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AI, data privacy and you

January 25, 2024

…Your data is for sale AI companies may scrape the web themselves, or they buy data sets from a third party, like OpenAI references. “Licensed from third parties” data can be almost anything from anywhere. It could be scraped public data, or it could be data that’s collected from a website or an app and resold. And unfortunately, these data sets may include information that was never meant to be public, like medical records. Companies compile data…

ITS boosts Wi-Fi in 3 dorms over summer

October 10, 2022

…40 data boxes, Networking — with help from the ITS Warehouse team — had to buy from two vendors plus a few more from Amazon. Such a massive project also required thousands of concrete screws and numerous drill bits, hammer drills and other hand tools. In addition to buying from the ITS Warehouse and the University’s Facilities Services Storeroom, Bradsher had to scour multiple locations of the major home improvement store chains to source what ITS…

This Earth Day, don’t trash old tech

April 14, 2023

…s to technology too — and your first step should be to reduce how much you buy. Reduce To buy less, try to keep your devices running longer. Keeping your devices longer not only saves you money, it helps save the planet. Fewer devices manufactured means fewer resources, like energy and materials, used to make and ship those new devices. ITS can help keep student laptops working with on-campus tech support. The ITS Service Desk can assist with viru…

Once again, new Carolina students buying Apple more than Lenovo

August 25, 2015

…the 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display. “This is great,” said a buyer of a 13-inch MacBook Pro. “I haven’t had a laptop since seventh grade.” CCI received much positive feedback about how quickly students were able to get through the computer setup and on to the rest of orientation, Potiny said. “One incoming first-year told us, ‘This is better than Best Buy!’” Setup was easier with eduroam Setup, she added, went even more smoothly afte…

Bringing Adobe Creative Cloud to 30,000 students

November 3, 2016

…go any further. While the idea of “Photoshop for everyone” sounded great, buy-in and proven use of the platform was the key. I began working in 2015 with Chris Kielt, UNC-Chapel Hill’s CIO and Vice Chancellor for Information Technology, to identify needs of students and staff on campus. The question we were really addressing: can Creative Cloud be integrated into every aspect of campus life? While I was the voice of students on this topic, I also…

Access to National Resources

August 23, 2018

…use to interactively share computing resources, data, and expertise. Vist www.xsede.org     What is Open Science Grid (OSG)? UNC researchers also have access to OSG through the Xsede Campus Champions program where we have a significant allocation. The OSG primarily targets HTC (High Throughput Computing) where users run many (thousands) of serial or single node jobs “The OSG is primarily used as a high-throughput grid where scientific problems ar…

Getting Started Guide: Students

May 7, 2020

…with configuration by choosing the right option below. Deciding whether to buy? It’s never too late to get the CCI benefits: onsite authorized repair, deep discounts, access to loaner machines and more. Visit CCI for details. Lenovo Setup Apple Setup Get Help Secure your account Carolina Key Protect your account with Carolina Key. Carolina Key replaces your password and Duo with device-based authentication like facial recognition, PIN or fingerpri…

How to protect yourself from phishing

October 28, 2016

…ke the bait may suffer from identity theft and/or financial loss. Phishing costs The Ponemon Institute estimates that phishing attacks cost the average organization of 10,000 employees some $3.7 million a year. Here at UNC-Chapel Hill, the ITS Service Desk receives roughly 1,000 reports of phishing emails each month, many of which result in compromised Onyens. Phishing vs. marketing spam Phishing is different from marketing spam. Spammers try to t…

CloudApps service provides quick-start for Web application development

January 22, 2015

…tudents to request development containers via a self-service portal, at no cost. It also provides an environment for developing and deploying Web applications using the Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution to provide secure, multi-tenant containers for application development. ITS centrally manages the server hardware, operating system infrastructure and programming language software, which enables developers to focus…

4 questions about Microsoft Copilot, answered

December 1, 2023

…Data Protection with UNC faculty and staff Microsoft licenses. This means cost savings to the University instead of paying for individual ChatGPT Plus licenses. Aside from cost, the key differentiator is that Microsoft Copilot with Data Protection is a more secure alternative to consumer-oriented generative AI services, including the non-enterprise version of Copilot. Currently, ChatGPT-4 powers Microsoft Copilot. Copilot protects your identity….

ITS adopts Raspberry Pi computers to monitor data access speeds

July 29, 2019

…ensive A single, basic Raspberry Pi is about the size of a credit card and costs $35. Programmers can make surprisingly complicated projects using Raspberry Pis as the computing units. The appeal of using them for this project is that they are very cost efficient, Conley said. Matt Conley Raspberry Pi computers do not come with external hardware, like monitors or keyboards, which is part of what makes them so inexpensive. That kind of external har…

Office of the CIO highlights 2016-2017 accomplishments

September 2, 2017

…e Cloud since ITS provided the software suite to students at no additional cost in September 2016. Carolina’s partnership with Adobe empowers the campus community to create and manage content with these powerful tools across platforms and in a secure way. In addition to the licenses available for students and instructional faculty and staff, licenses are available for $20 a year for departmental purchases. ITS staff listen to an update on Carolina…