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Changes in Enterprise Applications management

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The Manager position for the Compass technical team has been open since August, so while the search for a candidate continues, Tom Vincent has agreed to step into the role of Interim Manager. The team is in the middle of a large tools upgrade and is preparing for an application upgrade in the fall.  Tom […]

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Communication Tools…it’s about people

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In technology, we often think of communication as a protocol or a platform. It’s email, or SMS, or instant messaging. We concentrate a lot on metrics, like who is sending what messages to whom, how many messages have been sent, and whether or not they where sent successfully. We often think of communication in just […]

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Jamalh Lagrone, Enterprise Messaging Systems Administrator III, Infrastructure

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Jamalh will be doing Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory work on the Messaging Team. Before coming to Emory, Jamalh was at Autotrader.com for 2 years as the Lead Senior Network Systems Engineer and worked on their messaging team. Prior to that he was at CBeyond as the Lead Senior Infrastructure Engineer, working on SQL, Active […]

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Know our QEP…SACS is coming!

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The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) is coming March 17-19, beginning that Monday at the Oxford Campus. SACS tours the southeast providing ongoing assessment of educational improvement via accreditation; more info here – http://www.sacs.org/ On Tuesday and Wednesday they will be on the Emory Campus, conducting spontaneous ‘walk up’ interviews with students, faculty and staff all around the campus. […]

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Results of the first round of the UTS Manager Development Program

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As everybody knows, 2013 was a year in which I put a strong emphasis on developing the skills of the managers. I am always eager to get people to specialize and to become ever more expert in whatever area they are working. For managers in particular, I want them to be continually invested in adding […]

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ITIL Foundations summary from Candler scholarship recipient

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Since 2011, the IT Service Management Office (ITSMO) has provided ITIL certification training courses to nearly 300 participants, including twelve Foundation courses and nine Intermediate courses. The SMCC provides scholarship funds to a select group of attendees. Carlos de Leon from the Candler School of Theology was one of these participants. As a scholarship award […]

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Tanya McKibben, Administrative Assistant, UTS Enterprise Applications

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Tanya joins the Enterprise Applications team after spending seven years with Emory Temp Services as an accounting administrative assistant, working primarily in the Controller’s Office and Compass Support. Before coming to Emory, she spent 16 years as a credit investigator for Credit Data Services. Born in Boston, MA and attending West Roxbury HS, Tanya moved […]

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