Please join IS representatives on Tuesday, October 17, from 2-4:30pm on Manchester Plaza to learn how to protect your personal identity and get assistance with setting up Google 2-Step Verification.
Register to win several awesome prizes donated by Dell and Cisco, including a Chromebook and other fun technology.
Information Systems has tested the new macOS High Sierra operating system and determined it meets our standard compatibility and performance requirements.
Your checklist for upgrading:
Information Systems will perform required maintenance on certain core network equipment on Thursday, October 12 between 5:00 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. During this time period all network and computing services will be unavailable on campus.
If you are on campus during the outage period you will not be able to reach Internet-based services such as Google mail and Sakai; in addition, you will not be able to reach campus resources such as voicemail, VPN, WIN, Banner, etc. If you have a Cisco phone, it will also be offline.
If you are off campus during the maintenance window, public-facing resources and cloud-based resources such as the website, Google mail and Sakai will continue to function normally.
Representatives will be available on Monday, October 9 from 1-3:30pm outside Pugh Auditorium, prior to the Faculty meeting, to assist with setting up Google 2-Step Verification.
Register to win several awesome prizes donated by Dell and Cisco, including a Chromebook and other fun technology.
Please join us on Wednesday, October 4 at 10am in Reynolda Hall, Room 301 as representatives discuss Workday security and assist with setting up Google 2-Step Verification.
Register to win several awesome prizes donated by Dell and Cisco, including a Chromebook and other fun technology.
October is National Cyber Security Month. National Cyber Security Awareness Month is a nationwide campaign designed to increase understanding of Internet security and help the public avoid malicious threats on the Internet.
Information Systems wants you to be informed about the ways that you can protect yourself and your data. Throughout the month of October, IS will be hosting several events to discuss cyber security and offer assistance for setting up Google 2-Step Verification. Check your mailbox, bookmark is.wfu.edu and follow IS on Twitter @WFUIS for more information. Plan to attend one or more of these events and register to win several awesome prizes donated by Dell and Cisco, including a Chromebook and other fun technology.
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On Saturday, September 23, 2017, between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., Information Systems will update the software that controls our wireless network. This update is being performed in consultation with our primary networking vendor, Cisco Systems, as a result of newly discovered issues in the software version we currently use.
The wireless network will be unavailable from approximately 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m., with intermittent outages likely between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
Wired devices connected to wireless access points in the residence halls will be affected in the same way.
As of this morning, Thursday, September 7, some users are experiencing issues with Google Drive. Google is aware of the problem and they are working on a resolution. Currently there is no estimated time of resolution.
Check the Information Systems status line at x4357, option 1 for updates.
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