The Carolina CloudApps team updated its underlying software, Red Hat’s OpenShift Container Platform, from version 3 to version 4 in April. “During the week of April 19, we successfully migrated 1,613 projects with minimal downtime and minimal issues,” said Patrick … Read more

It’s a good thing that Danny Nguyen enjoys a very hard puzzle. That’s exactly what Nguyen, a Project Manager with ITS Communication Technologies, was handed last September when he was brought into a campus-wide effort to comply with a new … Read more

ITS Communication Technologies plays an integral, and often overlooked, role in the University’s infrastructure. Whether it’s a residence hall, chemistry lab or office space, ITS is involved in the planning and execution of all construction, renovation and demolition projects. Reliable … Read more

Since last spring, Neil McKeeman has been working five shifts a week at the ITS Operations Center on top of his full-time job of managing the center. Filling in for deployed reservist McKeeman graciously accepted this double duty — normally … Read more

Infrastructure & Operations’ Mike Whitfield marked 21 years with ITS on February 5. A few weeks ago, when he received his 20-year service plaque from the University, it was family tradition. Whitfield comes from a long line of relatives who … Read more

The University’s Carolina Next strategic plan calls for adopting a multi-cloud systems and services strategy as a way to reduce costs and increase research flexibility. Toward that initiative to transform administrative operations via a multi-cloud strategy, ITS has been pursuing … Read more

In July, ITS Infrastructure & Operations improved the ConnectCarolina infrastructure to meet the surge in student registration activity due to COVID-19 using a capacity on demand strategy. With the pandemic causing significant changes to courses for the Fall 2020 semester, … Read more

This summer, ITS is starting to upgrade the University’s Oracle software to a newer version. The upgrade, which ITS Infrastructure & Operations expect to complete by November, will monumentally change the way ITS configures the infrastructure of Carolina’s databases. With … Read more

As some UNC-Chapel Hill employees return to campus and the University prepares for students to come back in August, ITS has a few teams that never left. The ITS Operations Center is one ITS group that has maintained its campus … Read more

ITS and Facilities Services have installed new air conditioner units in the ITS Manning data center to reduce the center’s carbon footprint. Over one week in January, ITS led the effort to replace 16 fans – from energy-wasting belt fans to … Read more

As of January 1, ITS is no longer in the printing business. ITS transferred its legacy printing service, which ITS or its predecessor entities had provided for more than half a century, over to UNC Print Stop. The campus’ leading … Read more

ITS has shed 24,000 Office 365 email accounts in a project involving groups across and outside the department and requiring a University policy change. Completed in November, the Email Capstone project also sets the stage to address further data retention … Read more