SMU PPP to be Discontinued on January 3, 2012

OIT has provided free dial-up internet service called SMU PPP for many years.  This technology has become out of date as high speed internet has become affordable and widely available.  OIT has been monitoring the usage on SMU PPP for several months.  At this time, very few individuals are using this service. Therefore, SMU PPP will be discontinued on January 3, 2012

OIT Projects—What’s Happening in OIT?

Each year, OIT completes a large number of projects ranging from smaller upgrades to larger implementations.  Typically, the larger projects are communicated to campus while the smaller ones are communicated to a smaller audience.  In order to better represent the work that OIT is conducting to support the University, a portion of our project portfolio has been published for faculty and staff. 

Our project portfolio currently consists of over 400 project requests.  Several of these are internally driven to better streamline services, enhance our operational efforts, or improve business processes.  Others are customer requests for service upgrades, enhancements, or new implementations. We’ve decided to show a number of the projects that have external impact and visibility.  The projects listed are only a small sampling of the projects currently underway.  Over the next few months, we will move towards exposing more and more of the current projects on this site.

inside.smu.edu/OS/OrgHome/OIT/SitePages/OIT%20Projects.aspx

Holiday Online Shopping Safety Reminders

The month of December is always a busy time--- especially for viruses and spam!  Remember to be on alert this month as viruses and phishing attempts typically triple.

• Be very careful about clicking links in emails for online cards, advertisements etc.
• Do not respond to emails asking you to verify your information--especially any banking or credit card accounts
• Shop only reputable websites.  When checking out, verify that the site is secure (look for https: at the beginning of the URL and the Lock icon in your browser)
• When registering on shopping websites, use a secure password but don't use the same password that you use for SMU or for your bank accounts!
• Double check your computer to ensure that it is up to date with the latest software updates.

Inside.SMU: Check out our blog!

 Inside.SMU is an extremely robust and powerful service.  Basic features can be used with minimal training. However, there are so many features that can truly benefit departments and teams once they discover them.  In an effort to expose more of these features, the Inside.SMU team has established a blog located at inside.smu.edu/SPDiscussion .

The team provides regular tips and tricks on this blog sharing information on My Sites, Best Practices, Lists, Libraries and other information.

In addition, the team continues to offer a number of training sessions on Inside.SMU.  For more information about ongoing training opportunities visit www.smu.edu/BusinessFinance/OIT/Training . Consulting services are also available to help you design the Inside.SMU solution that will work for your department.