IT Architecture
Covers campus IT architecture. Audience includes IT planners, managers, and developers.
User-centered design for IT services: The usability toolbox, part 2
Third in a series of articles that discusses "user-centered design", a collection of powerful and easy-to-use techniques for improving the design of any IT product or service, including websites, web applications, and desktop programs. The techniques described can help you lower implementation, maintenance, and support costs while increasing user satisfaction. October 5, 2007.
The Information Technology Guidance Committee
The UC Information Technology Guidance Committee (ITGC) is a group of University executive management, faculty, librarians, and chief information officers that first met in April 2006 to engage in a UC-wide planning process to identify and recommend strategic directions to guide investments in information technology and the academic information environment. The work of this committee has resulted is a commitment to harness UC's "promise and power of ten" to create a new delivery model for IT services, one that shares common services while enabling local enhancement where needed, and avoids the redundancy of building multiple solutions for every problem September 27, 2007.
CalNet Central Authentication Service (CAS)
On July 30, 2007, CalNet released the CalNet Central Authentication Service (CAS) to succeed AWS. CAS is a web-proxy authentication service, much like AWS, that also provides a single sign-on (SSO) solution for the entire campus. September 14, 2007.
Student Systems 2012 project update
This is the second of an ongoing series of updates about the 2012 project, a project which calls for new governance structures, systematic planning of the next generation of student systems, and immediate steps to consolidate and safeguard student data. September 14, 2007.
Tips for improving web accessibility — round 3
The Berkeley WebAccess Group developed a list of "Top 10 Tips" to keep in mind to make a website more accessible and useable. Previous articles covered such tips as tagging nontext elements, using color, and giving links unique names. This article covers tips on using submit buttons, labeling fields on forms, using tab order, and the effectiveness of the "text-only" alternative. September 14, 2007.
Reorganized Information Technology Architecture Committee (ITAC)
ITAC was reorganized in June 2007 to better meet campus needs. Its primary role is to develop and maintain Enterprise Architecture roadmaps in areas related to information management, business process analysis, applications architecture, and technology infrastructure September 4, 2007.
