Stories indexed under: Division of Information Technology

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  • Grant will boost UW-Madison computing network Oct. 16, 2012 Faced with a demand for research computing infrastructure that meets the growing needs of compute and data-intensive research, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is using a $500,000 Federal grant to experiment with advanced frameworks and technologies.
  • Area high school students graduate from UW technology program June 1, 2012 Twenty area high school students will receive certificates of graduation on Saturday, June 2 for completing an intensive technology training and college preparatory program through UW-Madison called the Information Technology Academy (ITA).
  • Mobile UW: Now better than ever March 9, 2012 Mobile UW from the University of Wisconsin-Madison is getting a fresh upgrade that will make it look even better on the iPad and help users get around campus more efficiently.
  • A farewell to the card catalog Nov. 29, 2011 It will be the end of an era when the public card catalog is removed from its home in room 224 of Memorial Library on the UW–Madison campus.
  • Update: Phone service restored to Bascom Hill Sept. 9, 2011 Phone service to most or all of Bascom Hall, North Hall, South Hall and possibly other nearby buildings will be unavailable beginning the evening of Friday, Sept. 9. The outage will last through the weekend.
  • Mobile UW: New and improved Sept. 8, 2011 Mobile UW from the University of Wisconsin-Madison is getting its first major upgrade.
  • At UW-Madison, students, faculty and staff keep moving to new technologies Aug. 29, 2011 Students at UW-Madison have embraced social networks - not much of a surprise on a campus that is often a trendsetter with new technologies. But in growing numbers, faculty and staff on the Madison campus are following along, using their mobile Internet devices to join the online multitudes at Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media sites.
  • Agreement reached on UW role in state cooperative network June 17, 2011
  • UW-Madison names chief information officer June 8, 2011 Bruce Maas, chief information officer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has been selected as the next information technology leader at UW-Madison, Provost Paul M. DeLuca, Jr. announced today (June 8).
  • New voice mail system adds Web features May 4, 2011
  • Finalists for UW-Madison CIO named April 12, 2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison Provost Paul M. DeLuca Jr. has announced five finalists who are being considered for the position of chief information officer (CIO) and vice provost for information technology at the university.
  • Euclid brings new computing capabilities to UW-Madison researchers Jan. 12, 2011 Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have a significant new computing resource. Dubbed the Euclid cluster, it enables research projects to marshal the power of many computers at once to run large-scale computing jobs much faster and to move large datasets and files at high speeds among individual servers that make up the cluster.
  • Campus computing outage scheduled for Sunday Jan. 6, 2011
  • Web version of WiscMail updated Jan. 4, 2011 The web version of WiscMail has been updated, based on feedback from many e-mail users.
  • UW-Madison: There’s an app for that Dec. 3, 2010 Mobile UW, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's official iPhone app, is now available for free download from the Apple App Store.
  • UW-Madison students well-connected, with smaller devices Sept. 1, 2010 The old Mac-versus-PC and laptop-versus-desktop debates have given way to cell phone versus smart phone for University of Wisconsin-Madison students.
  • Millions awarded for high-capacity Internet Aug. 18, 2010 Wisconsin has received a federal boost in networking capacity thanks to $32.3 million in federal grants announced today (Aug. 18) by University of Wisconsin-Extension Provost and Vice Chancellor Christine J. Quinn. UW-Extension led the grant application process.
  • Berg named UW-Madison interim CIO July 23, 2010 University of Wisconsin-Madison Provost Paul M. DeLuca Jr. has appointed Joanne Berg, UW-Madison vice provost of enrollment management, interim chief information officer (CIO).
  • Federal grant to benefit UW-Madison, state networks July 6, 2010 The University of Wisconsin-Madison, in partnership with a group of national research and education networking organizations, could see a 10-fold increase in research computing capacity, thanks to a new federal stimulus grant.
  • UW-Madison CIO headed to Notre Dame June 21, 2010 UW-Madison Vice Provost for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (CIO) Ron Kraemer has accepted a position as vice president and CIO at the University of Notre Dame, effective Aug. 15.