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Scheduled Downtime
Access to the taki cluster will be restricted tomorrow from 5-7pm. Please make every attempt to finish jobs before 5pm. Any progress with jobs after 5pm will be lost.
Posted: August 12, 2019, 9:11 AM
Submit your Bb class to the Ultra Course Redesign Challenge
Win a Kindle Fire!
The Ultra Course Redesign Challenge offers faculty an opportunity to share their redesigned courses using the new Ultra interface for a chance to win a Kindle Fire. The challenge is open to any...
Posted: August 9, 2019, 1:58 PM

Publisher Integrations Updated in Blackboard for FA2019
Cengage & Wiley fully supported in Ultra courses
Several publisher integrations will be updated at the end of summer to leverage modern infrastructure functionality, which will change the way faculty access those tools. Both Cengage Mindtap...
Posted: August 6, 2019, 8:06 AM

Ransomware Slams Enterprises with $5.8M Blackmail Demands
Retrieved from ZDnet - By: Charlie Osborne
A new ransomware called 'MegaCortex" is hitting enterprise firms in the US and Europe demanding millions of dollars through blackmail and encryption. Read more here:...
Posted: August 5, 2019, 8:54 AM
U.S. Indicts for Phishing Campaign Targeting Colleges
Retrieved from SCMagazine - By: Bradley Barth
The DOJ indicted three people on multiple charges regarding phishing scams that targeted college employees, banks and other businesses. Read more here:...
Posted: August 1, 2019, 2:39 PM
LDAP-Master and Webadmin downtime on 8/9 at 4pm
On Friday, August 9th starting at 4pm LDAP-Master and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance. During this time account creations and password changes will be unavailable. Account...
Posted: July 31, 2019, 12:39 PM
Update: Data Center Backup Power Maintenance
Tonight during repairs to the Engineering backup power system it was discovered that additional hardware will be needed in order to fully restore functionality. We are working with the vendor to...
Posted: July 30, 2019, 10:35 PM
Data Center Backup Power Maintenance
The backup power system that serves our on-campus data center is experiencing issues and has left us without protection in the event of a power failure. The vendor is coming onsite now to service...
Posted: July 30, 2019, 4:52 PM
Capital One Data Breach Hits More than 100 Million People
A woman hacked into Capital One systems; accessing sensitive information such as credit reports and social security numbers of about 140,000 people. The breach affected more than 100 million...
Posted: July 30, 2019, 3:07 PM
Quarterly patching downtime on 8/3/2019 and 8/9/2019
As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Saturday, August 3rd and Friday, August 9th. While many of the...
Posted: July 30, 2019, 1:50 PM
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