http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Jul-Aug2012/campus-cellular-service http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Jul-Aug2012/campus-cellular-service#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:00:55 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32841 AT&T and Verizon Wireless will be the exclusive providers of cellular devices and plans offered through Information Systems and Technology for university-owned cell phones, effective Dec. 1, 2012. Departments that want to switch from their current carriers to AT&T or Verizon Wireless, or to remain with other carriers, need to take action by that date.]]> http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Jul-Aug2012/campus-cellular-service/feed/ 0 http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Jul-Aug2012/IT-Academy http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Jul-Aug2012/IT-Academy#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:32:44 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32660 Want to get a Microsoft certification or use Microsoft Office more efficiently? Information Services & Technology is offering IT Academy, an online learning system for Microsoft products, at no charge to members of the campus community.]]> http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Jul-Aug2012/IT-Academy/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/15/ist-head-shel-waggener-to-leave-campus-post-at-end-of-april/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/15/ist-head-shel-waggener-to-leave-campus-post-at-end-of-april/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:20:47 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26979 UC Berkeley's Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Shelton Waggener, has accepted the position of Senior Vice President of Internet2, a national education-networking and technology-services provider. Lyle Nevels will serve as interim AVC-CIO beginning May 1.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/15/ist-head-shel-waggener-to-leave-campus-post-at-end-of-april/feed/ 0 http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Aug-Sep2011/TechCommons http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Aug-Sep2011/TechCommons#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:06:07 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16526 IT staff in small units across the Berkeley campus lack a common, easy-access space for sharing information about technology problems and solutions. In mid-September, IST will launch Tech Commons, a campuswide, community-sourced application for sharing and reviewing technology tools and products. ]]> http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Aug-Sep2011/TechCommons/feed/ 0 http://ucbsystems.org/data-center-outage/ http://ucbsystems.org/data-center-outage/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:32:22 +0000 Steve McConnell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=12438 To facilitate the replacement of core power and cooling components, IST has scheduled a full power outage to the campus data center on Sunday, June 12, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. While some key systems and network services are expected to remain available during the outage, many other systems will be offline during this 8-hour window.]]> http://ucbsystems.org/data-center-outage/feed/ 0 http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Apr-May2011/data-center http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Apr-May2011/data-center#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:50:37 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=10307 A full power shutdown of the campus data center, lasting for up to eight hours, is planned for Sunday, June 12. The shutdown will allow for replacement of some core components of the power infrastructure, with the goal of maintaining a highly secure, readily available, and network-redundant service. ]]> http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Apr-May2011/data-center/feed/ 0