All Macs on campus are currently running Sophos 7 for Mac OS X. Sophos 8 for Mac OS X has been out for a while but due to performance issues, we have not been ready to release it until now. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Anti Virus, Developments, Licensing, Security, Services, Software, Staff
Microsoft have announced that they are making changes to the way that SkyDrive is providing personal cloud storage for students who are using readingLive. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Developments, Email, Microsoft, Services
As part of our response to recent email problems, IT Services will be moving staff mailboxes to new storage hardware. Due to the number of mailboxes this process will take several months to complete. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Developments, Email, IT Supporters, Microsoft, Services, Software, Staff
Microsoft is ending support for IIS6 functionality and this means that IT Services will be shutting down servers running IIS6 in July. IT Services has scheduled the transfer of current IIS6 web sites to a new server during May and June. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Developments, IT Supporters, Microsoft, Services, Software
Again, there has been another attempt at Phishing, sent to approximately 600 University Email recipients on 30 March. If you have received an email with the subject ‘eMail Alert!!!’ you should delete it immediately. Do not open it and do not click on any links in it. Read the rest of this entry »
On Tuesday 27 March, ITS completed an overhaul of the Sophos infrastructure to bring us up to the latest protection they have to offer.
The primary reason was to begin deployment of the new version 10 of Sophos for Windows, which adds a level of network protection not possible with version 9. This is in order to protect against emerging threats as we have been advised by Sophos.
Sophos 10 for Windows will be deployed gradually over the coming month with no user action required. The most obvious change that you will see is the icon on the task bar will change from
To
Summary of changes:
- Protection is offered at the network driver level rather than only in common web browsers.
- Sophos can now assess if a PC is missing any Microsoft/Adobe/Java/Apple etc. patches.
- Servers running Sophos now operate with a “long term support” version (fewer reboots for upgrades).
- Faster updates with better resource usage (assuming Windows Vista or later).
Tags: Anti Virus, Developments, News, Security, Software
Following the monthly announcement of the Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates, our Security team have the following bulletin covering vulnerable versions of Java, the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) issue and a reminder about Adobe product updates. Read the rest of this entry »
One of the best aspects of working in IT is the breadth and variety of the issues we manage, ranging from significant, high-profile projects, to less visible, but important developments which often go unnoticed. Another month has flown past and February included some good illustrations of this. It’s been a very busy time for IT Services, and for me personally, with many working groups, steering groups and committees to attend, in addition to my continued round of meeting as many of ITS’ customers as possible. The more I find out about the ways in which IT is supporting the work of different schools and departments, the more fascinating the job becomes! Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Anti Virus, Developments, Director, News, Services, Staff
There has been an attempt yesterday, 1 March, to trap people into giving out their login details for University of Reading IT systems.
Should you receive an email with the subject line ‘Your email storage limit is low.’ simply delete it. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Email, Incidents, IT Supporters, Software, Spam
Twenty years ago next month, the University purchased its first central fileserver. Neal Curran from IT Services had attended Auspex’s UK Launch Event in London in early 1992 and had been very impressed with the capabilities of their network attached storage (NAS) fileserver. He then managed to persuade our then Director of IT Services, Annette Haworth, that this was the way of the future for central storage and we subsequently ordered an Auspex NS5000 with ten 1GB disks. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Developments, Services, Staff
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