate service delivery.
For details about ITS activities over the past year, please see the complete document at http://its.unc.edu/ccm/groups/public/@its/@cio/documents/content/ccm3_008138.pdf.
October 1, 2009 | In
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This week, ITS launched the UNC Administration of Lifelong Learning, or UNC-ALL, for the Gillings School of Global Public Health and the School of Nursing. Running parallel to ConnectCarolina, UNC-ALL is a centralized registration and administrative system, designed to support UNC-Chapel Hill’s continuing, distance education and degree non-creditable programs. It is a scalable and customizable system that addresses the divergent needs of these different groups.
September 24, 2009 | In
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For the second consecutive year, the Information Security Office is proactively warning students about the dangers of illegal file sharing and copyright infringement through an awareness campaign that launched during move-in weekend and will continue through the fall semester.
A series of posters, advertisements and other materials gets the word out that network users would be wise to "Download and share legally." Improper use of peer-to-peer networks puts individual computers at risk and increases the vulnerability of the campus data network.
September 4, 2009 | In
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Chief Technology Officer Michael Barker recently announced organizational changes to the Infrastructure and Operations division of Information Technology Services (ITS).
August 21, 2009 | In
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The new portal that launched in July will now be called MyUNC. The MyUNC portal is a gateway for students, staff and faculty for the delivery of transactional, online services and enterprise applications, such as ConnectCarolina, as well as content and more.
For members of the UNC-Chapel Hill community, the MyUNC portal offers a high-quality user experience by providing an intuitive online interface, single-sign-on capability, and the efficient delivery of University services, resources and communications.
