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TechnoExpo is Coming

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AdCom Services and NACS remind you to plan to attend the UCI Technology Exposition (TechnoExpo) which will be held at the Bren Events Center on Tuesday September 14, 2004, from 10am to 3pm.

At the Expo you can find representatives from a wide range of UCI departments, describing and demonstrating technologies and services designed to promote the research, instructional, and administrative activities of the University.

This year, TechnoExpo will be held jointly with the Small Business Fair sponsored by UCI Materiel Management, so you’ll be able to meet representatives from many companies which provide popular hardware, software, technology services, and supplies to UCI.

More information is available on the web at:

http://www.technoexpo.uci.edu

As always, there is no charge to attend TechnoExpo. Also, this year lunch will be provided for attendees that register in advance. Early registration has ended, so registration is on a first-come first-served basis. Shuttle service will be available to and from the Bren Center on the day of the Expo.

UCI Ranked “Most Wireless”

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A recent survey ranks UCI #14 among universities responding to a recently completed survey on wireless networking.

Intel’s “Most Unwired College Campuses” survey ranks the top 100 schools for wireless computing access. The survey reveals a growing number of schools across the country where students have the freedom to wirelessly access the Internet on notebook PCs — without a traditional wired connection — and stay connected and informed whether they’re in the dorm room, library or outdoors at the campus quad.

While Intel’s focus was on students, NACS has made wireless networking a priority in recognition of its value to both the research and instructional roles of the university.

New Telephone Features

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NACS would like to make you aware of new feature enhancements now available on the campus telephone system. “Name Display” displays your name to called party. “Number Log” stores caller information for missed calls. “Personal Number” allows you to have multiple call diversion points.

Name Display

With this feature, your name, department name, or your unit’s function will be displayed along with your extension number when you call a campus extension that is equipped with a multi-line telephone set. The “name” can be up to 26 characters including spaces.

Number log

This feature logs the last 16 unanswered calls. The 17th unanswered call will over-write the oldest call. The log will contain the phone number and the date and time the call was received. A function key LED will flash when numbers are in the log. The logged calls can be scrolled through by pressing a standard pre-programmed button to advance to the next entry. The telephone number of the calling party can be dialed by pressing a standard pre-programmed button.

Personal Number

This feature provides up to five different call-diversion lists or profiles, each consisting of up to 10 destination numbers. When someone calls a telephone that has a Personal Number profile enabled, the profile selected determines which numbers will be called and in what order. For example, one profile might try your office phone, and if no answer, your home phone, then your cell phone, and if still no answer it could go to your voice mail. The profiles must be programmed for your telephone line by our technicians. You can then chose from among your profiles using your telephone key pad.Please contact NACS Telecommunications Customer Service at (949) 824-5123 for further information or visit our Web site at http://www.nacs.uci.edu/telephone/bc11.html

NACS deploys Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

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NACS is upgrading both its infrastructure and its clients’ Red Hat servers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3.

This operating system is available in two flavors, Advanced Server (AS) and Workstation (WS). The key difference between the two versions is that WS is not designed for use in server environments; therefore, it does not support more than 2 processors, nor does it include various server packages.

For an annual subscription fee of $50 (AS) or $25 (WS), users are provided with access to the Red Hat Network, including patches and updates. For a small additional fee, departments can subscribe to this service through NACS and receive these benefits:

  1. Patch and update services provided by our on-campus server, resulting in much faster performance.
  2. License and release tracking, saving you paperwork and bureaucratic headaches.
  3. Automatic patches and updates installed as they become available.

Systems administered by NACS also receive these benefits. Please contact dcs@uci.edu for pricing and additional information.

Any DCSLIB subscriber upgrading to RHEL should install the Legacy Software Development package to maintain binary compatibility with the current Red Hat archive.

More information about RHEL can be found at: http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/

Redhat also publishes a commodity version of Linux called Fedora. Fedora is available for free, but has much more limited support. A comparison may be found athttp://fedora.redhat.com/about/rhel.html

Support for the current version of Red Hat Linux ended on April 30, 2004.

MS Office XP Training

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Brush up on your office skills this summer. NACS offers Office XP hands-on training beginning July 30th. NACS’s Mobile Computer Lab, comprising 16 notebook computers with wireless network connections will be set up in Social Science Tower, SST 122. For course outlines and registration, see http://www.nacs.uci.edu/training. Classes are $75 for a half day workshop and a departmental recharge number is required to register.