General IT Services and Support
Covers general services and support offered by IST, including CalMail, CalAgenda, DOCS, TSW, and software downloads.
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.
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.
