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What’s New at OIT -- Fall 2008

We’ve been busy over the summer working on new services and making improvements to others.

Below, you’ll find the highlights of our work.

New Features in SPIRE

SPIRE now includes many new features that make it easier for the campus community to manage and use their University information. More…

Campus Alerts – Emergency Text Messaging

Use SPIRE to subscribe to Campus Alerts text messages, a new service that provides emergency notifications directly to subscribers’ cell phones. More...

New Web Interface for UMail

A new, more secure Web interface for UMail will be available to the campus community in early Fall 2008. The new interface comes with more options for managing your quota including, inline quota status display and easy folder cleanup. This version also supports HTML and Unicode, making it easier to view and compose messages in HTML, even in languages that do not use the Latin alphabet. Stay tuned for more information.

Wireless in North Residential Area - PILOT

The campus wireless network is now in pilot in the North Residential Area. “North” is the first residence area at the University to have wireless coverage. More...

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