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Dear Campus Colleagues,

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to inform you that, beginning today, students and faculty will benefit from the integration of Blackboard Ally software into bCourses – one of our Digital Learning Initiative(link is external) efforts to make digital content more accessible and user-friendly for all UC Berkeley students.

Dear IST Colleagues,

Updating you with the latest news on the 2850 Telegraph move. We've spent the last 4 weeks getting new construction estimates based on our lower density plan, as well as evaluating electrical estimates to see whether we could reduce costs there. We have also started working on the RFP that will be needed for us to explore purchasing used furniture for at least some of our furniture needs, and we won’t have info back on that until sometime in January.

Seasons Greetings,

It was great to see so many of you (around 80 One IT staff total) gathered at our Dec. 6 Open Seminar. Thank you for your good questions, suggestions, and conversation! This month’s digest provides a summary of our last gathering for 2018 and some updates as we head into the new year.

Colleagues,

We hope to see you tomorrow at the final Open Seminar of the year at 10:30 a.m. in Sibley Auditorium followed by pizza lunch in the lounge at noon. Our ReIT teams have been busy making progress on several projects and we will hear from Tactic leads. Here’s the agenda:

Over the past week we have received reports of unwanted flyers appearing on campus printers. Our Security team has confirmed the offending material did not come from within our campus community. The messages are part of an internet-wide advertising campaign which is now being generally reported globally. We condemn the offensive messages contained in the printouts and are committed to ensuring a safe working and learning environment for everyone here at UC Berkeley.

Learn from Cisco professionals about the new UC contract with EPlus for Cisco procurement and about UC’s formal strategic relationship with Cisco. You may think of routing and switching as the core Cisco technologies. Well, over the past few years Cisco has made significant acquisitions in the areas of security, data center, cloud, collaboration, and analytics. Rather than a technical overview of each product, the webinar will provide a high-level description of the products, services, and software, and all areas where you can utilize the new contract pricing and rebate program.

Dear Colleagues,

To our campus community:

Many IT facilities and services will be closed or operating on modified schedules during the University’s annual energy conserving event around the end of year holidays scheduled between Monday, Dec. 24, 2018 and Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Most offices will be closed on University Holidays and services will not be available unless otherwise noted below.

One IT Colleagues,

November, a month in which we practice gratitude, continues to bring a flurry of activity as we prepare to update the Reimagining IT Strategic Plan for release in early 2019. We are grateful for all your continued support, engagement, and dedication with ReIT.

 On December 12, hundreds of innovators and change champions will converge at the University of California, San Diego, for the second annual Process Palooza conference.

Launched in 2017, the event is a chance to compete, learn, and initiate a practice of change. This year the movement extends an open invitation to all University of California campuses.

Logistics

Co-hosted by UCSD IT Services and Extension, this year’s conference is set for Wednesday, December 12, at the UCSD Price Center.

One IT Colleagues,

As we move into fall we reflect on recent productive changes the campus has gone through, progress the One IT community has made implementing the ReIT Strategic Plan, and the work ahead of us as we near the end of 2018. This month’s digest shares some major milestones on tactics, the development of the Diversity and Inclusion strategy, and a great way for you to share successes about your project.

Dear One IT community,

To our campus community,

Colleagues,

Every new cyber-attack or scam seems to be accompanied by a barrage of cybersecurity tips, pointers, dos and don’ts that we’re expected to follow to keep ourselves and our families safe and secure. While sometimes specific tips and awareness messages are important, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and tune it all out.