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2013

January 2013: Marjorie Hassen, Dave Comroe, Mike Herzog; Courseware at Penn


2012

December 2012: Michel van der List and Penn's Cloud strategy

  • PennNet Phone updates and the end of traditional phone services - Dawn Augustino (slides)
  • Enhancements to the registration process for AirPennNet-Guest - Mark Wehrle, Jeff Ballentine (slides)
  • An Introduction to Penn's Cloud Strategy - Michel van der List (slides)

November 2012: Ray Davis with plans for the new Data Center on the South Bank

October 2012: Robin Beck's State of Computing at Penn

  • State of Computing at Penn - Robin Beck (slides)

September 2012: School Year Launch/Service Updates/Spring Eval team findings

August 2012: A Deep Dive into Supporting "Penn+Box"

July 2012: Upcoming Information Security Intiatives

  • PennNet Phone updates (slides) - Dawn Augustino
  • Box.net preliminary service announcement (slides) - Adam Preset
  • Current and Upcoming Information Security Initiatives (slides - redacted) - Josh Beeman

June 2012: SAS' Google Apps for Education implementation

  • SAS' Google Apps for Education implementation - Chris Mustazza
  • Upcoming changes to provisioning AirPennNet Guest accounts (slides) - Mark Wehrle

May 2012: Future Client Directions

  • Future Client Directions (slides) - John Mulhern III

March 2012: ISC Networking & Telecommuncations State of the Union

  • ISC Networking & Telecommunications State of the Union (slides) - Michael Palladino

February 2012: Themes from IT Audits at Penn

  • After the Audits: Themes from IT Audits at Penn (slides) - Dominic Pasqualino

January 2012: Security updates/Strong Passwords/PennKey updates

  • Information Security Update (slides) - Joshua Beeman
  • Strong Password movie clip (movie) - Joshua Beeman
  • PennKey Initiatives Update (slides) - Lisa Campeau
  • LSP Resources (slides) - Dawn Augustino

2011

December 2011 - ISC State of the Union
ISC State of the Union (slides) - Robin Beck

November 2011 - The Consumerization of IT & the Decline of the Desktop Operating System, New Drive Destruction Resource for LSPs
The Consumerization of IT & the Decline of the Desktop Operating System (slides) - Slides - John Mulhern III
Death of the Desktop (Updated version of above) (slides) - Slides - John Mulhern III
New Drive Destruction Resource for LSPs (slides) - Amy Phillips

October 2011 - ISC N&T Projects and Planning: Infrastructure Projects, LSP Resources, BEN Financials JRE Update
ISC N&T Projects and Planning: Infrastructure Projects (slides) - Greg Hartley
ISC N&T LSP Resources (slides) - Dawn Augustino
BEN Financials JRE Update (slides) - Jeanine Kleba

September 2011 - Penn Data and Third Parties: Protecting Privacy and Security, BEN Financials JRE Update
Penn Data and Third Parties: Protecting Privacy and Security (slides) - Joshua Beeman and Lauren Steinfeld
BEN Financials JRE Update (slides) - Jeanine Kleba

August 2011 - Recent PennKey Initiatives
Recent PennKey Initiatives (slides) - Bill Branan and Lisa Campeau

July 2011 - Remote Instruction
Remote Instruction (slides) - Penn LPS
Remote Instruction (slides) - Wharton Executive Education

June 2011 - Order Management System, Next Generation Student Systems Project Briefing
Order Management System (slides) - Order Management System - Dawn Augustino
Next Generation Student Systems Project Briefing (slides) - Next Generation Student Systems Project Briefing - Michael Kearney

May 2011 - Tablet and Disk Imaging Evaluation Team Results
Disk Imaging Evaluation Team Results (slides) - Disk Imaging Eval Team
Tablet Usage Evaluation Team Results (slides) - Tablet Usage Eval Team

April 2011 - FY12 Client Hardware Directions
FY12 Client Hardware Directions (slides) - John Mulhern III

