IT Resources for Campus IT Professionals

The entire Technology@Berkeley site is aimed largely at campus IT professionals — its goal is to provide reference materials about the campus IT environment and the IT planning and governance process headed by UC Berkeley's Chief Information Officer. Following are additional links specifically for IT professionals.

• IT Infrastructure
• User Groups
• Mailing Lists
• Training & Resources
• Professional Organizations & Conferences

IT Infrastructure

• CalNet for Developers — developers interested in incorporating CalNet services in their applications will find free information about how to interface with the AWS authentication system and LDAP directory service components
• Restricted Data Management — determine whether you have, and how to handle, restricted data
• System & Network Security — tutorials, best practices, news, policies & guidelines

User Groups

• AppNet — software developers
• BPAWG — Business Process Analysis Working Group
• BPUG — Berkeley Python Users Group
• Micronet — microcomputer and workstation support staff
• Mobilenet — mobile developers
• Security SIG — IT security professionals
• Webnet — webmasters and web designers

Mailing Lists

• Bits Forum — campus IT Acquisition forum
• datanet-list — campus database users and data managers mailing list
• krbag-list — campus Kerberos Application Group mailing list
• ucb-net-announce — campus data network announcements
• ucb-security — security support for machines on the campus network
• ucb-voice-announce — campus voice communication announcements

Training & Resources

• Berkeley on iTunes U — download audio recordings of courses (including computer science and information science) and events
• Budget & Finance User Support Training (formerly Berkeley Administrative Initiative Training) — training on administrative tools such as BAIRS and BFS
• CAL PACT (Cal People and Computer Training) — computer training for staff
• Campus Business Systems Guide — for administrative systems used at UC Berkeley
• Campus IT Security Training — IT security resources
• ECAR — EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research publications (use EDUCAUSE login)
• Ergonomics @ Work — health and safety for computer users
• e-Learn (available via BLU) — online learning portal to training and on-the-job support tools
• Gartner Research (available via BLU) — IT Core Research online access
• Haas Enterprise Computing & Service Management Training Resources — online, campus, & vendor-provided classes on applications (Word, Excel, Dreamweaver, etc.) and system administration and support
• Safari Books Online — e-reference library for programmers and IT professionals. For off campus use, use the proxy server for UCB faculty, staff, and students at http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu/
• Technology Program Office — Project Management & Resources page
• Training, courses, workshops — offered by IST and other campus units
• UC Berkeley Extension — courses and programs include applied computing and information systems
• UC Berkeley Google Video — courses, arts & humanities, global & public affairs, science & technology
• UCB Learning Center (formerly Interactive Course Enrollment, ICE) — online enrollment for faculty and staff training
• WebAccess — clinics for web developers to make websites more accessible
• Working From Home Guide — technical requirements to work from home

Professional Organizations & Conferences

• ACM SIGCHI (Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction) — brings together people working on the design, evaluation, implementation, and study of interactive computing systems for human use
• ACM SIGUCCS (Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services) — an association of professionals who support and manage the diverse aspects of information technology services in higher education institutions.
• CalConnect — promoting the interoperable exchange of calendaring and scheduling information between dissimilar programs, platforms, and technologies
• EDUCAUSE — a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology
• Gartner Events — various IT and business strategy events (UC Berkeley faculty and staff are generally entitled to discounted registration. Contact for details.)
• Jasig (formerly JA-SIG, Java Architectures Special Interest Group) — consortium of educational institutions and commercial affiliates sponsoring open source software projects for higher education
• Sakai — community source software for education
• SANS — information security training and certification
• SC Conference Series — International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
• UC Computing Services Conference (UCCSC) — a conference on providing and supporting information technology at UC campuses
• USENIX (Advanced Computing Systems Association) — holds a variety of conferences for "the community of engineers, system administrators, scientists, and technicians working on the cutting edge of the computing world."