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Peripheral device recommendations

March 18, 2020

…al-Wired-Combo-Keyboard/dp/B01MQHUV8O Monitors Acer 23.8” – $130 – https://www.amazon.com/Acer-SB220Q-Ultra-Thin-Frame-Monitor/dp/B07CVL2D2S Asus 24”- $119 – https://www.amazon.com/Acer-SB220Q-Ultra-Thin-Frame-Monitor/dp/B07CVL2D2S Docking Stations Lenovo USB-C Dock – $189 – https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-USB-C-Dock-40AS0090US/dp/B07R68XHZ9 CalDigit TS3 Dock (Mac) – $280 – https://www.amazon.com/CalDigit-TS3-Plus-Thunderbolt-Dock/dp/B07CZP…

Data breach FAQ

December 10, 2013

…nitoring at this discounted rate, go to the IDT911 secure website, https://www.myidmanager.com/idt911br and click on the “buy it” link. From there, you will be directed to enter information about yourself that will be linked to your Identity Service Account. You will choose a user name and password as well as a security question in setting up your account. If you have any questions about the process or need help with your account, you can call IDT…

New Funding Model

September 22, 2014

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ITS ramps up server consolidation, reduces clients’ bills

August 10, 2016

…te 2014. Upfront investment was considerable UCS was a substantial capital cost, Conley said. That investment let ITS drive down its overall hardware cost by only 10-15 percent upfront. But as ITS continues to move work toward UCS, the department needs to buy less hardware. Consolidating virtual storage and servers into a more integrated system requires less physical space, cabling and power. Storage, CPU and RAM, however, are much cheaper if you…

ITS conducts first study on campus networking infrastructure costs

November 30, 2020

…dge will enable us to look at what we designed, how much it is supposed to cost, how much it cost after we built it, and compare.” Surprising findings Communication Technologies discovered that the University’s network infrastructure costs are in line with the industry at around $10 per square foot. This can add up to several million dollars on a large research lab like Marsico Hall, one of the facilities modeled for the study. But the group also…

Carolina rolls out Zoom

August 31, 2018

…so like to give a special shout-out to Lew, who led the development of the cost-allocation model and helped work out many of the technical details. I think it’s a great model for delivering important enterprise systems through collaboration and cost sharing.” Campus units find diverse uses for Zoom Kathy Anderson Gillings School of Global Public Health, for one, appreciates Zoom for public health training webinars, classes with online guest speake…

ITS Infrastructure & Operations highlights 2016-2017 accomplishments

September 21, 2017

…t strategy.” Conley added: “Building out our own private cloud has reduced cost and streamlined our processes (automation). We can deliver work to customers faster and continue to retire physical servers in favor of virtual servers. We also have a better reach. We are able to virtualize servers that in the past would have had requirements that we could not meet.” Cloud providers continue to mature and cloud complexity continues to decrease. “If pu…

Job scams are on the rise: 5 red flags to watch for

September 12, 2023

…. It’s common for scammers to ask you for application fees or to cover the cost of a background or credit check. These aren’t costs that job applicants should pay for. From: DrRePHD@ooeir.ru Remote job for students: mail packages for lab. Send $5 background check fee with your application. Another variation is that scammers say you’ll assemble products for high pay — if you buy a starter kit or supplies from them. For all variations on the scam, o…

Passwords: How to balance security with reality

October 28, 2014

…[3] https://www.bankofamerica.com/privacy/faq/safepass-faq.go [4] https://www.google.com/landing/2step/ [5] https://www.facebook.com/help/148233965247823   Protect your personal information: Secure your accounts: Ask for protection beyond passwords. Many account providers now offer additional ways for you verify who you are before you conduct business on that site. Make passwords long and strong: Combine capital and lowercase letters with numbers…

UNC to host first HighEdWeb North Carolina regional conference

February 16, 2024

…an institutional member of HighEdWeb. ITS Digital Services is covering the cost of UNC’s institutional membership for 2024. Existing members can connect their accounts to the institutional membership and new members can join for free. The institutional membership “opens up access for all staff and students to the association’s professional development resources and networking events at no additional cost,” said David Eckert, Director of Managed IT…

ITS Digital Services expands custom web development

November 22, 2016

…s, including schools, divisions, departments, centers and institutes at no cost. Fee charged for custom development services Digital Services will continue to offer web hosting and website support, but it will begin offering custom WordPress development services for a charge. Until this new collaboration, UNC Creative developed and hosted websites with providers outside the University and charged for that creative work as well as for hosting and f…

Remedy platform will soon be decommissioned

September 16, 2021

…he Remedy application infrastructure has been running on unsupported versions of BMC Remedy AR Server, Oracle DB, Java and Linux OS, which is a risk for ITS while also consuming resources to maintain, said David Smith, IT Service Management Platform Manager. Even though the cost for infrastructure support is minimal, the real cost to ITS is around resources and mitigating risk. Once ITS finishes migrating these remaining applications, ITS will loa…