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There will be suspension of electricity to the Data Center (Computer Room) of the Computing Services Center (CSC), around the Lunar New Year's holiday period next year. It is a statutory requirement by the HKSAR to have all fixed electrical installations to be inspected and tested in a five-year ...

It is the first time in years the local universities are able to lease dark fibers from a local carrier for setting up the Optical HARNET, an experimental optical network linking up all the HARNET member institutions for collaborative research and academic activities which require high network ...

Overview Everyday, new viruses, worms and software security vulnerabilities of all types are discovered on the Internet. Network security is becoming an ongoing network monitoring and management activity. In response to these security hazards, the Computing Services Centre (CSC) is continuously ...

You may be aware of the heightened alerts for computer security measures from recent press reports. Hackers are using all sorts of sophisticated means in order to illegally gain access to computer systems, to capture electronic ID and passwords, to steal electronic data, and/or launch denial of ...

CityU has been offering the Wireless LAN (WLAN) service since 1997. The population of registered WLAN clients has increased more than ten folds from less than 200 at the beginning to more than 3000 clients now. WLAN technology is changing rapidly and new standards are emerging in the market ...

Whether you are a mobile phone user or an owner of a handheld device or smart phone, you may encounter technical and industry-specific terms like GSM, CDMA, WAP, MMS, SMS, GPRS (2.5G), 3G, Wi-Fi and bluetooth. To have a better understanding of the wireless world we're in, let us take a look at these ...

Starting from October 1st the bandwidths of the HARNET's International Internet link and the University's own Internet link have been upgraded from 155 Mbps to 240 Mbps, and from 12 Mbps to15 Mbps respectively. Apart from the bandwidth upgrades, the local HARNET2 connections, which used to be ATM ...

Back in Feb 2001, the University studied and adopted the Network Storage System (NSS) as the standard platform for providing central storage. The advantages of using the NSS include the provision for high availability and disaster recovery capability, the simplification of the backup process by ...

Since many easy-to-use and powerful Internet applications are now readily available, more and more people in CityU are making use of the Internet for their daily studies, researches and electronic communication of all forms. In addition, with an increasing number of students living in hostels, the ...

During the recent CTNET upgrade, the CityU's campus network had expanded in terms of capacity and supported features so as to provide a smooth platform for deploying advanced network applications and services. After the upgrade exercise, the CTNET now composes more than 200 networking devices ...