The latest news from the Office of Information Technology
Information Technology (IT) services at UCI are presently delivered by diverse groups which have arisen in various ways as needs were identified. UCI is now undertaking a consolidation process with an eye toward the most efficient use of resources and more consistent IT support to faculty, staff, and students.
The plan, announced by EVC and Provost [...]
UCI’s new consolidated IT organization, the Office of Information Technology (OIT), is just over two months old.
Administrative Computing Services (AdCom), Network and Academic Computing Services (NACS), Office of Academic Affairs Computing Services, and the Office of Research Information Technology group joined forces on July 1 as OIT. Graduate Division IT has now joined OIT as [...]
IAT
On June 22, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Gottfredson announced his decision to consolidate UCI Information Technology (IT) organizations in non-academic areas.
Effective July 1, Administrative Computing Services (AdCom), Network and Academic Computing Services (NACS), Office of Academic Affairs Computing Services (OAACS), and Office of Research IT are joining forces as a new organization, Information and [...]
Mirrored Servers
NACS and AdCom have jointly developed a network infrastructure for units with mission-critical computing services. “DMRnet” (short for “Dual Modular Redundant Network”) allows you to create twin servers and to locate them separately in the NACS and AdCom Data Centers.
With this arrangement, an interruption in service (power, network, etc.) at one physical location can [...]
On Thursday, September 19, over 500 campus faculty and staff came to Emerald Bay A-E in the Student center to learn about computing and network applications and services from over 40 campus and vendor exhibitors. Jointly planned and operated by Administrative Computing Services and NACS, this was UCI’s biggest TechnoExpo yet.
Displays included help desks, accounting [...]
Did you ever wonder who monitors all those items of capital equipment for the campus? Equipment Management must inventory all 37,907 items in the campus inventory, representing almost $300 million in campus assets, at least once every two years.
Technology is available to facilitate the inventory process in the form of portable, hand-held, laser-barcode scanners. The [...]