IT admins keep UNC systems secure The training is for more than 100 IT administrators across campus who are ultimately responsible for key systems and services. This includes systems administrators, client administrators, network administrators, web developers, web application developers, software … Read more
In April 2024, the Department of Justice signed a final rule under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to ensure digital content and mobile applications are accessible for people with disabilities. Digital accessibility is the practice of … Read more
Two ITS managers who reported to Assistant Vice Chancellor Steve Haring until his retirement a few weeks ago have been elevated to executive director positions and will assume part of their former boss’ duties. Now Wanda Boone is Executive Director … Read more
Phased approach ITS planned these configuration changes for two phases. ITS completed the first phase on June 4. In this phase, ITS restricted access to some University resources from the guest Wi-Fi networks. These resources included locally hosted file shares … Read more
Erin Towne, a Chapel Hill resident with experience in business analysis and process architecture, joined the Information Security Office today as a senior program business analyst for information security. Towne, who is no stranger to ITS, will lead program analysis … Read more
Valuable experience In his 20 years at ITS, Cross has amassed a wealth of technical expertise and skills he brings to the MDS manager position. He started his career at UNC as a student employee, where he learned the basics … Read more
Ethan Kromhout has been named Assistant Vice Chancellor for ITS Infrastructure, Operations & Networking, effective June 3, after serving as interim AVC since June 2022. He “is without peer with respect to technical acumen and ability both to get new … Read more
Beginning January 4, ConnectCarolina will have a new look with a visually refreshed landing page at connectcarolina.unc.edu. The overall ConnectCarolina experience will remain the same. Three ITS teams collaborated to bring the new landing page to campus. Enterprise Applications, which … Read more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the hottest trends of 2023, and last month, UNC began offering an institutionally scoped generative AI tool, now known as Microsoft Copilot with Data Protection. The tool was originally named Bing Chat Enterprise and … Read more
Beginning tomorrow, November 8, UNC faculty and staff will have access to a new enterprise AI tool — Bing Chat Enterprise. Microsoft Bing Chat Enterprise is an institutionally-scoped version of Bing Chat, an AI-powered assistant. Bing Chat Enterprise is a … Read more
ITS Identity Management (IdM), has a new name, effective immediately. The unit is now Identity & Access Management, or IAM. Celeste Copeland, Manager of IAM, said that new name “reflects that we are responsible not just for management of credentials, … Read more
A good tech tip is that if you’re having trouble accessing an ITS service like Canvas, Time Information Management (TIM), ConnectCarolina, or Wi-Fi, you should check ITS Status. Subscribe and customize To subscribe, visit ITS Status, click the “subscribe to … Read more
