Winter 2008 ISSUE

Campus cellphone coverage is improving . . . SmartSite is collecting ideas for new features . . . a longtime leader in campus tech discusses how the campus sets technological priorities. Read about these and other developments since last fall in the latest IT Times online--just click on the links below, open the PDF version, or look for the print edition in your campus mailbox. Copies are also available at IT Express, the MU Info Desk, campus computer rooms, and other customary distribution sites.

I can hear you much better now
Why cell-phone coverage on campus will get better in 2008.

Spelling is basic, engine skills aren't. Where does tech fall on that need-to-know list?
An interesting chat with new campus tech trainer Fernando Socorro.

Her interest started with a blinking box
Professor Caroline Bledsoe lays out the value of information technology at UC Davis.

Meet Francois Gygi
He's succeeding Bledsoe as chair of the Campus Council for Information Technology.

SmartSite settles in
Online course-management and collaboration system collects ideas for new features, plus an atmospheric sciences TA answers a few questions about how he uses SmartSite.

Catch up
A few minutes spent here will get you current on various campus tech ventures:

• Gmail student tryout begins
  Campus has students try Google's email.  
• Better reception through self-healing
  Aruba wireless access points can tell when a nearby point is ailing, which means you get better coverage.
• Cross-causeway collaboration:
  new Health Center CIO sees opportunities for working with main campus.  
• Anti-virus upgrade:
  Data Center switches to Clam AV.
• Software specials:
  Adobe has a deal for faculty and staff--and it's not the only software discount you can get on campus.

To read about campus tech news in between editions of the IT Times, read TechNews at technews.ucdavis.edu or sign up to have the headlines come to your email on Mondays.