ITS News

ITS Evaluating Windows 7

ITS is currently evaluating the Windows 7 operating system to make sure it is fully compatible with common campus applications and network services. Results of that evaluation will be reported here.

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11/3/09

Provost Hill and VP for Communications Massa have announced the beginning of a plan for reworking the college's Web presence. ITS and the Communications Division are leading a move to the open source WordPress MU platform.

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10/16/09

Problems with Mac Access to Network File Storage

Friday, July 31: Access to P and Q drives for Mac users is now stable. Please report any problems that indicate otherwise to the Help Desk.

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8/4/09

NAC registration July 1

Information about the need to re-register your computer through NAC on or after July 1.

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7/21/09

File Service Upgrade

ITS is upgrading File Service this summer. This will require several planned file service outages which will last from late at night until early in the morning. During each of the outages, one or more file servers (e.g. the "P drive") will be unavailable. Each outage and the affected server(s) will be announced here as the upgrade progresses.

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8/4/09

New Zimbra Documentation

New and updated documentation is now available for the Zimbra-powered email system.

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4/23/09

ITS Coffee Break for 11/4/2009

On this episode of the ITS Coffee Break, hosts Courtney Bentley and Ken Newquist discuss Chris Phillips' essay "I Hear America Reading: Using Digital Audio to Teach American Poetry," which appeared in the Summer 2009 issue of Teaching American Literature, and they announce Moodle Hack/Doc Fest V, which will be held at Lafayette. Tech News includes Windows 7 testing, the Droid smartphone, and DARPA's new $40,000 balloon hunting challenge. In Help News, Ken and Courtney take a look at the Powerpress plugin for WordPress and announce a new smartboard workshop. Get the podcast.

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11/9/09

ITS Coffee Break for 10/26/2009

On this episode of the ITS Coffee Break, hosts Courtney Bentley and Ken Newquist discuss Lafayette's WordPress MU project, take a look at Bates College's new WordPress-powered home page, discuss the Google Wave web application, debate the merits of Amazon's Kindle vs. Barnes & Nobles' new Nook ebook reader, and talk about an upcoming copyright webinar. Get the podcast.