University of California, RiversideInformation Technology Leadership Council

January 1999

ACADEMIC COMPUTING HIGHLIGHTS
  1. Campus Web Course in a Box Participation has Increased Dramatically. Almost 100 Classes now have WCB Web Sites and Over 4,000 Students are listed on WCB Rosters and Listserves. Please click here to view the complete WCB course listing for Winter Quarter 1999. Please click here for the WCB Faculty Quick Reference and Student Handout.


  2. Additions Made to the Instructional Technology Team.
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CENTER FOR VISUAL COMPUTING HIGHLIGHTS

  1. C&C's CVC Continues to Collaborate with Faculty on the Creation of Scientific Images and with Faculty and Departments on the Creation and Design of Web Sites. For an example, please see International Vitamin D Workshop Web Site ( http://vitamind.ucr.edu).


  2. CVC is Developing Applications to Enhance Various Campus Web Sites; for example, routines for On-line Fleet Reservations and Tracking.


  3. CVC Collaborated on the Implementation of Version 3.5 of INFOMINE. The Following Site documents some of the recognition INFOMINE has received: (http://infomine.ucr.edu/welcome/awards.html ).


  4. CVC Created Images and Video for the 1/99 Issue of Molecular Biology of the Cell (http://www.molbiolcell.org).


  5. Other Recent CVC Projects include animation to Promote UCR's Basketball Team.
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COMMUNICATIONS HIGHLIGHTS
  1. UCR CalREN Connection is Now Up and Operational. Please Click Here for Sample Traceroutes Showing UCR Traffic Traversing the CalREN Backbone.


  2. UCR to Pilot RAS (Remote Access Server) Project providing PPP Access for Faculty.


  3. HP Openview to Delivered Shortly; URC Attempting to Beta Test Cisco 5500 "Probe Card" for Networking Monitoring.


  4. Telephone Switch Vendors to Make Initial Presentations to Switch Replacement Committee during next 90 days.


  5. UCR to Test and Evaluate Layer 3 / Layer 2 "Pizza Box" Switch Solution for Providing 10/100 Connectivity to UCR Desktops.
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COMPUTING SUPPORT SERVICES HIGHLIGHTS
  1. Site License (1,000 users) for PCAnywhere to be Purchased to Facilitate Desktop Support.


  2. Computing Support Services Experiencing Help Desk Software Problems
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPUTING HIGHLIGHTS
  1. UCR has Contracted with UCOP to Run Payroll at Office of the President. UCR's PPS should go live at UCOP in January 1999.


  2. UCR's Dual Sun Enterprise 250 Student Information Web Servers are now Load Balanced and Monitored for Availability by Resonsate Software.


  3. Dual Sun Enterprise 250s, with Sun's newly released High Availability / Clustering Software, were Recently Purchased to act as Web Servers for WWW.UCR.EDU.
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CLIENT SERVER HIGHLIGHTS
  1. 20 PC Lab has been Established for Financial System Training.


  2. Initial Campus Training on PeopleSoft Applications (Budget Establishment and Adjustment and Post Audit Notification) took place on 1/8/99. Please click here for a list of upcoming PeopleSoft Training Classes.


  3. PeopleSoft Indirect Cost Recovery Process Nearing Completion.


  4. PPS Conversion Process (to the new PeopleSoft Full Accounting Unit, FAU) Continues.


  5. Feeder System Conversion to new FAU is Underway. Please click here to view C&C's Feeder System Requirements Document.


  6. UCRlite Suite of Decision Support Applications Become Obsolete on 7/1/99; PeopleSoft On-site Query Training to Take Place in February.


  7. To Support PeopleSoft Implementation, Server Upgrade (Alpha 4100) to take Place in January.


  8. Physical Plant and Communications Client Server Projects Continue. Please click here to view the first versions of the Physical Plant Web Based Work Order System.
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MEDIA RESOURCES HIGHLIGHTS

  1. Long Term Planning for Increased Core Services and a New Multimedia Lab Continues.


  2. Recent Media Resources Success Stories Include Equipment Acquisition to Broadcast UCR Sports Events.
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OTHER NOTES
Kathy Whetherall, formally a UCR Auditor and Fiscal Administrator for Physical Plant, was hired as C&C Chief Financial Officer.
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