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Issue
58 - December 2008 |
Feature
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What's New with e-Learning at CityU?
As
e-learning evolves into an integral part of our academic learning
environment, the Blackboard platform (Bb) is now a mission critical
system at CityU, enabling both staff and students to maximize their
productivity. The e-learning project is the major focus
of CityU's Information
Systems Strategic Plan 2005-2010 (ISSP) and it underpins the
strategic development... |
What's Up?
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PBX
to IPT Migration
The
PBX (Public Branch Exchange) phone system that we are currently using
is over 18 years old and has already reached its end-of-life cycle.
There is a great potential risk of system breakdown due to hardware
failure which may impact the majority of ... |
Progress
of CityU Microsoft Exchange 2007 Project
As
we have announced before, the Computing Services Centre (CSC) has
a plan for the provision of Microsoft (MS) Exchange server as an alternative
and supported email system for the university... |
Upgrading www6: You can make a difference
Central web hosting
service was set up to provide a consolidated, fully monitored and
managed environment for hosting departmental web sites and project
web sites. Two standard platforms are provided for web hosting, one
for Unix/Solaris (www.cityu.edu.hk) and the other for ... |
Web Account Life-cycle Management: Tightening Web Security
CityU's central
Web servers (www.cityu.edu.hk, www6.cityu.edu.hk and www7.cityu.edu.hk)
are mainly used for publishing university Web pages for departments,
but they also allow university Web authors to develop Web applications
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IT Security Awareness
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Always
Remember to Back up Your Files
In the world of computers, data loss can happen in many unpredictable
ways, such as sudden physical failure of the storage media, unknown
virus attacks even with anti-virus software installed, application
software bugs and performance problems, human errors and many more.
While there might be possibilities ...
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