Tag: Integration
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Lushorn Strickland, Access Administrator, Integration
Lushorn has joined the Integration team following a stint where she worked as a contractor in her current Emory role. Before coming to Emory, she worked for many years doing corporate accounting and IT support. She also has experience teaching mathematics and training faculty/staff on computer software. “My ideal working environment is technology where I…
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DATAM8R Gets a Three-Dimensional Reward
When Barbara Anderson (Integration) got to work last week, she found a surprise from Elizabeth Bell and Erika Buchholz (both of Integration) in her cubicle…an amazing, three-dimensional data model! Barbara was the architect of Emory Shared Data (ESD). Nicknamed “the DATAM8R” (it is on her car license tag), Barbara created the entity relationship diagram as…
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Predicting the Future: Key Improvements in Software Testing
One of the new capabilities that I can see coming into place in UTS, and one that will be more exciting the more we get into 2013, is our increasing ability to look at the application layer and treat it with a greater degree of sophistication. Dana Haggas (Director, Enterprise Applications) has a goal this…
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New Template Improves Emory’s Web Presence
Emory now has a state-of-the art tool for web development, the Standard Template, Version 2. This new web development template offers revamped functionality designed for today’s multi-device web environment while leveraging Emory’s branding. The template is fully mobile-responsive, meaning that websites using the new version will accommodate everything from laptops to tablets to smart phones, adapting to…
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Kawasaki’s Virtual Office
Mark Kawasaki (Integration) is a believer that productivity can be enhanced by making the process dynamic and enriching. To this end, he underwent an experiment in creating a virtual office at Emory this past Fall. In the beginning he found that he was out and about quite a bit anyway and he found that when…
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Working on Extra Credit: An Update
Several of the Rich’s Extra Credit presentations from last year are underway, with a few already wrapping up. Here are a few notable examples: The Integration team completed their work on the Web Analytics effort in November. It enabled integrated authentication with a Google Apps Domain (myapps.emory.edu) to support Google Analytics usage for Emory websites…
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McFarland Gets Re-accredited
Nicole McFarland (Integration) was interviewed by APMG and was approved for re-accreditation. APMG-International is the official accreditor of ITIL examinations (among others). APMG accredits training organizations, trainers and training materials and certifies examination candidates through a variety of methods. APMG-International has standards for organizational management systems, course materials and trainers, all incorporating product specific requirements that…