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UC Berkeley mainframe printing: secure, versatile, and web-enabled

With the implementation of PageCenter, a powerful, web-based report management and archive system, campus staff can now securely access reports generated on UC Berkeley's IBM mainframe computer system without leaving their desks, save those reports electronically for future recall, and print all or parts of those reports. September 5, 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.

Growing a calendar network

The UC Berkeley Calendar Network, a calendaring system that allows units to share event information across campus, invites campus departments and units to join the network. August 27, 2007.

Interim Technology Program Office director announced

Peggy Huston has accepted the position of Interim Director of the OCIO-Technology Program Office (TPO). Serving in this position for 18 months, Peggy will oversee the TPO's IT Programs, IT Projects, and IT Communications units. August 22, 2007.

Exploration of partnership opportunities for campus collaborative tools

Earlier this year, a diverse committee of campus leaders met with representatives from Google and Microsoft to explore the Google Apps for Education and Microsoft Live@EDU service offerings, and to determine if these vendors' offerings in the areas of mail, calendaring, and web-based file sharing are a reasonable alternative to UC Berkeley running these services locally (via the current CalMail, WebFiles, and CalAgenda services). This article gives a summary of the committee's findings. August 21, 2007.

UC Berkeley's Connecting@Berkeley CD to focus on security

The release of the C@B CD for the 2007-08 academic year will take place in two stages: version 2007.1, a modest update to the 2007.0 CD released last year, to be released at the start of the fall 2007 semester; and version 2008 that will include major updates to the security software, to be released later during the academic year. Both versions will be available for the Windows and Macintosh platforms. August 21, 2007.

Eudora users will need to migrate to a different email client

Qualcomm is no longer supporting the Eudora email client and has discontinued making bug or security fixes. The campus support contract for Eudora will officially end October 31, 2007, after which time Eudora will not meet campus minimum security requirements. The IST Service Desk and the CalMail team will continue to support users with questions about Eudora, but will no longer be actively distributing Eudora to the campus. August 16, 2007.

The evolution of web hosting

IST now offers web hosting as a service. The benefits of the services model include lower, predictable costs for the consumer, and standardized implementation for service providers August 16, 2007.

Lower prices for IST-supplied storage and backup services

Economy Storage, a new storage offering, is available at a rate of $0.25 per GB per month. Also, effective immediately, all UCBackup customers will be charged at the rate of $0.30 per GB per month, reduced from the previous rate of $0.50 per GB per month. July 9, 2007.

Storage quota increases for CalMail and WebFiles

The default quota for CalMail has been increased from 100 MiB to 250 MiB. The default quota for WebFiles has been increased from 50 MiB to 300 MiB May 18, 2007.

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