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3 end of semester tech tips
The end of the semester is always a busy time — doubly so when it’s also the end of the academic year. Students are graduating, instructors are wrapping up their courses, staff are finalizing the fiscal year and everyone is gearing up for summer. Whether you’re focused just on getting … Read more
Protecting the University’s email reputation: a key architect explains
Early this year, UNC groups and employees were scurrying to comply with new anti-spam rules and protect the University’s email reputation. For employees who send a lot of emails or use third-party platforms and the information technology staffers who support them, it was a few weeks of scrambling. But for … Read more
Register for the first-ever HighEdWeb North Carolina regional conference
Attendees can now register for the first-ever HighEdWeb North Carolina regional conference. UNC-Chapel Hill will host the conference on June 18 at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. The Higher Education Web Professionals Association, commonly known as HighEdWeb, is an international nonprofit that aims to educate digital professionals who work at colleges … Read more
Go green! Reduce, reuse and recycle your tech
This Earth Day, think about how you can reduce, reuse and recycle your tech. The tech we use impacts the environment throughout its entire lifecycle, but you can do a few things to make your environmental footprint a little smaller. Reduce First, reduce how much tech you buy by keeping … Read more
Reengineering campus networks for Wi-Fi 6E and better internet
Wi-Fi 6E — which ITS is deploying to campus right now — is the most significant upgrade to Wi-Fi in more than 20 years. For decades, when your device connected to Wi-Fi, it was using one of two bands. You might connect to the 2.4GHz band, which was released in … Read more