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In Brief June 2012

June 7, 2012 by Lyle Wiedeman

The two instructional computing labs operated by the Office of Information Technology (OIT) in the Engineering Gateway building will permanently close at 5 PM on June 15th to accommodate data center expansion.
UCCSC, the UC system-wide computing support conference will be held August 5-7 at UC Berkeley. Berkeley is currently soliciting presentations for the conference and registration is now open.
OIT is now providing computing support to the UCI research station at Anza Borrego.
OIT conducted a test of the ZotAlert system on Thursday, May 17. ZotAlert is part of the campus emergency communications program. More information and instructions to enroll can be found online.

December 1, 2011 by Lyle Wiedeman

During the campus holiday closure, December 23 – January 2, the OIT Help Desk (824-2222) will remain available for urgent support issues, but with limited staffing and potentially longer resolution times.
For those of you who may end up with new mobile devices (smart phones and tablets) following the holiday season, you may wish to coach gift-givers on the devices which will work well on campus, or review OIT’s mobile set-up documentation.
You can save money when buying software. If there is an option to get the software by download (as opposed to buying physical media such as CDs), such purchases are not subject to sales tax.