In recognition of Data Privacy Month, ITS News presents this overview of Privacy Liaisons and an introduction to ITS’ two Privacy Liaisons. Privacy Liaisons Privacy Liaisons are appointed by the head of each UNC-Chapel Hill operating unit that has responsibility … Read more

Following a gargantuan effort, ITS has retired the Andrew File System. The Andrew File System (AFS) is a distributed file system that UNC-Chapel Hill used for 22 years until ITS decommissioned the service on November 13, 2018. While AFS was … Read more

When Assistant Vice Chancellor Jim Gogan retires on January 31, 2019, after 42 years of serving UNC-Chapel Hill, he leaves a lasting legacy — a reliable, robust campus network, the goodwill he forged between Information Technology Services and groups within … Read more

Feedback on the Deep Learning event that ITS Research Computing held in September, including a recent survey of participants, demonstrates strong interest for another such event next year. Research Computing conceived of and co-sponsored the Deep Learning, Machine Learning and … Read more

More than 200 members of the campus community attended the CFE Faculty Showcase on Teaching on November 2. Held every year and a half, the CFE Faculty Showcase on Teaching brings together faculty members from all over campus to celebrate … Read more

During the past fiscal year, ITS has implemented various technologies at South Building that have greatly benefited users and deeply impressed others who visit the building. The ITS team serving the South Building is made up of Mark Wampole, Leslie … Read more

Five members of the ITS Research Computing team attended an international supercomputing convention in Dallas in mid-November. Research Computing staffers Liam Greenwood, Fengping Hu, Tim McGuire, C.D. Poon and Mark Reed were among the record-breaking crowd of more than 13,000 … Read more

The UNC-Chapel Hill information technology community honored its own in late October at the 2018 IT Awards ceremony. The campus IT community celebrated 10 individuals and members of three teams for their outstanding service during the past year. The honorees … Read more

Internal and external audits are an important part of a continuous IT improvement cycle and successfully completing an audit is always a celebrated milestone. During the fiscal year, an ITS project team and many staff members across the organization contributed … Read more

The ITS Service Desk now takes appointments at the SASB North location. On October 21, the Service Desk launched a pilot program to accept appointments at SASB North for students, faculty, staff, retirees and anyone else associated with UNC-Chapel Hill … Read more

UNC-Chapel Hill is committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment that includes making its digital resources and services accessible to all users. The University’s goal is to provide proactive compliance with obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) … Read more

As October’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month comes to a close, we thought it appropriate to share this story, which first appeared in the 2017-2018 ITS Annual Report. Other information security posters have come and gone at UNC-Chapel Hill, but … Read more