Vice President for Information Technology Status and Activity Report for July 2021 Prepared by Timothy M. Chester, Vice President for Information Technology (VPIT) 1. Key Items for Faculty and Staff Meetings •
Major network bandwidth expansion under way to improve connectivity: EITS networking staff are working on a multi-year project to upgrade building routers, increasing network bandwidth for research and allowing for 10G connectivity. The Building Edge Router Refresh project will upgrade the current building edge routers and cabling in 180 buildings to a new platform that connects buildings back to the university’s core network. Buildings completed in June include the Computing Services Building, Driftmier Engineering Center, Phi Kappa Hall, the Chapel, Meigs Hall, Moore College, Candler Hall, Bishop House, Lustrat House, New College, the Administration Building, Terrell Hall, Holmes-Hunter Academic Building, Peabody Hall, Leconte Hall, the Fine Arts Building, Army/ROTC, Business Services, Human Resources, Lumpkin House, and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Buildings currently scheduled for the month of July: Orkin Hall, Amos Hall, the Hodgson Oil Building, Riverbend North, Riverbend South, Caldwell Hall, the Law School, Brooks Hall, and Hull Street area. Visit https://eits.uga.edu/network_and_phones/building_edge_router_project/ for more information.
2. Services for Students •
Wireless improvements coming to outdoor areas: EITS is working to improve the wireless performance in several outdoor areas in north and central campus, making it easier for students, faculty and staff to work and study outdoors. The $417K project, funded by the Student Technology Fee, includes updates to the wireless infrastructure and access points servicing five outdoor areas: the Old College quad, the Main Library quad, Herty Field, the area in front of the Miller Learning Center and outdoor areas around Tate Student Center. EITS plans to complete work on the Old College and Main Library quads by the end of this month; the remaining areas will be completed over the summer. To learn more, please contact Chris Fleming, cfleming@uga.edu.
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Zoom student account reset planned for end of July: In order to ensure we can provide Zoom licenses to all active students in the fall, EITS will perform a reset on student Zoom accounts on July 30. During the reset, accounts belonging to students who are not actively enrolled in classes in July will be temporarily removed from UGA’s main Zoom account. Students who wish to keep their UGA Zoom license during the Fall 2021 semester only need to log in to Zoom again after the reset occurs on July 30. Upon logging in with their MyID and password, their licenses will be re-provisioned. During the reset, students may lose access to meetings they are scheduled to host and custom user settings, including their profile and background photos. We recommend they take note of these meetings, and save any photos they wish to keep. The reset will not affect any meetings or classes hosted by UGA faculty and staff, including those scheduled with students. Departmental sub-accounts for Zoom will not be affected, but EITS strongly encourages Zoom subaccount owners to remove faculty and staff who have left the university. For more information, contact Bret Jamieson at bret.jamieson@uga.edu.
VPIT Status and Activity Report for July 2021
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