UNC-CH Information Technology Services

Reed named chancellor’s senior adviser for strategy and innovation

Dr. Daniel A. Reed, Chancellor’s Eminent Professor and director of the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) at the University, has been named senior adviser to the chancellor for strategy and innovation and executive director of an expanded RENCI.
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ITS staff and machines move to ITS Manning

This month, Information Technology Services moved into the first UNC-Chapel Hill facility built for and dedicated to information technology - ITS Manning.

Many ITS groups have moved to ITS Manning, including staff in the office of the CIO, Billing Services, Communications, Desktop Infrastructure, Information Security, Remedy Services, Research Computing, Teaching and Learning and Telecommunications. Several customer-facing groups, including the ITS Telecommunications Customer Service and Administrative Office and the Control Center, now work in ITS Manning.
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Automatic backup solution available for purchase online

Now, protecting all your computer’s data and settings is as easy as a few clicks from the comfort of your own desk.

ITS’ automatic data backup solution, Iron Mountain, is now available for purchase online at http://software.unc.edu/IM. From the Web site, customers are able to access backup information and user documentation, make a personal or departmental order and instantly install the backup solution on their computer.
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CCI load includes Windows XP, Office 2007 and IE 7

Carolina Computing Initiative (CCI) computers offered this spring and summer will carry Windows XP, Office 2007 and Internet Explorer 7. Microsoft’s new operating system, Vista, will not initially be available due to concerns that application and driver incompatibilities may adversely affect the ability of students, faculty and staff to carry out their academic work. The CCI Lenovo computers sold this spring and summer, however, will be Vista compatible and stuents will be offered a free upgrade to Vista in the fall.
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Reed’s Second Life lecture draws crowd

It’s estimated that more than 100 people attended Vice Chancellor for IT and CIO Dan Reed’s lecture in Second Life or watched the lecture projected in real life (or “RL,” to Second Life users) on Friday, March 16. The lecture, “Computing the Future: The 3-D Net,” covered some of the technology advances in the past 10 years and predicted some of the technical evolutions we can expect in the next decade.
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