April 13th, 2015- As we continue the work transitioning all network services to the new campus network,  OIT is implementing a new method to administer and install network printers.  We... Read More

In early 2014, the University of Alabama will decommission the UA public wireless network. All users will be required to log on to UA-WPA2 instead. The Office of Information Technology... Read More

All of the wizards and geeks over in OIT have been working hard for many months setting things up so that even the worst disaster would not knock out critical... Read More

January 4, 2013 – Internet on the go has finally become a reality with today’s mobile technology. Whether you’re checking email at the coffee shop or taking a quick conference... Read More

September 19, 2012 – Printing at The University of Alabama is taking a step into another dimension – literally. Construction has started in Hardaway Hall on a 3-D printing lab that... Read More

September 7, 2012 – The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is pleased to announce a new secure wireless network for Faculty & Staff.  In order to connect to UA-WPA2, you... Read More

June 7, 2012 – On any suspicious email, always check the “From” address and the location of any URL in the message.  If the message originated from the University, the “From” address... Read More

June 7, 2012 – The Office of Information Technology announces a change to Listserv on Thursday, June 14. The preferred Listserv hostname will be changed from bama.ua.edu to listserv.ua.edu at... Read More

June 5, 2012 – Microsoft has just released security advisory (2718704). This advisory deals with unauthorized digital certificates derived from a Microsoft Certificate Authority. Microsoft released a patch to revoke... Read More

June 5, 2012 – On Thursday, May 31st at approximately 7:45am, OIT’s 24/7 monitoring software alerted on-call personnel to a network interruption. An automated recovery process, designed to reduce the... Read More

I have often been amazed at the lack of use of technology in the Ivory Tower. I came back into Higher Education after approximately 20 years in the business/corporate environment... Read More

CIO Blog: Governance Structure This past summer and fall has been very a busy time for the University and for OIT. We have witnessed the transition of the Bryce properties to UA... Read More

CIO BLOG: ONE COMMUNITY                     Digital Tuscaloosa The Connected Community Concept Several years ago Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Huntsville were hit by one of... Read More

CIO Blog Risk Assessment Dear Colleagues, Today’s IT environment is changing more rapidly than at any time before. In fact many of the technologies that we now take for granted were not in... Read More

CIO Blog A Time of Transition Dear OIT Team Members, It has been several months since I have communicated to all of you regarding the organization, its initiatives, and the strategic direction(s) that... Read More

A Bottom-Up Approach to Weathering the Worst The events of April, 27th, 2011 left an indelible mark on most of us.  While the city of Tuscaloosa suffered terribly along with so... Read More

From generation to generation, parents feel compelled to tell the rising youth personal reflections from their old school days. These struggles, whether embellished or endured, often involve comments like, “Back... Read More

Clothes, supplies, textbooks…you name it. The list could go on forever. Preparing for heading back to school can jump from fun and exciting to overbearing and stressful in seconds. Luckily, students... Read More

Don’t let summer cause bad technology habits to roll in. Using your UA resources may be a lifesaver for you this summer while you’re taking classes at a local college... Read More

Dear Colleagues, Thank you all for contacting your supervisors as quickly as possible after the storm. We have now accounted for almost all members of the OIT team. Supervisors are... Read More

June 15th, 2015: There is a wide spread phishing/scam attempt for the Berjaya Foundation. If you haven’t already please deleted it. There isn’t an AOL email address for the legitimate Berjaya Foundation... Read More

February 20th, 2015: OIT is aware of an email based virus infection that seems to be spreading and changing through embedded executables in zip file attachments.  We are working on... Read More

February 10th, 2015: You may have received the email titled: “Document Important. ” (image below) This message contains a malicious attachment labeled: [ doc9218_pdf.zip\doc9218_pdf.scr ]. In most situations,... Read More

June 10th, 2015- The Office of Information Technology will implement a Banner Bundle Upgrade to Production on Sunday, June 14th during the normal maintenance window. During the upgrade, myBama will... Read More

May 19th, 2015- On Saturday, May 30, the myBama portal will be down for systems work from 8AM to 12PM. If you have any issues after noon on Saturday, please... Read More

April 9th, 2015- ORACLE PATCH TO BE INSTALLED APR. 19 — The Office of Information Technology announces that the quarterly Oracle patch will be installed Sunday, Apr. 19, from 8... Read More