CSC Meeting - December 21, 2011
Date: December 21st, 2011
Time: 2:00-4:00 PM
Location: 3008 Cal-IT2 (building code #325 on campus maps)
Discussion Items
Your 2012 New Year's Resolutions
- What's on your to-do list for the coming year?
Google Apps for Education at UC(I)
- Now that an agreement with Google is in place for faculty, staff and students, what does that mean for UCI?
UC & Microsoft Office 365 for Education / Campus Calendaring replacement update
- In "town hall" meeting held in the fall, we discussed Exchange Online in conjunction with Exchange as a replacement for Oracle Calendar. Come hear the latest status.
Cloud Computing: Benefits & Institutional Considerations
- Cloud computing is occasionally mentioned as a panacea for tight budgets. Come discuss the issues more in depth.
Apple Licensing relationship with UC(I)
- UC is currently in discussions with Apple regarding
- Purchase channels - campus computer stores, or...
- Hardware support
- Software purchase logistics - how do we best purchase apps for an iPad?
2011 Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanzaa/Midwinter-Solstice Wish List Items / Sweet Spots
- The University of California system has negotiated "sweet spots" for popular desktop and laptop computer configurations. Yet sometimes these configurations and contracts "miss the mark" at Irvine. What are you buying instead? Sample current contract configurations will be distributed in advance via email.
