Monthly Archive: December 2018
UC IT Blog
December 19, 2018
All ArticlesCENIC, Cybersecurity, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
Developing a campus-wide Science DMZ takes time, commitment, and lots of advocacy, according to Joshua Sonstroem, systems administrator at the University of California, Santa Cruz. If successful, however, the resulting cyberinfrastructure helps ensure that faculty and students can join in…
Read more about Leading the Charge on Science DMZs to Support Big-Data Research
UC IT Blog
December 19, 2018
All ArticlesCalREN, CENIC, Susan Rambo, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UCB, UCSD, wireless
By Susan Rambo. CENIC — the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California — wants to connect the state of California into one giant wireless mesh network. With 20 million users, non-profit network operator CENIC (pronounced “scenic”) may be in a good position…
Read more about California’s Research Network Connects Science and Community
UC IT Blog
December 12, 2018
All ArticlesCharles McIntyre, infrastructure agreements, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
By Charles McIntyre. Early in 2017, UC Santa Cruz went live with its first enterprise IT service in the cloud, the Identity Management (IDM) system. This was followed in rapid succession by other migrations to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud: PeopleSoft Campus Solutions in October…
Read more about Our Cloud Story: How UC Santa Cruz Migrated to AWS
UC IT Blog
December 12, 2018
All Articlescollaboration, Hackathon, Health Hack, Healthcare, Marissa J. Ventura, UC San Diego, UCSD
By Marissa Ventura. They came from across the country to dream up ideas, using technology, to improve patient engagement and their experience in today’s health-care system. Whether it involved crowd-sourcing, blockchain technology, or Alexa skills, more than 200 undergraduate and…
Read more about Hackathon Draws Fresh Ideas for Patient Engagement
UC IT Blog
December 5, 2018
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, Scott Seaborn, UCOP
By Scott Seaborn. On May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went live, significantly changing the international privacy landscape and raising the regulatory stakes for institutions and companies working with the personal data of persons in Europe. …
Read more about What Does Europe’s New Privacy Law Mean for UC?
UC IT Blog
December 5, 2018
All ArticlesCHEC Conference, collaboration, Events, Procurement, Thomas Trappler, UCOP
By Thomas Trappler. At the California Higher Education Collaborative (CHEC) conference on October 1, 2018, David Willson, manager, Strategic Technology Acquisition at UC Berkeley, and I accepted a Focus on Efficiency award on behalf of the whole UC IT strategic sourcing community. The award recognizes UC for creating a partnership between the UC procurement and IT communities that has successfully improved the effectiveness, efficiency, and outcomes of IT strategic…
Read more about IT Strategic Sourcing Wins Higher Ed Award