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2009

Brownbag: Teaching with Ning
On September 23, Professor Mark Dressman will talk about using free social networking tools to develop teaching projects. [18 Sep 2009]

Try Illinois Chat for Your Instant Messaging
Sign up today for Illinois Chat, the University-supported, instant messaging service that allows faculty, staff, and students to chat within the safety and security of the University network (NetID-only access). Group chat rooms, restricted to authorized users only, are also available. [28 Aug 2009]

A Record Month for WebStore
July 2009 turned out to be an all-time record month for the University of Illinois WebStore. Overall sales for the month totaled $287,665, a 14 percent increase over the prior all-time record sales month in August 2008. The increase can be attributed to the recent addition of Apple, Dell, and HP hardware and to the growing list of products offered on the WebStore. [28 Aug 2009]

New VMware Services
Virtual servers provide higher availability, faster deployment, lower cost, lower energy use, and simpler upgrades. CITES-Hosted VMware Services are now available to campus. [28 Aug 2009]

Paging Services to be Retired
CITES paging services will be retired on December 1, 2009. Paging equipment provided through CITES was no longer available as of July 1, 2009. However, CITES will continue to support existing paging services until December 1, 2009. [28 Aug 2009]

New DNS Resolver Address
As of August 1, 2009, there is a new DNS resolver address for campus. The old DNS resolvers/servers were retired on July 31, 2009 [28 Aug 2009]

Dialup networking retired
The UIUCnet Dialup and UIUCnet Premier services were retired as of July 1, 2009. [28 Aug 2009]

Campus DNS Servers Retired
The old DNS resolvers/servers for campus were retired on July 31, 2009 at 8:00am. Please transition to the new campus DNS resolver address 130.126.2.131 as soon as possible. [07 Jul 2009]

Paging Services to be Retired
CITES paging services will be retired on December 1, 2009. Paging equipment provided through CITES is no longer available as of July 1, 2009. However, CITES will continue to support existing paging services until December 1, 2009. [26 Jun 2009]

New Content Category
On Thursday, May 28, CITES will split the "Online Coursework and Classroom Technologies" content category into two new categories-"Computer Labs and Classrooms" and "Online Teaching and Learning". [26 May 2009]

2009 Summer Break Schedule
Hours for the various CITES facilities may vary from the norm during summer break, which begins Monday, May 18, 2009 and ends Monday, Aug. 24, 2009, the first day of classes for the Fall 2009 semester. [05 May 2009]

Spring Break hours for CITES facilities
Hours for CITES facilities may vary during spring break, which begins Saturday, March 21, 2008 and ends Sunday, March 29, 2008. [04 Mar 2009]

Illinois Compass Authentication
On January 14, 2009, Illinois Compass began using Active Directory (AD) as the password for logging in. [14 Jan 2009]

2008

2008-2009 Winter Vacation Schedule
Hours for the various CITES facilities may vary from the norm during the winter break (12/20/08-1/20/09). [11 Dec 2008]

CITES Express Email
On January 6, 2009, CITES Express Email will reveal a new design. [08 Dec 2008]

2008 Thanksgiving Vacation Schedule
Hours for the various CITES facilities may vary from the norm during Thanksgiving Vacation, which begins Saturday, November 22, 2008 and ends Sunday, December 1, 2008. Instruction resumes Monday, December 2. [14 Nov 2008]

UI Is No. 1 Wired College
The University of Illinois has been selected by PC Magazine and The Princeton Review as the number one most-wired campus. For more information see the article in the current on-line issue of the magazine. [05 Sep 2008]

Oracle Calendar Service
The Oracle Calendar service was severely affected by the campus power problem Monday, August 25, and the resulting power outage in CITES' Data Center. [26 Aug 2008]

Campus Phishing Attempts
Over the weekend of August 23, 2008 identity thieves tried to trick people into giving away the details of their University of Illinois email accounts. [26 Aug 2008]

