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System upgrade shows team resilience

July 7, 2023

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 … Read more

Meet the ITS team: PeopleSoft and Database Administration

November 8, 2022

In this post within our occasional Meet the ITS team series, we showcase ITS’ PeopleSoft and Database Administration team.  PeopleSoft and Database Administration is one of three teams within the Data Reporting Environments & Application Middleware (DREAM) division of ITS. … Read more

Frances Dykstra: Changes coming to ConnectCarolina

September 12, 2017

In this post, Frances Dykstra, Assistant Vice Chancellor for ITS Enterprise Applications, discusses the ConnectCarolina Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and the expected ConnectCarolina changes during the 2017-2018 fiscal year. ConnectCarolina provides the University and UNC General Administration with an … Read more

Carolina retires its mainframe computer

June 2, 2016

On Cinco de Mayo, Information Technology Services retired the University’s mainframe computer, the environment that housed Carolina’s legacy student information, financial reporting and payroll systems. Mainframe used for more than 40 years The computer was used for large-scale computing for … Read more