Monthly Archive: August 2019
UC Tech News
August 28, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesEvents, Information Security, IT Security, outreach, Tanya Jansen, Traci Farrell, UC San Francisco, UCSF, Vanessa Palacios
By Tanya Jansen, Traci Farrell, and Vanessa Palacios. Do you approach change by hitting your users over the head with the same communications strategy? Or do you hit the nail on the head with targeted communication and outreach efforts? Let’s…
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UC Tech News
August 28, 2019
All ArticlesAnnouncements, Events, IT Communications, The Portal, UC IT, UC IT Portal, UCTech
The calendar on the UC IT Portal lists events of interest for the systemwide UC IT audience. Be sure to check it from time to time. You’ll learn about everything from the EDUCAUSE annual conference to the
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UC Tech News
August 21, 2019
All Articles, Feature Articlesrobotics, Science Robotics, Sonia Fernandez, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB
By Sonia Fernandez, Engineering and Public Affairs Writer, UC Santa Barbara. When you think of robots, it’s likely the image that pops into your head is one of a rigid, perhaps humanoid metallic machine with electro-mechanical actuators and calculated movements. Which…
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UC Tech News
August 21, 2019
All ArticlesDanna Gianforte, Events, Harold Schmitz, IT Leadership Council, ITLC, Mars and the March Fund, Tom Andriola, Town Hall, UC CIO, UC IT Town Hall, UCR CIO
Don’t miss the next UC IT Town Hall – Wednesday, September 11 at 10:00 a.m! Dr. Harold Schmitz, former Mars, Inc. Chief Science Officer and now General Partner at the March Fund, will discuss the transformation of the food industry…
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UC Tech News
August 14, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesEvents, Leadership Academy, Sarkis Daglian, UC Irvine, UC IT Leadership Academy, UCI
By Sarkis Daglian. In April 2019, UC Irvine Interim Chief Information Officer Kian Colestock and I launched the inaugural Office of Information Technology (OIT) Leadership Academy. The program is a collaboration with UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business. It is…
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UC Tech News
August 14, 2019
All ArticlesCyber Security Summit, Cybersecurity, Events, UC Cyber Security Summit, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB
We are only two months away from the 8th biannual Cyber Security Summit at UC Santa Barbara. On October 23, five industry leaders will present at the summit: Richard Sparrow of Penn State, Kelly Thiele of DHS, Giovanni Vigna…
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UC Tech News
August 7, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, John Virden, UC Riverside, UCR
By John Virden. The University of California has a new systemwide electronic information security policy, often referred to as IS-3. It was signed into action by President Janet Napolitano, September 7, 2018, and is the culmination of many years…
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UC Tech News
August 7, 2019
All ArticlesEvents, Jeané Blunt, UC IT, UCCSC, UCTech, UCTech 2019, UCTech Conference
By Jeané Blunt. With 732 attendees, UCTech 2019 at UC Santa Barbara was the largest ever in the history of the conference! The largest group of attendees – 130 – came from UC Santa Barbara itself. UC Davis came in second…
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