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Results from the First ITS “FedEx/Innovation Time Off” Day
Google is famous for the “Innovation Time Off” program in which employees are encouraged to spend 20% of their time working on projects that interest them. Software developer Atlassian created “FedEx Days” as a “hack day, a one-day creative burst of brainstorming, prototyping and presenting” where employees work on potential enhancements to its products. ITS’ first FedEx Day was held from noon to noon, March 8 – 9. The following are brief notes regarding the projects and technologies our staff members took on: Michael P: using a 3D video camera Don and Glenn: EC2 and S3 from Amazon Web Services exploring how … Continue reading Results from the First ITS “FedEx/Innovation Time Off” Day
New SwatFiles Drive for OS X Lion (10.7) now available
ITS has recently released a new SwatFiles Drive for OS X Lion (10.7) for home and office use by all College faculty, staff and students. This software is available for download from the ITS software page . To learn more see video below: Continue reading New SwatFiles Drive for OS X Lion (10.7) now available
Internet/VPN Maintenance Wednesday 2/22/12 at 6 PM
ITS will be conducting brief maintenance on the Internet connection tomorrow, Wednesday, February 22nd. Between 6:00 and 6:30 PM, there will be a 15 minute Internet outage. VPN connections will also be interrupted at this time. Note: The ITS maintenance window for short, non-critical interruptions in network services is Wednesday from 6-7 PM. These will be announced when required. Continue reading Internet/VPN Maintenance Wednesday 2/22/12 at 6 PM
Internet Sluggishness
The campus began observing sluggishness on the Internet late this morning. ITS determined that it was due to a problem with our Reliance Globalcom ISP. We have opened a problem ticket with them. In the meantime, our routing preferences have been changed to force most traffic to use our Cogent ISP. This appears to have returned response times back to normal. Continue reading Internet Sluggishness
Open-Source Textbooks Aim to Curb Education Costs
A recent article appearing in The New York Times highlights progress in the open-source textbook movement by Connexions, “a dynamic digital educational ecosystem” based at Rice University in Houston. Over the next few months, Connexions, via OpenStax College, will provide an initial offering of freely available textbooks covering physics, sociology, introductory biology, anatomy, and physiology. Connexions’ director, Richard Baraniuk, said, “if we capture just 10 percent of the market with these first five textbooks” students in the United States could save $90 million over the next five years. The content, provided using an open license, will allow faculty to freely customize … Continue reading Open-Source Textbooks Aim to Curb Education Costs
Mobile Dash Now Available!
The Web Team and ITS are happy to announce the launch of the Mobile Dash. To see it in action, simply visit The Dash while using your mobile device. In order to provide a streamlined solution for those of you … Continue reading Mobile Dash Now Available!