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Every year during the month of October, as part of National Cyber-Security Awareness Month, Boston University conducts an annual Information Security Awareness Campaign. We are happy to announce that we will once again be offering 3 days of free paper shredding and collection of unwanted computing equipment to be securely destroyed and recycled. We are…

On Sunday, August 13 from 12:01am until 8:00am, the Read-Write Service and Non-Replicated Data Archiving Service will be unavailable Clients should use the read-only service names during this maintenance period. Read-Write Read-Only archive.bu.edu bumc-y.bu.edu ca2001.bu.edu gpnas.bu.edu isinas.bu.edu oit-fp.bu.edu ru-gpnas.bu.edu archive-ro.bu.edu bumc-y-ro.bu.edu gpnas-legacy-ro.bu.edu gpnas.ro.bu.edu isinas-ro.bu.edu isinas-ro.bu.edu ru-gpnas-ro.bu.edu…

As the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge Reconstruction Project begins, we would like to remind IS&T staff of some of the tools available to assist with working remotely. Skype for Business  Features Instant messaging Web access to Skype for Business meetings for anyone including invited guests – no BU affiliation or BU login/password required Online meetings featuring high-definition (HD) video…

Due to scheduled maintenance, IS&T Data Archiving, NAS and BU Web File Service read-only service will be unavailable on Sunday July 30 from 12:01AM until 08:00AM. Local snapshots on read/write site will be available for file recoveries. Clients should use the following read-write service names during this time: Read-Write Read-Only archive.bu.edu bumc-y.bu.edu ca2001.bu.edu gpnas.bu.edu isinas.bu.edu…

Collaborate and Avoid Traffic With the upcoming Commonwealth Avenue Bridge Replacement, it may be challenging to travel to meetings around campus. Information Services & Technology (IS&T) offers several services to make it easier for the BU community to collaborate. We invite you to learn more about our featured service, Skype for Business, and many others…

In order to perform the annual scheduled maintenance at the MGHPCC, there will be a full power outage at the site starting at 9:00am on Monday, May 22 and ending at 9:00am on Wednesday, May 24. This outage impacts the Shared Computing Cluster (SCC) and ATLAS, as well as the Linux Virtual Lab (scc-lite.bu.edu) and…

You may have seen news of a widespread global ransomware attack.  We want to make sure our community is aware of the details of the situation, how it affected Boston University, and what we should all be doing to keep our systems and data safe. Cybercriminals released a new piece of malicious software (malware) on…

We’re pleased to provide more good news regarding our desktop telephone migration project.  Pressing 9 before dialing an external phone number is no longer necessary from new desktop telephones; just press 1 and the 10 digits that follow, or, for international calls, 011 followed by the international numbers as appropriate.  5-digit calling within the campus will continue to work as it…

Over intersession, IS&T put into place some new enhancements to BU’s MyPrint service. MyPrint is now easier to use, with more options, and best of all… it is more sustainable! MyPrint printers now have self-release functionality. Send your print job, go to your printer of choice, and swipe your Terrier Card. Your document will print…

IS&T’s Tech Times newsletter contains news and helpful tips for all members of the BU community. In our most recent publication faculty, staff and students will learn about the recent launch of our new Instructional Streaming Video Platform, an introduction to the new My BUworks mobile application, details on My CV, a scholarly data repository available to…