Did you know about the IT Alerts Dashboard? https://alerts.it.ufl.edu/ The IT Alerts Dashboard is where you can see all the current and recent alert notices related to information technology at UF. This page also displays a “Login Status Monitor”. System alerts and the dashboard are easily…
New UF Homepage Goes Live – November 3 UF will soon have a fresh, fully responsive virtual “front door”: The university’s new homepage goes live next Tuesday morning, November 3. The design provides a revitalized look for visitors who account for the 1.3 million page views UFL.EDU receives each month,…
Still taping your passwords to the back of your keyboard? Considering shoring up your defenses by using complex passwords and locking them in a safe place. PC Magazine ranks the best password managers for 2015. …
Windows 10 List-Serv As we all begin (or continue) testing Microsoft’s Windows 10 in the UF environment, problems and solutions will arise. At a recent IT Manager’s Meeting, UFIT’s Technology Support Services (TSS) group agreed to set up an open Listserv list for individuals to start communicating about issues, workarounds,…
Congratulations to all of our IT Staff! The Most Wired designation is a reflection of how well you have implemented systems and worked with our customers over the past few years. I appreciate your efforts, teamwork and commitment to UF Health. UF Health (UF Health Shands Hospital, UF Health…
Evening, Saturday Class Options Added! Workshops Available to Support Transition to Canvas UFIT began offering three new Canvas workshops this month. All three are being offered multiple times in November and December, including sessions scheduled in the evenings and on Saturday. View the training schedule here: https://training.it.ufl.edu/calendar/. Please let the…
GatorBox Research Computing has launched GatorBox, an enhanced storage option for research. GatorBox features a dropbox-like interface provided by ownCloud software. The new interface offers a convenient and familiar interface as well as desktop and mobile clients, with simple file sync and share functionality. esearch Computing is hosting a GatorBox…
Tech Insight: Making Data Classification Work Data classification involves much more than simply buying a product and dropping it in place. Here are some dos and don’ts. The topic of data classification is one that can quickly polarize a crowd. The one side believes there is absolutely no way…
From: Caruthers,Tiffany On Behalf Of Gruber, David W Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 11:33 AM To: it-directors-l@lists.ufl.edu Cc: Harden,Peter J Subject: myUFL Update Saturday April 5th with Client OS & Browser Impacts IT Directors, UFIT has scheduled an additional production outage for myUFL to apply new…
This two hour workshop is designed to raise awareness of faculty and staff on such topics as safe web browsing, preventing malware infections, recognizing phishing scams, encrypting and backing up files, and wireless security. The class covers discussion topics that get participants thinking about how to protect their personal and…