CITES NetFiles Upgrade
On Sunday, August 17th, CITES will be conducting a software and hardware upgrade of the CITES NetFiles service. [08 Aug 2008]

Set Your Security Questions
If you forget your NetID password you will not be able to reset it online via NetID Password Manager unless you have set your security questions. [17 Apr 2008]

New CITES Look
On April 14, some CITES web pages, including the homepage, will switch to a new design. [28 Mar 2008]

2007

Emergency Messaging System
Sign up now for the new emergency messaging system on the U. of I. campus. The system will provide alerts about crisis situations on campus by way of mass text and e-mail messages. To enroll, go to emergency.illinois.edu. [25 Oct 2007]

Daylight Saving Time
Double check your calendar the week of October 29-November 2. [19 Oct 2007]

Block Party 2007
For the sixth consecutive year, CITES co-sponsored the Division of Campus Recreation's Block Party for incoming students. [22 Aug 2007]

Campus Antispam: Reverse DNS Lookup
As of July 24, our campus email infrastructure requires more stringent verification that email into campus comes from a legitimate source. [03 Aug 2007]

Illinois Compass Upgrade Complete
On June 9th CITES EdTech successfully moved Illinois Compass to more robust server hardware and upgraded the software to Blackboard Enterprise Vista 4.2. [26 Jun 2007]

Network Upgrade Progress Report released
The Campus Network Upgrade Progress Report has been published, detailing the progress CITES has made at the halfway point of the ambitious five-year, $20-million initiative to upgrade the network in more than 260 campus buildings with the latest in state-of-art data networking technology. [05 Jun 2007]

Summer 2007
Hours for the various CITES facilities may vary from the norm from May 14, 2007 through Aug. 22, 2007. [22 May 2007]

Sally Jackson Named CIO
Professor Sally Jackson was named Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Associate Provost at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in May 2007. [22 May 2007]

CITES/CIO Search Engine
The search feature of the CITES and CIO web pages is currently unavailable as a result of this morning's upgrade.Searches may still be performed using the CITES search engine (http://search.cites.uiuc.edu). [03 Apr 2007]

2007 Spring Break Hours
Hours for the various CITES facilities may vary from the norm during spring break (March 17 - March 25, 2007) [15 Mar 2007]

Oracle Calendar Update for Daylight Savings Time
After CITES performs a necessary update on February 24, 2007, all users of Oracle Calendar will then need to manually adjust events scheduled during the newly expanded Daylight Savings Time periods (March 11 - April 1, and October 28 - November 4). [20 Feb 2007]

How to Contact CITES Today
Due to the weather, The CITES Help Desk is closed for walk-in visits, but you can get assistance by emailing consult@uiuc.edu. The CITES OpCenter is on duty today. The CITES ICS labs are closed today. [14 Feb 2007]

Presentation Technology Showcase set for January 26, 2007
CITES Classroom Technologies presents its audiovisual technology showcase, featuring presentations, seminars, and a first-hand look at the latest audiovisual and multimedia equipment. New this year, CITES Security staff will perform security checkups on laptops, aid in installing or updating site-licensed software, and register laptops to aid in retrieval in the event of theft or loss. [18 Jan 2007]

2006

PC Magazine names UIUC 6th most wired campus
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign makes the grade as one of the nation's most connected campuses, ranking as the sixth most wired campus according to PC Magazine's recent survey of the "Top 20 Wired Colleges." More [12 Dec 2006]

Find People (PH) External Access Temporarily Offline
The web interface of PH for external users is currently down due to concerns about possible access to data from off-campus. This issue is being diagnosed and we are working to resolve it. [08 Dec 2006]

2006 Fall Break Hours
Hours for the various CITES facilities may vary from the norm during summer break (Nov. 18 - Nov. 26, 2006) [17 Nov 2006]

Intermittent Email Delays
Recently, some campus email users have experienced delays in email delivery. The main campus email relays have been suffering from an Internet-wide uptick of spam email, which has challenged the capacity of CITES Spam Control. CITES has made some successful changes to address this issue. If you have general email questions, contact the CITES Help Desk. [09 Nov 2006]

