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Current Features
IT Service Desk Grand Opening Event Sept. 24-25
To kick-off the 2008-09 academic year and welcome new and returning students,
OIT is introducing its new IT Service Desk
to the campus community on September 24-25. The IT Service
Desk, located at 025 Central Classroom Building, handles questions, problem
reports, service requests, and inquiries from faculty, staff, and students
regarding computer hardware and software, Internet connectivity, and related
topics. <more> -Posted
September 2008
SMART and the Digital Union bring new interactive products to OSU
SMART Technologies announces its product solutions are now installed in the Digital Union, a new leading-edge research and education facility at Ohio State University. <more> -Posted
August 2008
Gee
Visits Kinnear Road Center
President Gordon Gee recently stopped by the Kinnear Road Center to speak
with staff working on the Student Information System. <more> -Posted
July 2008
Internet and Telephone
Services Restored
Internet and telephone services have been restored in more
than 40 south campus buildings after a June 14 fire in
a wiring tunnel. The university had been actively working to restore these
services since the fire. <more> -Updated
June 2008
Kathleen Starkoff Selected as Ohio State's
Chief Information Officer
Executive Vice President and Provost Joseph A. Alutto announced the appointment
of Kathleen K. Starkoff to Chief Information Officer for The Ohio State
University. Her appointment was approved by the university Board
of Trustees and becomes effective June 16. <more> -Updated
June 2008
OIT
Walk-in Services Completes Move to Central Classroom Building
On June 13, the Office of Information Technology's IT Service Desk relocated
to 025 Central Classroom Building from 512 Baker Systems Engineering. The
IT Service Desk includes walk-in customer services and the Telecommunications
and Networking cellular sales and support area. <more> -Updated
June 2008
Digital Union
Opens New Collaboration Studio and Celebrates Fourth Anniversary
The Digital Union celebrated its fourth anniversary this year on May 21
with a double bil: the opening of a new collaborative space, followed by
a showcase of projects incubated in the Digital Union and new technology
products. <more> -Updated
May 2008
Refresh of Information Technology Strategic Plan Recommends New Actions
During the past year the university welcomed new leaders and now receives
a new set of recommendations for PlanIT, the Information Technology Strategic
Plan, first published in 2004. <more> -Posted
April 2008
New Buckeye Link and SIS
A new version of Buckeye Link, now offers a one-stop
shop of academic web services for members of the Ohio State community. The
new version features multiple pages, one for each Ohio State user community
(current students, future students, alumni, and faculty and staff), with
a convenient tab-based navigation bar so you can easily access the page
you need. <more> -Posted
April 2008
CIO Staffer Lends Expertise
to Honduran Project
A chance meeting on campus with an engineering program manager led Gabe
Moulton, technology engineer for the Office of the Chief Information Officer,
to a Honduran project at Montana de Luz in Central America. <more> -Posted
April 2008
Media Manager for Groups Simplifies Digital Organizing, Storing, and Sharing
The College of Arts and Sciences has rolled out Media Manager for Groups,
an enhancement of the service that originated in 2006 for individual accounts.
Any self-defined group on campus can establish an account, whether from
a college, department, project team, committee, or research collaboration. <more> -Posted
May 2008
Con Artists Attack Colleges With Fake Help-Desk
E-Mail
<The Chronicle of Higher Education> An e-mail scam has hit
tens of thousands of users at dozens of colleges over the past few weeks,
leaving network administrators scrambling to respond before campus computer
accounts are taken over by spammers. <more> -Posted
April 2008
Storytelling Celebration Offers Insight into Lives
of Central Ohioans
In the Information Age, digital stories can serve as the “15 minutes of
fame” for those who want to share a slice of their personal, family, or professional
lives or goals. Stories often evoke surprising emotion—a laugh, a tear, an "aha!" moment
of discovery.<more> -Posted
April 2008
Technology Poll 2008 Shows More Use of Laptops, Wireless, and Instructional Technologies
For the 2008 Poll on Information Technology, commissioned by the Office
of the Chief Information Officer, 2,182 faculty, staff, undergraduate, and
graduate students completed an online survey of 77 questions. The findings
continue to indicate a general satisfaction with IT services and resources
offered by the Offices of the Chief Information Officer. <more>
-Posted May 2008 |
