Tag: IT Briefing
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Security training, Box removal updates and a crucial captioning conversation
Over 170 Emory employees tuned in for the November IT Briefing this week and were treated to important updates about mandatory cybersecurity training, Box to OneDrive migration updates, and possible solutions regarding the growing concerns about video captioning. Derek Spransy led things off with a cybersecurity training update. With much of LITS having taken the…
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The Hatchery: Innovation for Student Success
In February 2020, we were pleased to open the doors of The Hatchery, a 15,000-square-foot center located in Emory Point, for student innovation, creativity, collaboration, and problem solving. Created in response to the One Emory strategic framework’s call to “create a connected, impact-oriented intellectual community in order to make Emory an academic community of choice,”…
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First virtual IT Briefing breaks attendance record
A record crowd tuned in to the first-ever virtual IT Briefing this week. The longtime Emory IT project update meeting had 177 attendees, shattering the old mark of 115 set when CIO Rich Mendola addressed the Briefing in 2013. The IT Briefing returned after taking a month hiatus while LITS transitioned into a mobile workforce…
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Revisit recent InfoForums and IT Briefings
We have posted a few recent videos of the InfoForum and IT Briefing from this school year and wanted to share them in the newsletter. With schedules being so busy, it’s often difficult to make time for these events and this is your opportunity to catch up with your colleagues at your own pace. For…
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Ellis discusses cloud infrastructure at the IT Briefing
Deputy CIO John Ellis spoke before a packed house at the March IT Briefing on a topic that is on many people’s minds these days: cloud computing. “There’s a lot going on,” said Ellis. The Enterprise Applications Services and Integration (EASI) division that Ellis heads has begun the steps of analyzing the effort it will…
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NDB’s 4th Floor Auditorium gets major facelift
If you have ever attended a meeting in the North Decatur Building’s 4th Floor Auditorium, you are in for a shock today. The room has received a complete refresh of all the technology, as well as a fresh coat of paint. The projector, AV system, screen, microphones, and camera are all new to better facilitate audio…
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ECDS presents high-level objectives for FY18
Recently, Co-Director of the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS), Wayne Morse, presented at the IT Briefing with an overview of what they have planned for FY18. ECDS was created to sit squarely between IT and the Library as a flexible and innovative division that can enhance digital scholarship by drawing from the resources throughout LITS,…