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Communications Services Update 2010

January 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Communications Services Update 2010 · Communication Services, Operations Services

Late last year Greg Sawyer ran a session to provide an update on all things related to the IT Communication Services Department. Greg has kindly provided a copy of the presentation so that I can share it online. It is a somewhat lengthy presentation, but there is a wealth of information here for those that […]

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Maple TA 6.0 goes live

November 11th, 2010 · Comments Off on Maple TA 6.0 goes live · Learning & teaching, Maple TA

After the resolution of a number of interesting teething problems (thanks Darryl!), we now have enough confidence in the service to release Maple TA into production. I’m hopeful that the new features and improvements in version 6 will see a continued uptake of this service. The vendor describes the software as: Maple T.A. is an […]

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New UNSW Data Centre part 2

November 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off on New UNSW Data Centre part 2 · Uncategorized

Despite moving on from the University, Charles has come through with a follow-up article with further details of the UNSW data centre. Thanks Charles! Charles writes: Last blog we covered “Switching”, The new UNSW R1 data centre is designed as a modern 2nd generation High Density data centre. This article covers the components that make […]

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Charles has left the building

October 6th, 2010 · Comments Off on Charles has left the building · General

Since my last update on the new R1 data centre, Charles Nolan has unfortunately left UNSW for greener pastures. Fortunately, Charles did leave me with a copy of his presentation on the data centre that I have posted for your viewing pleasure. Download a copy here but be warned, it is large! (17MB)

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New UNSW Data Centre

August 31st, 2010 · Comments Off on New UNSW Data Centre · General

The University has recently commissioned a new data centre on the Randwick campus called the R1 data centre (R1 refers to the number of the building on the Randwick Campus). This data centre will become the primary data centre for the University, with the current data centre on level 14 of the Library building becoming […]

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IT Portfolio News

August 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off on IT Portfolio News · General

Welcome everyone. This is the first post of what I hope will become a regular series of posts for IT Portfolio news and related articles. This blog will report on the happenings within the IT portfolios and will provide a less formal area for discussion than official information channels such as the IT at UNSW […]

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