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• CIC Conversation About Load Testing

  The Deputy CIOs organized a conference call of campus experts to discuss current practices and tools around Load Testing for various systems and services. On March 10, the group had a very informative roundtable discussion and is interested in exploring ... Full article %>

  Mar 19, 2010

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  Category: Technology Collaboration

• OmniPoP now has twice the bandwidth on Internet2!

  The CIC OmniPoP, the CIC Chief Information Officers' networking collaboration, has just upgraded its connection to Internet2! It has now doubled its bandwidth to 20gbps! This increased capacity will allow CIC faculty and researchers to use more bandwidth-intensive applications (such as high definition video) and send more ... Full article %>

  Mar 09, 2010

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  Category: OmniPoP

• IU and Burton Group Now Federated

  Indiana University and Burton Group announced that they have taken a step forward in identity management by migrating to a federated access system for IU users accessing Burton’s research. Hopefully this represents the start of more providers taking up this ... Full article %>

  Mar 08, 2010

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  Category: Identity Management

• A roadmap to collaborative IT opportunities...

  At the request of the CIC Provosts, the Chief Information Officers are developing what they are calling a "Roadmap to Collaborative IT Opportunities." The focus of this paper will be on High Performance Computing (HPC) and will include best campus practices ... Full article %>

  Mar 03, 2010

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  Category: Technology Collaboration

• CIC Identity Mgmt project presentation at Internet2 Spring Meeting

  Congratulations to Jacob Farmer (Indiana), Ken Rowe (Illinois) and Renee Shuey (Penn State), members of the CIC Identity Managment Group, who have been selected to present on the CIC InCommon Silver Project at the upcoming Internet2 Spring Members Meeting. For more information. Full article %>

  Feb 26, 2010

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  Category: Identity Management

• OmniPoP saves members more money while becoming more bullet-proof!

  The CIC OmniPoP Technical Advisory Council's collaborative purchase and installation of a second network switch in Chicago in early March (about a quarter million dollar investment) will save each OmniPoP member university hundreds of thousands of dollars in equipment purchase. In ... Full article %>

  Feb 25, 2010

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  Category: OmniPoP

• Benchmarking IT service costs in CIC

  The CIC CIOs have convened a group to share activity-based costs for campus IT services in an effort to benchmark and look for collaborative opportunities. So far the group has reviewed Administrative Email and Server Storage costs and expects to have a ... Full article %>

  Feb 23, 2010

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  Category: Purchasing-related

• OmniPoP 5-year Review

  OmniPoP, the CIC CIOs' fiber optic network collaboration, turns five years old in 2010. A program review is underway with the goals of maximizing OmniPoP's value to CIC member universities and identifying new opportunities for leveraging this important asset. The evaluation has begun by surveying the member CIOs and their ... Full article %>

  Feb 18, 2010

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  Category: OmniPoP

• Update on MONK identity federation in CIC

  UPDATE: The CIC CIOs are working with the CIC Library Directors to federate access of CIC member schools to MONK (Metadata Offer New Knowledge), software hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) for text analysis of large volumes ... Full article %>

  Feb 08, 2010

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  Category: Identity Management

• Learning Technology Group Held Virtual Conference

  Due to current budget constraints, the CIC Learning Technology group decided to hold their annual fall conference virtually in 2009. The conference theme was "Clouds on the Horizon" and focused on a number of cloud-based technologies including web conferencing, third-party ... Full article %>

  Feb 03, 2010

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  Category: Technology Collaboration

• CIC federates access to MONK

  UPDATE (Feb.8, 2010): The CIC CIOs are working with the CIC Library Directors to federate access of CIC member schools to MONK (Metadata Offer New Knowledge), software hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) for text analysis of ... Full article %>

  Jan 26, 2010

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  Category: Identity Management

• Welcome to CIC TechNews!

  Get the CIC IT news first here! CIC TechNews is your source for up-to-date progress reports and new developments with the many collaborative IT projects of the CIC Chief Information Officers. Click here to set up an RSS feed of ... Full article %>

  Jan 26, 2010

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  Category: Technology Collaboration