On January 6, 2022, ITS will be able to turn off 16 servers, free up capacity on other infrastructure like UCS and Splunk, and save staff time simply by moving the campus to a cloud-based method of authenticating to use … Read more

Over the course of the pandemic, consider how many COVID-19 questions you’ve had for the University, whether about testing, vaccine attestation or more recently, vaccine requirements resulting from the new executive order for employees of federal contractors. Now multiply that … Read more

Carolina is marking two decades of requiring undergraduates to have laptops. Since UNC-Chapel Hill instituted that requirement in 2000, ITS’ Carolina Computing Initiative (CCI) has been helping students access laptops that meet University standards. The CCI program launched three years … Read more

Lee Hyde is the Program Director of ResNET, which is a unit within ITS Customer Experience & Engagement. At ResNET, he’s one of four full-time staff members, 46 student Residential Computing Consultants (RCCs) and 14 student Gaming Assistants. Hyde, who … Read more

Customer Case Study Alexander Murph (who goes by “Murph”) is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate, working under Jan Hannig, in the Department of Statistics and Operations Research (STOR) at UNC-Chapel Hill. Murph started using Longleaf in early 2020 when beginning work … Read more

The effort started as a simple request through help.unc.edu. The Office of Human Resources was seeking an automated process to collect and display messages of thanks on a special web page for Carolina’s Employee Appreciation Day. From ITS, Sheila Corcoran, … Read more

This week, when undergraduate students began the first wave of registering for Spring 2022 classes, they registered in ConnectCarolina in a completely different way. In fact, this new way of registering marks the first major redesign of undergraduate registration since … Read more

In a guest post for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Jared Perdue, Information Security Specialist with the Information Security Office, shares tips for keeping your mobile devices secure. Our mobile devices contain a great deal of valuable data. No matter what device … Read more

This month, for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we introduce you to the IT Security Architecture team within the Information Security Office (ISO). It is one of four teams within the ISO along with the Network Security team, the Operations and Incident … Read more

This month, for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we asked Latashia Mccormick, Risk Team Lead with the Information Security Office (ISO), to share what it’s like working in cybersecurity and what she brings to the job. A native of Kinston in eastern … Read more

The Digital Accessibility Office’s efforts to create an inclusive digital experience for everyone at UNC-Chapel Hill are chronicled on the website of a global tech company. In September, Siteimprove, a Danish company that provides digital marketing optimization technology, published a … Read more

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a national campaign now marking its 18th year. In conjunction with other efforts to promote online safety and security, ITS will share cybersecurity tips, resources, and stories about how the Information Security Office works to … Read more