Effective July 1, 2000, OAC has a new name: NACS – Network and Academic Computing Services
We feel NACS best represents the areas of our primary emphasis:
- Network:
- The network is a major component of what we do, with all of our services being heavily dependent on network technology, even those sometimes labeled “computing services.” The telephone system is a network as well, and the expectation is that it will be come increasingly integrated with the data network in the future.
- Academic Computing:
- We provide a wide range of services to users of computing at UCI, and our primary computing focus is serving UCI’s research and education mission. The phrase “academic computing” has served us well, properly distinguishing our role from that of Administrative Computing (AdCom) Services.
- Services:
- It’s what we do! NACS’s mission is to provide services to campus departments by creating and maintaining a computing and electronic communication environment that meets the needs of the campus.