June 20, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Azra Ayers. With 20 years of military IT background, UCR’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) John Virden knows when to get in on the ground floor. So when UC CIO Tom Andriola and UC CISO David Rusting called for…
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June 20, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Alexa Rivetti. When one thinks of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the first thing that comes to mind may be the net neutrality debate. While an incredibly important issue, there are at least 250 other reasons for UC staff…
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June 13, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 2
By Tom Andriola. I have noticed IT people don’t particularly like high-level, fluffy discussions. They would rather hear specific use cases. So I am going to do both in this article, start with the use cases and then work up…
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June 6, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
By Yvonne Tevis. Imagine you’re presenting your tech solution at a conference. You start to hear a buzz in the room. People are standing up, taking pictures of your slides. Everyone’s asking how they can get your product. A daydream?…
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May 30, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
By Molly Greek and Vivian Khem. How often do you say, “This drives me crazy! Someone should fix it.”? Hey, how about you? All of us have ideas about how to improve things. We see processes that should get fixed,…
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May 23, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
By Yvonne Tevis and Alexa Rivetti. The fifth biannual UC Cyber Security Summit was held in a hay barn. At UC Santa Cruz, nearly 130 University of California personnel gathered in the lovely restored Cowell Ranch Hay Barn on…
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May 23, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
Many of us are familiar with the concept of spring cleaning. This year, consider taking some time to spring clean your digital life, too. Just like your home, your digital life can become cluttered; things pile up, get out of…
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May 16, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Yvonne Tevis. May 17, 2018, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day or “GAAD,” as they say. What does that mean? Well, walk for a minute in someone else’s shoes – particularly someone who is disabled and has to use assistive…
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May 9, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
By Alison Spencer. Transforming anatomy classes. Developing curriculum management systems. These are just two examples of how the Technology Enhanced Education (TEE) team at UC San Francisco serves as a partner in medical education. “Our mission is to enhance medical…
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May 2, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 2
By Tom Andriola. On April 5, thirty-four members of our UC IT community completed the third annual UC IT Leadership Academy. They spent six intensive days learning how to be stronger leaders, innovators, and collaborators. Participants got lots of…
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