February 22nd, 2000 by Dana Roode
Can’t find time for a computer workshop? Explore the world of on-line, interactive computer based training, right from your browser on your desktop. Computer based training is all about getting exactly what you need, exactly when you need it. Many UCI Faculty, staff and students have already discovered CBT@UCI, a valuable training resource funded by cooperation among UCI’s major academic schools, A&BS, and NACS.
There are topics for everyone, from Beginning Word to Advanced PowerPoint 2000. Technical subjects, such as application development and programming as well as the popular Microsoft’s MCSE certification path are current and available 24 hours a day.
CBT is interactive. Pre-test assessment, discovery questions embedded in the text of a course, and simulation exercises all help to keep you, the learner engaged. CBT courses are also organized into curricula — groups of courses on related technologies.
Taking a CBT course requires that you download a plug-in or “helper application” to your hard drive. In several computer labs around campus the plug-ins have already been put on the PC’s for you.
Visit UCI’s CBT site http://cbt.uci.edu and take a course today, or stop by NACS’ Response Center to purchase a $10 introductory CD with a selection of introductory courses for use from home. For more information about CBT, call NACS’ help desk at 824-6116.
February 22nd, 2000 by Dana Roode
UCI Housing Administrative Services (Housing) and NACS are working together to create the telecommunications and network infrastructure UCI residential students will need in the first years of the 21st century.
When completed, every “pillow” in the six residential communities on campus will have access to a 10-Mbit/s Switched Ethernet connection and support for multiple telephone lines. The project will provide residential students with their own Gigabit Ethernet backbone. The residential network will use the same technologies comprising the main campus backbone, to which it will be redundantly connected, and which will provide Internet access to the residences.
To date, one node of the two node backbone has been completed and the new infrastructure and network connections are complete in Mesa Court. This complements the network connectivity that existed prior to this project in Arroyo Vista, Palo Verde and Middle Earth Phase Two. By the end of Spring 2000, the infrastructure implementation will be complete in Campus Village, Verano Place and Middle Earth Phase One.
In the Fall, the network will be extended to Middle Earth Phase Three which is currently under construction. The long-term goal is to upgrade the older network equipment in Arroyo Vista, Palo Verde and Middle Earth Phase Two, and to connect all Housing networks directly to the Housing backbone network.
February 22nd, 2000 by Dana Roode
The newly elected board of the Ericsson User Group (EUG) held its first meeting at UCI’s University Club on Friday, December 3. The EUG is a national organization of Ericsson MD110 telephone system and wireless users which includes UCI, UCSC, and UCSD, and several CSU campuses.
NACS staff member Bruce Cotsonas was recently elected to a two-year term as Vice President/President Elect of the Ericsson User Group. In that position, Bruce is able to maintain close ties with Ericsson and serve as an advocate for UCI to be sure UCI telephone customers’ needs are addressed in Ericsson’s evolving product and service strategy.
Among the more interesting elements in Ericsson’s strategy is a migration from PBX to IP technology. John Whelan, Manager of Product Marketing, reported on Ericsson’s “PBX Migration Plan to IP” at the board meeting.