Lab computers will be upgraded to Office 2007 by the start off Fall term 2009. Faculty are given the opportunity to upgrade when their computer is replaced. Faculty with older computers will be done on request. Staff computers are done at the discretion of the departmental manager. Those that wish to upgrade and do not have a new computer, will need to purchase a new copy if there is not a valid upgrade license in place for their computer. Tricia Flaherty (flahert@wou.edu) will be able to help you with licensing.
Over the summer we have been testing a much needed upgrade to our e-mail / calendar system. The current system is about 2 years out of date. As migration strategies are finalized, I will post updates to this blog entry.
The Student Technology Committee voted to fund four digital signage packages on campus. You will see them begin to appear during the early weeks of Fall term. They will be located in APSC Admissions level, Administration Building first floor, WUC Monmouth avenue entrance and Hamersly Library first floor. In addition there will be one each in Natural Science lobby and UCS service request desk. Public Safety is identifying additional locations. Staff in each of these locations will provide the content for their area, through a web-based interface. A video overview of digital signage can be found here.
The e-mail store had grown to 2 terabyte of disk space. The e-mail system was running low on available space. After an analysis of how the disk space was being utilized, it was determined that 500 megabyte of space was used by data within the Trash folders. There is now a utility that continuously runs and automatically purges mail from the Trash folders that is greater than 60 days old. Purging your trash on a regular basis will free up additional disk resources.
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