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UCCSC at Berkeley's Clark Kerr Campus August 5-7, 2012

UC Berkeley will host the annual UC Computing Services Conference (UCCSC) at the Conference Center on the Clark Kerr Campus, August 5-7, 2012. This year's theme is Campus Collaboration. Participants will explore what it takes to have successful collaborations, and look at how collaboration helps our campuses find solutions in times of tight budget constraints. Be an active participant at UCCSC 2012 and share your knowledge and experience — presentation proposals will be accepted through June 1, 2012. May 7, 2012.

ReadyTalk to replace AT&T conference call services

The AT&T conference call service will no longer be offered on the Berkeley campus as of September 1, 2012. To provide services at lower cost, IST will help its customers transition from the more expensive AT&T conference call service, to the less costly ReadyTalk service. ReadyTalk has been providing teleconferencing and web conferencing services to UC campuses for three years through a UC systemwide agreement. May 1, 2012.

Winners of the Student Technology Council's Second Annual Web App Competition announced

A chatroom app (CalChat), a section enrollment monitoring app (Telebears Oracle), and an information app (CalUtil), took home top honors in this year's student web app competition, with CalChat also winning the People's Choice Award. April 27, 2012.

Vote in the second annual Student Technology Council web app competition

Want to see the kinds of web apps Berkeley students are developing for Berkeley students? Log in to the Student Technology Council's People's Choice Awards page to take a look at the eight entries for the second annual STC Web App Competition and vote for your favorite. Voting ends 10:00 pm April 17. For more information, visit the STC website. April 12, 2012.

bMail and bCal selected as names for UC Berkeley's Google solution

As announced at the March 22, 2012 Operational Excellence Expo, the names of the campus's new email and calendar solutions are bMail and bCal, respectively. More than 1,150 entries were submitted in the contest to name the email and calendar systems. March 28, 2012.

CIO Shel Waggener to step down April 30, 2012

On March 15, 2012, UC Berkeley Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology & Chief Information Officer Shel Waggener announced he will be leaving Berkeley to join Internet2 as Senior Vice President, where he will provide executive leadership for Internet2 NET+ Services. Shel will continue to serve as campus AVC-IT & CIO through April 30, 2012. March 16, 2012.

Call for 2012 Sautter Award nominations

Applications for the 2012 Larry L. Sautter Award Program are now being accepted. The application deadline is May 15, 2012. Submission guidelines and other information are available at http://www.ucop.edu/irc/itlc/sautter/prog_announce.html. March 13, 2012.

Naming contest for UC Berkeley's Google solution

As previously announced, Google has been selected as the new campus calendar and email solution. The campus is now looking for names unique to UC Berkeley for the new email and calendar services. Entries due by March 19, 2012. March 12, 2012.

Campuswide MATLAB statistical package agreement

As a result of a campuswide site-license arrangement negotiated by the Office of the Chief Information Officer and the College of Engineering, Berkeley faculty, staff, and students can install and use the MATLAB statistical package on institution-owned devices at no charge to individuals or departments in calendar year 2012. March 6, 2012.

Secure your desktop computers

Citing a recent security breach lawsuit against Sutter Health, the campus privacy and information risk officer advises taking steps to secure desktop computers and the data within them. Locks and encryption software are cheap when compared to the legal costs to defend against data breach lawsuits. February 23, 2012.

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