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ITS boosts Morrison Residence Hall Wi-Fi
When students move into Morrison residence hall in mid-August, they’ll enjoy faster, stable Wi-Fi. Over the summer, ITS significantly boosted wireless capacity and coverage on every floor of the 10-story dorm. With help from contractors, ITS Networking staffers worked all of June and the first few days of July to … Read more
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Carolina Gaming Arena gains upgrade
On July 24, the ITS ResNET team went to work upgrading the Carolina Gaming Arena. In fact, it was the “first big upgrade to the gaming arena since it was opened,” said Savannah Dunn, ResNET’s Assistant Program Director of Residential Services. The Carolina Gaming Arena opened in Fall 2021 and … Read more
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New semester, new tech? Use this checklist
New to UNC-Chapel Hill? Or starting the semester with some new tech? Save yourself a headache by setting up your new laptop, phone, tablet or smartwatch before the first day of classes. That way, you’ll be able to dive into the semester without scrambling. This checklist will help you connect … Read more
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3 reasons to go passwordless with Carolina Key
If you’re not using Carolina Key passwordless logins, you’re missing out. You could skip typing your password and still have fast and secure logins to many UNC-Chapel Hill systems, including ConnectCarolina, Canvas and more. All you have to do is register your device, like your smartphone or laptop, with Carolina … Read more
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System upgrade shows team resilience
Normally, a system upgrade to the backend of ConnectCarolina is a big lift but uneventful. This time, though, it was anything but normal. In fact, it was a first for ITS Enterprise Applications. A few months ago during a planned upgrade of the software, ITS found an issue while conducting … Read more