View from the Director’s Chair – January 2013
It’s been a busy start to the New Year in IT Services with a lot of developments to look forward to in 2013.
It’s been a busy start to the New Year in IT Services with a lot of developments to look forward to in 2013.
As part of a general review of the IT Services Help provision, we have decided to run an extended opening hours trial at the Library Service counter.
This week has seen the launch of our brand new collaborative e-newsletter, Digital Digest. Every month, we’ll be bringing you the latest news and comment about all things digital happeningContinue reading Digital Digest
IT Services has identified a potential security threat to our captive portal WiFi Network, UoR-Guest.
Another busy month has gone by and, despite the grey skies and wet weather during November; it’s good to see some light on the horizon as people have begun returningContinue reading View from the Director’s Chair – November 2012
As part of the Anti-Spam system at the University of Reading, IT Services subscribe to a two blocklists, that are used to reduce the amount of Spam received. They doContinue reading Anti-spam changes
Since my last blog it feels as though ITS has been caught up in a whirlwind of activity as the new academic year has begun.
IT Services have been keenly aware of the feedback we have had from students about the level of wireless coverage in the library and have taken steps to improve this. ThisContinue reading Library Wifi upgrades
On 14th August, a multiple hardware failure in one of the core network routers resulted in extended and widespread network and Internet access issues.
The University is decommissioning the remote access server “remote” and its central UNIX server “main” (aka “suma3”), and is replacing both with a more modern services.