UNC-CH Information Technology Services

ITS submits pandemic influenza continuity of operations plan

Public health officials believe there is currently a heightened risk for pandemic influenza, and to prepare UNC-Chapel Hill for such a health emergency, the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness suggested precautionary steps for departments, offices and administrative units. Campus groups like ITS are following the suggested preparation steps, the goal of which is to keep essential services operating with little or no interruption.
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Wi-fi update recommended for campus users

Do you plan on using wireless Internet on your laptop over the holidays? ITS strongly recommends that all users with Windows XP with Service Pack 2 download and install the new Wireless Client Update.
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ITS’ Spero credited for Dec. 6 Word of the Day

IT staff aren’t always connected with awards and recognitions concerning the English language and the humanities, but on Dec. 6, 2006, Simon Spero of ITS Enterprise Applications broke the mold. That day, Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day was “cybrarian,” a term coined by Spero.

Merriam-Webster defines a cybrarian as “a person whose job is to find, collect, and manage information that is available on the World Wide Web.” The Oxford English Dictionary attributes the word’s first usage to Spero.
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ITS Teaching and Learning creates “Just-In-Time Tutorials”

Teaching and Learning has created “Just-in-Time Tutorials” to answer, in a convenient and interactive way, specific questions learners might have about using an application.

No more than five minutes in length, the tutorials, which focus on various aspects of the Oracle Calendar Windows Desktop Client (Version 10), are now available online for learners to complete on their own computer and in their own time.
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UNC-Chapel Hill sets new standard for real-time communications

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) of the United Nations recently put forward real-time communications (RTC) technology developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an international standard for instant messaging (IM).
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