Feature Articles
UC Tech News
February 20, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Data Privacy Month, Information Security, UCPath
Tax season is coming and scammers soon will be sending fraudulent e-mail messages that look like legitimate tax communications. Don’t become another victim. The IRS estimates that identity thieves have already stolen more than $11 billion through tax fraud since…
Read more about Tax and Payroll Scams: Protect Yourself!
UC Tech News
February 13, 2019
All Articles, Feature Articlescollaboration, Kim Garriott, UC Health, UC Los Angeles, UC San Francisco, UCLA, UCSF
By Kim Garriott. UCLA and UCSF have implemented a common enterprise imaging (EI) platform that enables the secure acquisition, management, sharing, and retention of medical images—regardless of type (think digital photos, point of care ultrasound, scope, and others). “Sharing this…
Read more about UC Health Expands Shared Data Platform with Enterprise Imaging
UC Tech News
February 6, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesBen Nathan, Chrissy Forte, CIO, collaboration, Tom Andriola, UC Los Angeles, UC OATS, UCLA Health
By Ben Nathan. DGIT, the information technology (IT) office for the UCLA health sciences schools, is the technical partner behind the launch of the University of California (UC) Outside Activity Tracking System. Known as OATS, this is a web-based conflict of commitment platform that DGIT created in partnership with teams across UC. …
Read more about 7 UC Campuses to Use Conflict of Commitment System
UC Tech News
January 30, 2019
All Articles, Feature Articlescollaboration, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Information Security, Jim Phillips, Jim Williamson, UC Los Angeles, UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, UCSC
By Jim Phillips and Jim Williamson. Our campuses are awash in data, and there are many initiatives underway to capture, store, and use that data for analysis, predictions, and, in some cases, prescriptive action(s) based on those predictions. When an…
Read more about UC’s Learning Data Privacy Principles Gaining National Attention
UC Tech News
January 23, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCisco, collaboration, Cybersecurity, Information Security, innovation, Procurement
By Yvonne Tevis. In April 2018, the University of California and Cisco signed a three-year strategic partnership agreement, formally recognizing an informal relationship of twenty-years’ standing, and committing to innovative programs for mutual benefit. The partnership is an offshoot of…
Read more about UC and Cisco Enter Long-Term Partnership for Innovation
UC Tech News
January 16, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesInfrastructure, Matt Hall, Slack, Tom Andriola, UC ANR, UC Health, UC IT, UC IT Leadership Academy, UC Tech, UCCSC
By Tom Andriola and Matt Hall. 1. UC gets deal on IT infrastructure UC conducted a single procurement initiative for five categories of IT infrastructure products and services – routers and switches, wireless, firewalls, servers, and storage. The result?…
Read more about Top 5 Stories in 2018 for UC IT
UC Tech News
January 9, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCamille Crittenden, Cybersecurity, diversity, Jeané Blunt, UC Cyber Security Summit, UC Riverside, UCR
By Jeané Blunt. Camille Crittenden was the keynote speaker at the biannual UC Cyber Security Summit, held at UC Riverside, October 24, and hosted by the UC Cyber-Risk Coordination Center. She spoke compellingly about the lack of diversity in…
Read more about Improve Cybersecurity by Cultivating a Diverse Workforce
UC Tech News
December 5, 2018
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, Scott Seaborn, UCOP
By Scott Seaborn. On May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went live, significantly changing the international privacy landscape and raising the regulatory stakes for institutions and companies working with the personal data of persons in Europe. …
Read more about What Does Europe’s New Privacy Law Mean for UC?
UC Tech News
November 28, 2018
All Articles, Feature ArticlesDr. Amy Sitapi, Dr. Brian Clay, Dr. Marlene Millen, Healthcare, innovation, UC San Diego, UC San Diego Health, UCSD
By Amy Sitapati, Brian Clay, and Marlene Millen. Thanks in no small part to digitization, medicine today is much different than the medicine of yesterday. Plenty has already been written about how electronic health record (EHR) systems amplify the time,…
Read more about Why Doctors Love Their Computers
UC Tech News
November 14, 2018
All Articles, Feature ArticlesiGlobal, ISSM, Jeané Blunt, Services for International Students and Scholars, SISS, Sunapsis, UC Davis, UCD
By Jeané Blunt. When most people think about UC Davis – agriculture, animal science, and even Gunrock the mustang may come to mind. They likely don’t realize that UC Davis is home to more than 10,000 international students and scholars…
Read more about UC Davis Streamlines Services for International Students and Scholars