Tag Division of Information Technology
McElroy named chief information security officer at UW–Madison
Lori McElroy has been named chief information security officer (CISO) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison after serving in a similar role for six years at Texas State University. Read More
Transition to Office 365 email and calendar continues
The campus’s conversion to the Office 365 software system for email and calendaring continues to move ahead, with the first small migration of faculty and staff to begin early in 2014. Read More
Prefer “Bucky” to “Buckingham”? Update your contact info
The University recognizes that as a community many of its members use names other than their legal names to identify themselves. The University began a phased implementation of a preferred first and/or middle name policy that allows eligible students to indicate their preferred first name to the university community regardless of a legal name change. Read More
Area high school students graduate from UW technology program
Twenty area high school students will receive certificates of graduation on Saturday, June 2 for completing an intensive technology training and college preparatory program through UW–Madison called the Information Technology Academy (ITA). Read More
Mobile UW: Now better than ever
Mobile UW from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is getting a fresh upgrade that will make it look even better on the iPad and help users get around campus more efficiently. Read More
A farewell to the card catalog
It will be the end of an era when the public card catalog is removed from its home in room 224 of Memorial Library on the UW–Madison campus. Read More
Update: Phone service restored to Bascom Hill
Phone service to most or all of Bascom Hall, North Hall, South Hall and possibly other nearby buildings will be unavailable beginning the evening of Friday, Sept. 9. The outage will last through the weekend. Read More
Mobile UW: New and improved
Mobile UW from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is getting its first major upgrade. Read More
At UW–Madison, students, faculty and staff keep moving to new technologies
Students at UW–Madison have embraced social networks - not much of a surprise on a campus that is often a trendsetter with new technologies. But in growing numbers, faculty and staff on the Madison campus are following along, using their mobile Internet devices to join the online multitudes at Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media sites. Read More
Agreement reached on UW role in state cooperative network
UW-Madison will be able to continue all current networking affiliations, including membership in WiscNet, under an agreement included in Wisconsin’s proposed state budget. “We believe… Read More
UW-Madison names chief information officer
Bruce Maas, chief information officer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has been selected as the next information technology leader at UW–Madison, Provost Paul M. DeLuca, Jr. announced today (June 8). Read More
New voice mail system adds Web features
Starting Monday, May 9, UW–Madison will have a new voice mail system with new features, at the same low monthly price. The system makes it… Read More
Euclid brings new computing capabilities to UW–Madison researchers
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have a significant new computing resource. Dubbed the Euclid cluster, it enables research projects to marshal the power of many computers at once to run large-scale computing jobs much faster and to move large datasets and files at high speeds among individual servers that make up the cluster. Read More
Campus computing outage scheduled for Sunday
Campus computers users may not have access to network resources during a routine maintenance session scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 9, from midnight to 8 a.m. Read More
Web version of WiscMail updated
The web version of WiscMail has been updated, based on feedback from many e-mail users. Read More
UW-Madison: There’s an app for that
Mobile UW, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's official iPhone app, is now available for free download from the Apple App Store. Read More
UW-Madison students well-connected, with smaller devices
The old Mac-versus-PC and laptop-versus-desktop debates have given way to cell phone versus smart phone for University of Wisconsin–Madison students. Read More
Millions awarded for high-capacity Internet
Wisconsin has received a federal boost in networking capacity thanks to $32.3 million in federal grants announced today (Aug. 18) by University of Wisconsin-Extension Provost and Vice Chancellor Christine J. Quinn. UW-Extension led the grant application process. Read More