$14.5 Million MassDevelopment Financing to Support MGHPCC
Friday, October 28th, 2011
The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center has obtained a $14.5 million New Markets Tax Credit allocation from MassDevelopment to help fund the new data center in Holyoke. “MassDevelopment’s contribution is an important component in a project that reflects a historic cooperation among some of the state’s leading research universities, industry and government. Beyond establishing a…
“Mad Hackers” Tech Talk is now available
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
IS&T’s Tech Talk series is now available at www-staging.bu.edu/tech/talk. See the most recent presentation on Mad Hackers, which took place on October 20 for Information Security Week….
MyPrint will be temporarily unavailable Oct 21st at 11:00 pm
Friday, October 21st, 2011
Description of Impact: A restart of the servers hosting the MyPrint service is needed to ensure continued stable performance. This restart will happen today, Friday, October 21st at 11:00 pm, EDT. The MyPrint service will be unavailable for approximately 15 minutes….
Resolved – Weblogin intermittent access issues
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Access to WebLogin authenticated applications was slow or intermittent….
Resolved – WebLogin unavailable
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
WebLogin-authenticated services were unavailable….
Resolved – BUworks unavailable; Exchange webmail degraded
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Access to BUworks was unavailable. Access to Exchange webmail was also degraded for some clients….
Free Document Shredding – October 25, 26 & 27
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
This year, BU Information Security is hosting the first annual Information Security Awareness Week at Boston University. One of the activities the Information Security department is sponsoring this year is free document shredding for all BU faculty, staff, and students…
Mass. AG’s Office to Assist in Development of MGHPCC Construction Site
Monday, October 17th, 2011
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, Holyoke Gas & Electric, and the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) have announced an agreement for environmental cleanup and revitalization of the construction site for the MGHPCC. ”This agreement will help turn an old industrial site into a key part of Holyoke’s economic future,” said Attorny General Coakley….
Resolved – Network Service unavailable at 985 Commonwealth Ave
Friday, October 14th, 2011
Network Service issues at 985 Commonwealth Ave have been resolved….
Construction Begins on Mass. High Performance Computing Center
Friday, October 14th, 2011
Construction is underway for the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke, Massachusetts, with benefits both for the five-institution collaboration and for the local economy. Boston University, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts formed this venture to boost academic research by building a 90,000 sq. ft.,…