We held a project group meeting on May 27th to realign expectations and reset our planning after the delays caused by the COVID Safer at Home orders and campus closures. We are back to mostly …
Listen, learn, act: Coming to grips with the death of George Floyd
From CIO Lois Brooks: I’m writing now to share my thoughts with you with the hope that reading them connects us together, and to offer my commitment to you.
COVID-19 consumer warnings & safety tips
Two recently published articles offer relevant and useful information for staying cybersecure online.
New storage quotas for Box after unexpected contract changes
Beginning Jun 15, 2020, UW–Madison Box accounts will no longer have unlimited storage and all accounts will be subject to a storage quota.
IT Projects Update Forum offers deep dive into ‘Interop’
The Interoperability Initiative aims to map out a more thoughtful approach to how hundreds of applications across the university interact with each other.
WiscList Main migration button live; all email lists will be moved by Dec 21
As of Jun 1, you’ll see a prompt upon logging in that invites you to migrate your lists from WiscList Main to Google Groups.
Create a custom background for MS Teams virtual meetings
Did you know that you can set a custom background for MS Teams in a couple of easy steps?
Virtually attend the 2020 IT Professionals Conference
The FREE IT Professionals Conference will take place on June 4 & 5.
Box Evaluation Project Findings
In late 2019, Box announced changes to their pricing model for educational institutions that eliminates unlimited file storage with Box at our current annual spend. In response to this announcement, a task force was assembled and charged with developing short-term and long-term strategies to reduce the campus storage footprint in Box and contain costs to address the contract changes that Box presented to the university.
Looking for opportunity in COVID-19
Perspectives from Chief Information Security Officer Bob Turner: While COVID-19 has brought challenges, it also brings great opportunities to rethink the way we work.