CAEN pilots cloud storage mapping service
CAEN, the College of Engineering IT group, has licensed a service called Kumo that allows users to map cloud-based storage drives such as U-M Box and U-M Google Drive to a drive letter.
Category Archives: Top Stories
BlueJeans videoconferencing adds new features
ITS announced continued service and additional products for BlueJeans, including access to Primetime through May 2018 and BlueJeans onSocial (Facebook Live integration).
Planning a content-driven SSW site redesign
Proper planning and expectation setting were the keys to a successful website redesign effort for the School of Social Work.
Register NOW for Hacks with Friends 2017
Register today for Hacks with Friends 2017—a fun-filled event where you have two days to break out of your confines, form a team, build a project (or hack) from scratch, and show it off in a competition!
Join HITS and ITS staff in using two-factor
Health Information Technology & Services (HITS) and Information and Technology Services (ITS) recently asked their staff to use two-factor authentication (Duo) whenever they log in using the Weblogin page.
Women in IT promotes diversity
In 1990, women held 35% of computing occupations in the U.S. By 2015, that number was reduced to 25%. The goal of the Women in IT CoP is to share knowledge and explore how we can promote diversification in IT at U-M.
AWS in the classroom
The use of AWS can be a flexible, robust, and cost-effective tool for specialized classroom computing environments.
Welcome to our new home!
New year, new site, new features! Read about some of the improvements based on reader feedback that you’ll find on the NEW Michigan IT News site.
Try mentoring for your 2017 resolution
Most New Year’s resolutions focus on self-improvement. But what about making a resolution for 2017 that helps others?
Flint IT supports new pre-school program
Flint ITS is providing tech support for a new center that will deliver much-needed early education services for children across Flint.
MESA: Bite-sized strategy tool has super-sized impact
Michigan Enterprise Strategic Assessments, better known as MESAs, are making a splash here and at other universities.
Michigan IT Symposium creates connections and showcases innovation
Over 500 IT professionals, administrators, and other community members from across all U-M campuses gathered at the third annual Michigan IT Symposium.
Home for the holidays? Read this first!
Before you set up your away message and head out the door for winter break, make sure you’ve gone through this list of last-minute tasks.
SUMIT_2016 addresses current IT security & privacy issues
More than 550 people attended U-M’s flagship event for National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
ITS offers live streaming TV to Ann Arbor campus
Want to watch live, local TV on the Ann Arbor campus? Now you can with Philo internet television, a new IP-based solution from ITS.
New initiative connects academic excellence, inclusion & innovation
The Office of Academic Innovation is shaping learning to be more personalized, engaged, and lifelong.
MiVideo viewership triples in three years
MiVideo, U-M’s streaming media service, has experienced explosive growth since its pilot in 2012.
Michigan IT Symposium preview
Join your colleagues for interactive sessions, hands-on-training, networking, and panel discussions. Plus, meet new VPIT-CIO Kelli Trosvig, who will deliver closing remarks and host a brief Q&A.
Your password needs a partner: Turn on two-factor for Weblogin
Strong passwords are essential, but they are not enough anymore. Your password needs a partner—two-factor authentication.
The wider benefits of universally designed websites
Web accessibility is often thought of as an us-and-them proposition. However, many accessibility guidelines have benefits for a far wider audience.