Author Archive: UC Tech News
UC Tech News
November 7, 2018
All Articlescollaboration, Events, Tom Andriola, UC Davis, UCCSC
By Tom Andriola. The results are in – this year’s UC Computing Services Conference (UCCSC) was a big success. I use the word “big” intentionally. With 636 attendees, this was the largest in the 36 year history of the event….
Read more about UCCSC by the Numbers
UC Tech News
November 7, 2018
All ArticlesProcess Palooza, Shannon Prior, UC San Diego, UCSD
By Shannon Prior. On December 12, hundreds of innovators and change champions will converge at the University of California, San Diego, for the second annual Process Palooza conference. Launched in 2017, the event is a chance to compete, learn, and…
Read more about Process Palooza Open to Everyone in UC System
UC Tech News
October 31, 2018
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Halloween, Information Security, Julia Chen, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, NCSAM, UCOP, Yvonne Tevis
By Yvonne Tevis. It was a stormy night on the Dark Web. But on a sunny UC campus one morning, Jack Tern was plowing through email. The ‘replies-to-all’ were driving him batty. So much work piling up, meetings to arrange, invoices…
Read more about Money, Mayhem, Mortality: A Cyber Tale
UC Tech News
October 31, 2018
All ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, MFA, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, NCSAM, UCOP
By Timo Papandreopoulos and Julie Goldstein. Passwords are the keys to most devices and almost everything you do online. Unfortunately, even the best passwords can get hacked, stolen, or unintentionally shared. Fortunately, there is an easy way to add another…
Read more about Lock Down Your Login with MFA
UC Tech News
October 22, 2018
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAnnelie Rugg, Cheryl Washington, Christine Kirkpatrick, collaboration, Danna Gianforte, LeShelle May, UC Davis, UC Los Angeles, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UCCSC, UCD, UCLA, UCR, UCSD, Viji Murali, WIT, Women in IT
By Julia Chen. Despite their growing numbers, women in technology still face significant barriers in the workplace. According to a 2016 report performed by the National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT), only 25% of the computing workforce…
Read more about Women in Technology: What Do University of California Women Leaders Say?
UC Tech News
October 22, 2018
All ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, Isabelle Nguyen, Julie Goldstein, Michelle Phung, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, NCSAM, UCOP
By Michelle Phung, Isabelle Nguyen and Julie Goldstein. Passwords are the key to almost everything you do online, and you probably have multiple passwords that you use throughout the day. Choosing hard-to-hack passwords and managing them securely can sometimes seem…
Read more about Tips for Selecting & Managing Passwords
UC Tech News
October 22, 2018
All ArticlesHalloween, UC IT
Halloween is right around the corner, and this year it falls on Wednesday – which means we’ll be seeing some fantastic costumes throughout the work day! If you’ve got some great costumes and parties in your department, we want to…
Read more about A Very UC IT Halloween
UC Tech News
October 17, 2018
All ArticlesAnthony Horn, Carson Black, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Jereon Post, Keith David Watenpaugh, Mark Miller, Shawn DeArmond, UC Davis, UCD
A team from Information and Educational Technology is behind a very human project that launched in June to help Syrian refugees in Lebanon reclaim their right to education. Web developers did the custom programming for the Article 26 Backpack,…
Read more about IET Team behind Project to Help Syrian Refugees Reclaim Right to Education
UC Tech News
October 17, 2018
All ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB, WiFi
By Kevin Valdez and Julie Goldstein. How do I connect securely when I’m on campus? If you have the option, connect to a wired port on campus. If you have to use wireless, make sure you are connected to your…
Read more about FAQ for Connecting to the Internet Securely
UC Tech News
October 10, 2018
All Articles, Feature ArticlesMario Carmona, Print Management, UC San Francisco, UCSF, UCSF Print Management Program
By Mario Carmona. In 2011, the UCSF Print Management Program merged its services with UC Berkeley, creating a shared, central service center that both campuses can access. Partnering with Campus Shared Services Information Technology (CSS IT) and departmental IT Teams,…
Read more about UCSF Helps Manage Print Devices at Berkeley