http://forum.belmont.edu/its/ Technology Services - Administrative Computing & Instructional Technology - User Services en-us Copyright 2009 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:27:49 -0600 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:40:53 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Over the summer ITS upgraded the campus network to 300mb. We now have 200mb dedicated to Resnet and student usage on campus. That compares to 21mb a year ago making the increase in bandwidth for residential students an almost 10... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2009/08/belmont_interne_1.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2009/08/belmont_interne_1.html ITS Project Updates Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:27:49 -0600 The campus voicemail system was upgraded on July 22nd at 5pm. Everyone will need to reset their greeting and password. The default password is 37212 to enter your mail box to reset the greeting and password. If you need to... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2009/07/voicemail_upgra.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2009/07/voicemail_upgra.html Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:15:58 -0600 This fall we have two exciting laptops for incoming students. We have a Macbook and Studio 15 model, both with 4gb of ram and full three year warrenties. For more information go to http://www.belmont.edu/its/laptop/index.html The program allows a family to... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2009/06/new_student_lap.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2009/06/new_student_lap.html RESNET Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:51:17 -0600 We are excited to announce the migration of Belmont’s e-mail system to Microsoft Exchange. This faculty/staff e-mail transition is expected to be complete by May 31, 2009. There are many advantages to this new system, including a simplified e-mail address,... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2009/04/faculty_and_sta_2.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2009/04/faculty_and_sta_2.html ITS Project Updates Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:58:46 -0600 Belmont's Internet Service was upgraded this morning at 6:30am to a 100mb Metro-E circuit. The increase in bandwidth effectively doubles our Internet service for the campus from 44mb to 100mb split evenly between Resnet and the Campus. Users should see... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2009/01/belmont_interne.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2009/01/belmont_interne.html System Maintenance & Upgrades Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:12:21 -0600 It is hard to believe that its been nearly a month since Debate08. Nearly a year in the planning Debate08 was the largest project that Belmont and certainly ITS has accomplished todate. Nearly 400 Belmont staff worked on the event.... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/11/its_and_debate0.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/11/its_and_debate0.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:37:18 -0600 Over the summer Network Services moved all student email hosting to Google Mail. What this means is simply, email is hosted at Google, but student addresses and overall functionality stay the same. Why do this? Students get over 6gb of... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/08/student_email_n.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/08/student_email_n.html ITS Project Updates Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:20:05 -0600 Everyone on campus who uses ATT Cellphones can now get a discount. Students can get up to 10% off of a new plan. Faculty and Staff can get up to 15% for a new or current plan. For more information... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/08/new_att_cellpho.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/08/new_att_cellpho.html ITS Project Updates Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:17:27 -0600 Belmont has two options for everyone to purchase a Dell or Apple Computer at a small discount. As always we recommend you shop around and look for the best deal that fits your pocketbook. Last year Belmont established an Apple... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/06/computer_discou.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/06/computer_discou.html Tips, Tricks, and Fixes Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:46:23 -0600 Internet Service to the campus for faculty and staff was briefly interrupted for about 90 minutes today. Services were restored by ATT approximately at noon. Our last Internet outage was in the Fall of 2006 for about an hour.... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/03/internet_servic.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/03/internet_servic.html System Maintenance & Upgrades Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:45:11 -0600 Mistyped web queries are big business. Typo Squatting is a new term that describes web sites that have names that are similar to popular web sites such as google. These sites use our inability to type to fool web users... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/02/typo_squattingw.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/02/typo_squattingw.html Tips, Tricks, and Fixes Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:24:08 -0600 The Belmont community needs to be aware of possible scam artists calling different departments across campus asking for serial numbers from HP and possibly Dell printers. These scam artists use the serial number from these printers to get warranty parts... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/01/printer_scam_al.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/01/printer_scam_al.html User Services Information Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:56:59 -0600 With the move to Outlook for email and Outlook Calendar options for accessing email from on campus and off campus keep expanding. While email has been accessible for over 10 years from off-campus options including access to email from BIC... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/01/outlook_use_on.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2008/01/outlook_use_on.html Tips, Tricks, and Fixes Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:39:36 -0600 While the campus has grown the number of telephones have grown as well. Also, add to that alarm circuits and fax machines. Oh, I forgot, voicemail boxes. The campus uses Nortel systems and last May upgraded to a Succession 1000... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2007/12/ever_wonder_how.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2007/12/ever_wonder_how.html About ITS Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:30:39 -0600 Belmont is now allowing all student/faculty/staff groups and organizations to advertise their events, meetings, convo's, etc on the new Ch. 3 Events Board. To request an event be posted, go to: www.Belmont.edu/its and under the 'Quick Links' section, press the... http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2007/12/_btv_channel_3.html http://forum.belmont.edu/its/archives/2007/12/_btv_channel_3.html Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:17:13 -0600