Program

1. "Enhancing Student IT Success"
Focusing on initiatives to promote student IT fluency, Bill Padgett, director of ITD’s Computing Services, presents an overview of how his staff is improving IT user services in times of rising expectations and limited funding.Presentation slides: PowerPoint; html; text only

For more about Computing Services, see
http://www.ncsu.edu/it/essentials

2. "Going Wireless"
Communication Technologies (ComTech) director, Jennifer Van Horn, and Troy Holder, Senior Network Engineer, give a behind-the-scenes look at the university’s sophisticated wireless networking project. Presentation slides: PowerPoint; html; text only

For more about Communications Technologies (ComTech), see http://comtech.ncsu.edu/

3. "Security Challenges"
Data and network security can be a serious problem for anyone who uses a networked computer. Alan Galloway, director of ITD Systems, and Jeff Webster, ITD Security Coordinator, provide tips on how to avoid having or causing security breaches.Presentation slides: PowerPoint; html; text only

For more about security issues, seehttp://www.ncsu.edu/it/security/resources.html
For up-to-minute reports from ITD Systems, see
http://sysnews.ncsu.edu/

4. "Disaster Recovery for Academic Computing"
How would your college or department "get back in business" if a catastophe affected its IT systems and data? As mandated by the State Auditor's office, the university's academic units have been asked to plan for such an event as part of NC State’s Disaster Recovery Project (DRP). Dennis Norris, director of Computer Operations and member of the DRP team, explains the process. Presentation slides: PowerPoint; html; text only

For reports from NC State's Disaster Recovery Project (DRP), see
http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/drproject/index.html
DRP contact for academic computing, dennis_norris@ncsu.edu
For more about disaster recovery planning in general, see http://www.drj.com/

5. "The Evolving Role of IT and ITD"
Vice Provost Sam Averitt discusses the implications of rapid technology change and the guiding principles for ITD to use in supporting NC State’s efforts to become “the nation’s leading land-grant institution.” Presentation slides: PowerPoint; html; text only

For more information about ITD, including Compact Plan, Annual Report to Provost and Performance Measures, see
http://www.ncsu.edu/itd/

6. Question and answer session . . .

Your questions and feedback are welcome!