ITS Fall 2008 Newletter

Available at http://www.swarthmore.edu/its_summer08.xml

Contents

  1. Internet Bandwidth, Increased from 60 Mb/s to 100 Mb/s
  2. Media Services Equipment Loans
  3. Computers in the Classrooms: next up are Hicks 211, Kohlberg 226 & 328, Trotter 301 & 303, SC 199
  4. New Improved Office Computer Backups, Coming Soon
  5. Media Center Now Open Sundays, 1 – 9 p.m.
  6. New Software Versions
  7. 16TB in New Storage
  8. Dial-Up Services to be Discontinued 1/1/09
  9. ITS Presentations
  10. New ITS Email Subject Line Format

Did You Know?

Percentage of 2012 applicants who applied online: 89% (34% in 2003)

Number of students who brought desktop computers this fall
(instead of laptops): only 25!

Helpdesk service: percentage of calls closed the same day:
87% of student calls and
73% of faculty/staff calls

Number of alumni who have logged in to the Alumni Community website:
8,910

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