Internet Explorer 7 Compatibility
CITES Help Desk has completed usability testing for Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) with CITES Express Email, NetFiles, and Illinois Compass. Our testing did not reveal any problems connecting to or using these services. Illinois Compass required us to disable pop-up blockers, but this is true for all browsers. [24 Oct 2006]

Be our guest: stay connected while visiting campus
Thanks to CITES newly expanded sponsored guest account service, anyone with an Illinois Network ID - students, faculty, staff - can sponsor guests to connect to UIUCnet, the campus-wide computing network, and the Internet. [13 Oct 2006]

More Campus Wireless Coverage
Since July 2006, CITES has installed 339 Meru wireless access points. [13 Oct 2006]

Building Database Now Online
A database of individual building metrics for buildings upgraded or in the process of being upgraded through the Campus Network Upgrade Project has been compiled and is now available online [13 Oct 2006]

EdTech Hosts Faculty Open House
All faculty are invited to the CITES EdTech Open House on Friday, Sept. 15, 2 to 5 pm. The Open House is being held to celebrate EdTech's move to the Digital Computer Lab, 1304 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana (on the east side of the second floor). Come meet the staff, tour the offices, and explore the latest applications in educational technologies. Bring your business card to a drawing for an iPod Nano that will be held at 4 p.m. For more information, go the the EdTech home page. [08 Sep 2006]

Welcome New Students
We've developed online tutorial pages specifically for new students. You'll get more information on computing-related subjects such as setting up youraccounts and passwords, securing your computer, using email, accessingcampus computer labs and resources, and more. Visit the New Student Tutorial and learn what CITES can do for you. [23 Aug 2006]

Block Party 2006
Photos from CITES booths at Block Party 2006 [22 Aug 2006]

CITES Express Email Changes
CITES Express Email quotas have been increased! Students now receive 100 MB; faculty and staff have 150 MB. In order to better manage server space, we can no longer hold messages for users whose accounts go over quota. This means it is more important than ever that you keep your Express Email account under its quota. See Managing Your Quota (http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/email/quota.html) for tips on keeping your account under its quota. [18 Aug 2006]

CITES NetFiles Quotas Increase to 500 MB
Storage quotas for CITES NetFiles increased from 100 MB to 500 MB for all students, faculty, and staff on July 31, 2006. [31 Jul 2006]

DataCenter Upgrade on Jul. 15-16
During the mornings of July 15 and 16, significant upgrades will be made to the network infrastructure supporting several CITES services in the Primary DataCenter, including Express Email, NetFiles, Illinois Compass, and more. [14 Jul 2006]

Network Access Maps
Use our dynamic maps to determine which buildings' network access options best suit your location and needs [27 Jun 2006]

2006 Summer Schedule
Hours for the various CITES facilities may vary from the norm from May 15, 2006 through Aug. 23, 2006 [14 Jun 2006]

Insight Problems Continue
Insight Broadband is still working to correct problems some customers have been experiencing sending email [01 Jun 2006]

Spring Break Hours
Hours for CITES facilities may vary from Monday, March 20, 2006 through Friday, March 24, 2006. [20 Mar 2006]

Intermittent Network Problem
CITES Networking Engineering is working to correct an intermittent network problem that some users are experiencing. [10 Mar 2006]

Status of CITES Services available as RSS feed
Receive CITES Status of Services updates by subscribing to the new RSS feed located at http://status.cites.uiuc.edu/status-rss.cgi. For an introduction to RSS feeds, please see A Quick Introduction to all Things News Feed-Related (http://www.cio.uiuc.edu/newsfeedinfo.html). [14 Feb 2006]

Network Upgrade Status Updates
The Campus Network Upgrade Project status pages have recently undergone a major revision. To view the pages, please see: http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/projects/netupgrade/ [03 Feb 2006]

Illinois Compass Performance
New information is available about the Illinois Compass service. [12 Jan 2006]