As part of a new partnership between ITS and the School of Information and Library Science, ITS Research Computing has begun provisioning and managing the infrastructure of digital archive ibiblio. ITS Research Computing took on this work with ibiblio.org in … Read more

During the 2016-2017 fiscal year, ITS Communication Technologies was able to completely upgrade network coverage in 45 buildings without sacrificing day-to-day network operations and support, bringing the campus network coverage up to more than 300 buildings. This was possible because … Read more

ITS Communication Technologies has wrapped up a 3.5-year project to provide pervasive wireless coverage within all remaining campus buildings. When ITS launched the project in 2014, less than 35 percent of campus within-building space had appropriate Wi-Fi coverage. In this … Read more

ITS Communication Technologies ported out 9,000 numbers in early 2017 to Verizon Business, and is gearing up to close out the year with an additional 6,000 numbers in December. This brings the total for numbers ported out this year alone … Read more

During the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the Office of the CIO and its units led efforts on the Carolina Service IT Work Stream, provided Adobe Creative Cloud to students and faculty members, and launched a project portfolio. The groups within the … Read more

During the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the Information Security Office at UNC-Chapel Hill continued to innovate and accelerate efforts to combat the growing number and sophistication of threats against the University’s electronic information. Here are highlights of the Information Security Office’s … Read more

As Carolina students opt to use their smartphones for an increasing amount of their online needs, the Wi-Fi access points in the hallways of the University’s residence halls haven’t been able to keep up. The wireless system that ITS finished … Read more

ITS is pursuing a new tool to replace the in-house applications that run the University’s Domain Name System and IP address management. Service is critical to campus Domain Name System (DNS) is a critical service that has a huge impact … Read more

ITS Communication Technologies has begun upgrading the University’s networking core to provide better redundancy, more flexibility and much higher bandwidth. ITS selected Cisco System as the vendor for the upgraded core routers in May, and started the upgrade in July. … Read more

Over the past year, UNC-Chapel Hill has continued to build upon critical collaborations with agencies across Orange County to jointly improve high-speed, fiber connections as demand and prices for bandwidth skyrocket. Need and urgency intensify Jim Gogan, Assistant Vice Chancellor … Read more

With help from ITS and others, the UNC-Chapel Hill Athletics Department is gearing up to use “big data” to cultivate a broader audience and thereby, significantly expand revenue. The Athletics Department’s efforts also lay the foundation for additional campus groups, … Read more

In this post, ITS Identity Management Manager Celeste Copeland discusses the biggest misconception about identity management and she shares what’s next in the identity management field. This post wraps up this ITS News series about ITS Identity Management. What’s the biggest … Read more