On Wednesday, January 30, Provost Robert A. Blouin announced that J. Michael Barker will serve as the Interim Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, effective February 1. Mike has served in a variety of roles since joining … Read more

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

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

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

Duo evangelist. Information Security Liaison organizer. Man with the shark hat. Operations team leader. Inaugural-year IT Awards winner. Jack-of-all-trades. Soon, ITS Information Security Specialist Tim Cline will add another description to his name: retiree. Cline retires December 22 after 11 … Read more

In this Q&A, ITS Identity Management Manager Celeste Copeland discusses what her group is working on and why the work is important, and she highlights some of Identity Management’s recent successes. This Q&A is the second post in a Getting … Read more

Meet the Service Owner: Liam Greenwood Title: IT Manager of Advanced Computing Infrastructure for ITS Research Computing After eight years of working for ITS Infrastructure & Operations, Greenwood left the division in January to take on a new role within … Read more

This month Carolina Technology Consultants (CTC) selected Paul Lamontagne to serve as the organization’s 2017-2018 president. Lamontagne, who has worked for UNC-Chapel Hill for eight years, is the Audio Video Technician for the College of Arts & Sciences (OASIS). His … Read more

In this Q&A, ITS Middleware Services Manager Patrick Casey talks about Splunk–what it is, why ITS uses it and where UNC-Chapel Hill is headed in its use of the system. This Q&A is the fourth post in a Getting to … Read more

In this Q&A, ITS Middleware Services Manager Patrick Casey explains what Middleware is, why the team has been growing and what the group is working on. This Q&A is the first of five posts in a Getting to Know series … Read more

In the second post of a Getting to Know series about the ITS Policy Office at UNC-Chapel Hill, IT Policy Facilitator Kim Stahl, who is the entire ITS Policy Office, introduces us to terminology that is key to the office and … Read more

In this Q&A, IT Policy Facilitator Kim Stahl of the ITS Policy Office at UNC-Chapel Hill explains the role of the ITS Policy Office, what she’s working on in 2017 and why this work matters. This Q&A is the first … Read more