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Issue : June 13, 2007 |
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Security and
Internet Services
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SPAM AND VIRUS STATS
Apr 30 - May 27 2007
Attempted 64 million
Accepted 16 million
Blocked 25 million
Unknown User 7 million
Grey-listed 15 million
messages were blocked because of the following reasons:
Unauthorized access: 11 million 43%
Spam source: 3 million 13%
Dynamic: 2 million 9%
Insecure: 6 million 24%
Protocol Violation: .5 million 2%
DNS problems: 2 million 7%
Bad mail from: 0 million 0%
Anti-virus software caught 5508 messages
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Network and Telecommunication
Services
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SERVICE CHARGES CHANGING.
As of July 1, 2007, the
Office of Information Technology (OIT) will use an alternate funding
model for voice services. Service charges are moving from an ISO
charge-back model to an allocation-based "common good" model. "Common
good services"include analog lines, integrated lines, voicemail,
circuit charges, and auto attendants.
NTS continues to charge for long distance calls and any one-time
charges from moves, adds, and changes. One-time charges include
labor, order charges, materials, and telephones. Non-University-funded
customers and non-University-CUFS-account customers continue to
be billed for recurring charges. More details at www.umn.edu/nts/rates.
BOREAS PROJECT.
On April 16, four collaborating Universities—the
University of Minnesota, Iowa State University, the University
of Iowa, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison—announced
creation of a new multi-state fiber optic network: BOREAS-Net (Broadband
Optical Research, Education and Scientific Network).The BOREAS-Net
project goal is to offer high bandwidth applications for worldwide
researcher collaboration. For more information about the BOREAS
Net, visit www.boreas.net.
WIRELESS 2008.
NTS Wireless 2008 Project will replace current
wireless network access on the Twin Cities campus with state-of-the
art technology, using a phase-in process similar to the one used
in Gopher GigaNet (GGN). The second goal is to expand this coverage
to create seamless access across campus. After town hall meetings
with NTS customers, our team is reviewing the Requests for Proposal
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Academic and
Distributed
Computing
Services
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NEW COURSE! MS OFFICE 2007 OVERVIEW.
Microsoft Office 2007 is here, and it has some big changes. Learn
what's new in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with this hands-on
course, and see first-hand what all the excitement's about. Go
to http://uttc.umn.edu and
click on the link for Office 2007 Training.
NEW COURSE! MYU PORTAL ORIENTATION.
myU has been redesigned with new features and greater ease of use.
Sign up for this brand new orientation to see what's new in the
myU Portal, as well as how to customize it with the tools and
content you need. Search for "myU" at http://uttc.umn.edu.
NEW UMCONNECT AND PRESENTER COURSES!
Wondering what Presenter and UMConnect, formerly Breeze and Breeze
Meeting, have to offer? Take an orientation to explore the possibilities,
or take a course to dive right into hands-on practice. Learn about
publishing
on-demand web presentations, conducting live web conferences, and
more. Check out What's New at http://uttc.umn.edu for more information.
NEW WEBVISTA 4 COURSES!
Are you a WebCT Vista instructor or course designer? Then you'll
want to sign up for UTTC's new short courses for WebVista 4,
the newest version of the WebCT Vista online course management
system. Whether you're looking for the orientation or the hands-on
courses, you'll find what you need at http://uttc.umn.edu.
MICROSOFT VISTA AND OFFICE ENTERPRISE 2007.
The Microsoft Campus
Agreement program for students now offers the new Microsoft software
versions, such as Office Enterprise 2007 and the Vista operating
system upgrade software. Microsoft software options are now available
for Faculty and Staff for their personal computers through the
Microsoft Academic Select program. Visit the UCS website at www.umn.edu/ucs for more information and the online order form.
REFURBISHED COMPUTER SALE!
UCS is offering a "Road Work Ahead" refurbished
computer equipment sale in honor of the construction for the stadium.
Visit the UCS website at www.umn.edu/ucs for updates and parking
information.
VIRUS HELP.
Computer have a virus? Would you like someone to install
the most recent computer patches and symantec antivirus software?
Bring your computer into UCS for the UCS Security Package to better
secure your computer from viruses, hackers, and other evils. |
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Digital
Media
Center
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BREEZE BECOMES UMCONNECT.
On Friday, June 8, the
Breeze 5.1 server will be updated to Adobe Connect 6 and renamed
UMConnect. UMConnect provides the same services with some minor
enhancements. URLs for Breeze presentations, meetings, and recordings
will be forwarded automatically to the new URLs. For more information
see: http://umn.edu/umconnect.
WEBCT VISTA IS NOW WEBVISTA.
On May 1, the University began changing
the name of the WebCT Vista course management system to WebVista
because after Blackboard purchased WebCT, it changed the name to "Blackboard
Learning System - Vista Enterprise License," and Microsoft
also released Microsoft Windows Vista. For details, see: http://webct.umn.edu/about/name.shtml.
NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES PROFILED: PODCASTING
AND TURNITIN.
Podcasting
is a subscription-based method of distributing audio and video
online. Turnitin is a Web-based plagiarism detection service. Profiles
of these technologies are now available, including information
about educational uses and related support, services, resources,
research literature, and more. See http://dmc.umn.edu/technologies/podcasting.shtml and http://dmc.umn.edu/technologies/turnitin.shtml.
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT FAIR
USE BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK.
Dan Donnelly, the recently-retired copyright coordinator for
the University Libraries, sees fair use as an opportunity. "Fair
use is almost a right. People ought to exercise it when they can,
or it might go away." See http://dmc.umn.edu/projects/donnelly/.
JUNE 19: TA WEB CERTIFICATION PROGRAM BEGINS.
University teaching
assistants can learn pedagogical and technical skills needed to
develop a curriculum enhanced by educational technology and a course
Web site in eight sessions held over four weeks. There is no charge
to participate. See: http://dmc.umn.edu/ta-web/.
REMINDER: JUNE 13 EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGISTS
FORUM "UNMEETING."
Find
out about resources for campus educational technologists from representatives
of SOS, iROC, UTELL, and ATAC, help brainstorm next year's forum
events, and consider new ways the forum can provide support and
professional development opportunities: June 13, 3-4:30 p.m., 402
Walter Library. See: http://dmc.umn.edu/etf/. |
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