Tag Division of Information Technology
Transition to Office 365 email and calendar continues
September 3, 2013The campus’s conversion to the Office 365 software system for email and calendaring continues to move ahead, with the first small migration of faculty and staff to begin early in 2014.
Prefer “Bucky” to “Buckingham”? Update your contact info
August 30, 2013The University recognizes that as a community many of its members use names other than their legal names to identify themselves. The University began a phased implementation of a preferred first and/or middle name policy that allows eligible students to indicate their preferred first name to the university community regardless of a legal name change.
Grant will boost UW–Madison computing network
October 16, 2012Faced with a demand for research computing infrastructure that meets the growing needs of compute and data-intensive research, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is using a $500,000 Federal grant to experiment with advanced frameworks and technologies.
Area high school students graduate from UW technology program
June 1, 2012Twenty area high school students will receive certificates of graduation on Saturday, June 2 for completing an intensive technology training and college preparatory program through UW–Madison called the Information Technology Academy (ITA).
Mobile UW: Now better than ever
March 9, 2012Mobile UW from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is getting a fresh upgrade that will make it look even better on the iPad and help users get around campus more efficiently.
A farewell to the card catalog
November 29, 2011It will be the end of an era when the public card catalog is removed from its home in room 224 of Memorial Library on the UW–Madison campus.
Update: Phone service restored to Bascom Hill
September 9, 2011Phone service to most or all of Bascom Hall, North Hall, South Hall and possibly other nearby buildings will be unavailable beginning the evening of Friday, Sept. 9. The outage will last through the weekend.
Mobile UW: New and improved
September 8, 2011Mobile UW from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is getting its first major upgrade.
At UW–Madison, students, faculty and staff keep moving to new technologies
August 29, 2011Students at UW–Madison have embraced social networks - not much of a surprise on a campus that is often a trendsetter with new technologies. But in growing numbers, faculty and staff on the Madison campus are following along, using their mobile Internet devices to join the online multitudes at Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media sites.
Agreement reached on UW role in state cooperative network
June 17, 2011UW-Madison will be able to continue all current networking affiliations, including membership in WiscNet, under an agreement included in Wisconsin’s proposed state budget. “We believe…
UW-Madison names chief information officer
June 8, 2011Bruce Maas, chief information officer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has been selected as the next information technology leader at UW–Madison, Provost Paul M. DeLuca, Jr. announced today (June 8).
New voice mail system adds Web features
May 4, 2011Starting Monday, May 9, UW–Madison will have a new voice mail system with new features, at the same low monthly price. The system makes it…
Finalists for UW–Madison CIO named
April 12, 2011University of Wisconsin–Madison Provost Paul M. DeLuca Jr. has announced five finalists who are being considered for the position of chief information officer (CIO) and vice provost for information technology at the university.
Euclid brings new computing capabilities to UW–Madison researchers
January 12, 2011Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have a significant new computing resource. Dubbed the Euclid cluster, it enables research projects to marshal the power of many computers at once to run large-scale computing jobs much faster and to move large datasets and files at high speeds among individual servers that make up the cluster.
Campus computing outage scheduled for Sunday
January 6, 2011Campus computers users may not have access to network resources during a routine maintenance session scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 9, from midnight to 8 a.m.
Web version of WiscMail updated
January 4, 2011The web version of WiscMail has been updated, based on feedback from many e-mail users.
UW-Madison: There’s an app for that
December 3, 2010Mobile UW, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's official iPhone app, is now available for free download from the Apple App Store.
UW-Madison students well-connected, with smaller devices
September 1, 2010The old Mac-versus-PC and laptop-versus-desktop debates have given way to cell phone versus smart phone for University of Wisconsin–Madison students.
Millions awarded for high-capacity Internet
August 18, 2010Wisconsin has received a federal boost in networking capacity thanks to $32.3 million in federal grants announced today (Aug. 18) by University of Wisconsin-Extension Provost and Vice Chancellor Christine J. Quinn. UW-Extension led the grant application process.
Berg named UW–Madison interim CIO
July 23, 2010University of Wisconsin–Madison Provost Paul M. DeLuca Jr. has appointed Joanne Berg, UW–Madison vice provost of enrollment management, interim chief information officer (CIO).