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05/17/2013 - Summer Telephone and Network Installations: Order Now!
Requests from SU departments for telephone and networking changes that need to be completed prior to the start of the fall 2013 semester should be submitted by July 12, 2013.

03/28/2013 - Bringing Peck Hall into the 21st Century
Peck Hall may be 117 years old, but recent efforts enable it to function as a 21st century facility for Falk College’s Department of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT). MFT, now with about 70 graduate students in the program, is expected to grow to about 100 students next year, so the work of Falk’s IT team and ITS will be essential to its success.

03/28/2013 - ITS Will Decommission Blackberry Enterprise Server
ITS recommends that users who wish to purchase a new BlackBerry device choose a new BB10 device.

03/28/2013 - Online Learning Services Relocates
In addition to working space for professional staff and graduate assistants, the new space includes a faculty technology center which allows OLS staff to consult with faculty about their instructional technology needs.

03/28/2013 - Adobe Digital Publishing Suite Leads to Great Discovery
Enrollment Management, in collaboration with SU Publications and Information Technology and Services (ITS), has launched a digital publication meant to inform, excite and comfort new members of the Discovery Program.

03/28/2013 - Tech Updates - April 2013
Keeping current with software, systems, issues and devices at SU

03/28/2013 - Milestones, Achievements and People in Motion--April 2013
News about IT staff at SU

03/28/2012 - NEW! Summer Institute for Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning
ITS offers an tntensive experience for faculty looking to add online and technology elements to their courses. The Online Learning Services (OLS) group of Information Technology and Services (ITS) will offer its inaugural Summer Institute for Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning (SITETL) to be held this summer in two separate week-long sessions in order to accommodate different schedules. The two sessions are planned for May 21-25 and August 6-10.

02/19/2013 - Qualtrics Comes to SU
A modern university needs vast amounts of timely, accurate data to run efficiently. Qualtrics Research Suite is one of the best ways to gather and analyze those data, and starting with a February soft launch, it will gradually become available to all SU faculty, students and staff.

02/19/2013 - SUshare is SU's Updated Confluence
This new implementation of Confluence, called SUshare.syr.edu, will hold information targeted to internal departments and groups and features an easy-to-use interface that makes creating and editing content much simpler than the previous ITS Confluence system.

02/19/2013 - Network Master Plan Update
While it may seem that there hasn’t been much going on with the Network Master Plan (NMP), that couldn’t be further from the truth.

02/19/2013 - Carnegie Library Adopts Bibliotheca RFID
In Carnegie Library, SU is making a leap to the 21st century with a new radio frequency identification (RFID) system from Bibliotheca that gives library staff an eagle-eye view of where all books are at all times, what order they’re in, and perhaps most importantly, whether they’ve been checked out.