Mark Reed Title: Research Associate, ITS Research Computing Number of years with ITS: 11 Personal: Lives in Durham with his fiancé, Sandy. They have six grown children and three grandchildren. Education: Ph.D., masters and bachelor’s degrees in physics from UNC-Chapel … Read more
Customer Case Study As UNC-Chapel Hill’s Microbiome Core Facility increasingly collects more sequencing data information from microbiomes, it requires more support from ITS Research Computing for data analysis and processing. The Client The Microbiome Core Facility within the UNC-Chapel Hill … Read more
When we think about the human body playing host to many non-human cells, particularly bacteria and yeast, perhaps some people’s “ick” response is understandable. And yet –as anyone who has sought out and consumed bacteria-added yogurt can attest, some of … Read more
WHO All users with @live.unc.edu (Office 365) email account WHEN Sunday, March 8 from 8AM – 4PM WHAT Information Technology Services is making a change to how email logins are authenticated. There will be an email outage on Sunday, March … Read more
Shubin Liu, a Senior Computational Scientist with Information Technology Services’ Research Computing unit, has enthusiastically contributed for the past five years to the first phase of University-led research into advancing solar energy technologies for producing solar fuels. Research now in … Read more
For March, ITS News is highlighting the work of the Research Computing unit of Information Technology Services. During the month, you’ll learn about Senior Computational Scientist Shubin Liu and his contributions for the past five years to the first phase … Read more
As February comes to a close, ITS News wraps up two months packed full of news about comings and goings, technology resolutions and the many activities of the Infrastructure & Operations and the Communication Technologies groups at Information Technology Services. … Read more
If you have worked in information technology for a few decades like Jim Gogan, you’ve seen many wondrous advances in the industry as well as some wrong turns and absolute flops. So what technological advancement that could benefit his work … Read more
Discussions abound these days about The Internet of Things—this interconnection of all our gadgets, appliances and computing devices that can share information. Those conversations, though, usually have to do with consumer privacy and business security issues or future marketing opportunities … Read more
Leveraging a new source of sustainable funding, Information Technology Services is upgrading the core network that carries voice and data across the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. This network refurbishment entails replacing outdated switches, improving in-building wiring and ensuring a more robust, … Read more
The phone system at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center will be changed from the legacy AT&T Centrex phone system to the new Verizon Business Hosted IP Centrex phone system, more commonly known as Voice over IP (VoIP), this Thursday, February … Read more
This year Information Technology Services will decommission the University’s mainframe after a decade-long goodbye and a major cultural shift for the employees who have operated it. For a time, the mainframe was the only computer doing all the business work … Read more
