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Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 9/28 to 1 am 9/29

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 9/28 to 1 am Saturday 9/29.  This down time is during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and is necessary for DoIT staff to...

Posted: September 25, 2012, 1:31 PM

DoIT Launches New MyUMBC Login in January 2013

Easily login to UMBC Services Via Your Mobile Device

At the beginning of fall 2012, DoIT launched a new mobile friendly login page. We will be bringing that simplified page into myUMBC for all logins starting the week of January 14th. When you...

Posted: September 12, 2012, 1:40 PM

DoIT Data Center Move Begins September 24th

DoIT Gets a New Data Center

Per the announcement this summer, DoIT will be moving the majority of the services currently hosted in the Public Policy Data center to a newly leased data center located in the UMBC Research Park...

Posted: September 10, 2012, 12:06 PM

New Voice-over-IP (VOIP) Phone System Being Evaluated

New cloud based phone service - Connect anywhere at anytime

UMBC is one of the evaluation schools testing a new voice-over-IP (VOIP) service that is being launched by Internet2. This new service allows us to have our phone system in the “cloud.” The...

Posted: August 30, 2012, 8:29 AM

DoIT Deploys New Virtual Desktop Solution

Connect to a Lab Image from Any Device and From Anywhere

UMBC has partnered with Dell and the University System of Maryland (USM) to develop a virtual desktop solution. The new environment is based on a Dell solution named Virtual Desktop Environment...

Posted: August 28, 2012, 10:04 PM

UMBC Digital Stories in EDUCAUSE "Game Changers"

UMBC's digital story work is highlighted in a new publication from EDUCAUSE. "Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies" contains case studies highlighting creative solutions to...

Posted: August 26, 2012, 3:16 PM

UMBC Signs Contract to Deploy Box.com For File Storage

We are living in a world where people work from multiple devices -- phone, laptop, and computer - and need access to their files anywhere and anytime. UMBC’s active directory (AD) system serves...

Posted: August 25, 2012, 11:08 PM

DoIT Upgrades Campus Data Network

UMBC Deploys State-of-the-Art Data Network.

As part of the Performing Arts building project it was necessary to upgrade our campus data network. We anticipate that PAH will ultimately utilize HD video streaming and we needed to increase...

Posted: August 25, 2012, 10:38 PM

UMBC Signs Lease with RLTV for Data Center in Research Park

Working to Improve IT Reliability

This past July, DoIT signed a multi-year lease with Allegis to lease 1200 square feet of computer room space in the Retirement Living Building located in the Research Park. Allegis has a Tier 3...

Posted: August 25, 2012, 10:10 PM

RT Success Stories

DoIT/RT Community 'Behind the Scenes' Success Stories

Since the initial roll-out of RT in DoIT, Finance, and HR, many other departments such as the Registrar’s Office, Graduate and Undergraduate Admissions, Parking Services, and Residential Life have...

Posted: August 23, 2012, 4:24 PM