March 2011 - PennKey Password Length and Registration Changes, ISC N&T State of the Union
PennKey Registration Changes (slides) - Bill Branan
ISC N&T State of the Union(slides) - Mike Palladino

February 2011 - Business Objects XI3 and Webi, eForms, Mobile Directions, and Secure Space
Business Objects XI3 and Webi(slides) - Amy Miller
eForms (slides) - Amy Miller
Mobile Directions (slides) - Jordan McClead
Secure Space (slides) - Jim Choate

January 2011 - m.upenn.edu and Jabber application messaging (full audio)
Jabber application messaging (slides) - Chris Hyzer
m.upenn.edu (slides) - Charles Harvey

2010

December 2010 - Highly beneficial, external to Penn, IT resources (full audio)
AirPennNet/CloudPath update (slides) - Amy Phillips
EDUCAUSE - Cathy DiBonaventura, Donna Millici
New Media Consortium (NMC)/C-LAB - Anu Vedantham, John Macdermott
HelpDesk Institute - Cindy Kwan
SIGUCCS (slides) - Vern Yoneyama
Gartner Resources (slides) - John Mulhern III
Security-related Resources (slides) - Bob Desilets, Josh Beeman

November 2010 - Classroom Recording Initiative in the Central Pool
Mobile Platforms Updates (slides) - Jordan McClead
Classroom Recording (slides) - Wilson Chang, Jeff Douthett, John Macdermott, Jerry Rudasill

October 2010 - Annual State of the Union
State of the Union (slides) - Robin Beck

September 2010 - Mission Continuity
Mission Continuity (slides) - Anita Gelburd

August 2010 - Student Services Panel Discussion

  • SAS (slides) - Ira Winston
  • Wharton (slides) - Becky Sweger
  • SEAS (slides) - Helen Anderson
  • CHAS (slides) - Caroline Couture
  • ISC (slides) - Mike Lazenka
  • Libraries - Anu Vedantham and Marjorie Hassen

July 2010 - Content Management System (CMS) Working Group
CMS Working Group (slides) - Jen Yuan

June 2010 - MAGPI and Penn Video
MAGPI - Greg Palmer, Heather Weisse, Michael Knight
Penn Video - Gates Rhodes, Chris Cook, Mayumi Hirtzel

May 2010 - Netbook, Notebook, and Desktop Hardware Directions
PennNet Phone update - Dawn Augustino
AirPennNet update & IT Staff Convention reminder - Jeff Ballentine
Netbook, Notebook, and Desktop Hardware Directions - John Mulhern III

April 2010 - IT Sustainability
IT Sustainability - Carol Rosenfeld

March 2010 - Annual State of the Network
AirPennNet Security Certificates - Shumon Huque, Jorj Bauer
PennKey Enhancements (slides, audio forthcoming) - Bill Branan, Lisa Campeau
State of the Network (slides, audio forthcoming) - Mike Palladino, Jeff Edwards, Shumon Huque

February 2010 - Penn in Second Life (and AirPennNet Security updates)
AirPennNet Security Update (slides) - Mark Wehrle, Jeff Ballentine
Penn in Second Life (slides) - Deke Kassabian
Virtual Worlds at Penn
Article in Penn Current

January 2010 - Mobile Directions
Encrypting PennCommunity Data (slides) - Bill Kasenchar
Mobile Directions (slides) - Jordan McClead

December 2009 - Google Wave Panel Discussion (no slides, audio forthcoming)
Jordan McClead, David Toccafondi, Autumn Walden, Jason Watkins

November 2009 - PennGroups 1.5
AirPennNet Guest Sponsor Access (slides) - Mark Wehrle
Comodo SSL Certificates (slides) - Chris Hyzer
PennGroups 1.5 (slides) - Chris Hyzer

October 2009 - Annual State of Computing at Penn Address
PennNet Phone Update (slides) - Dawn Augustino
Encrypting mainframe, PennCommunity, and Data Warehouse Traffic (slides) - Bill Kasenchar
State of Computing Address (slides) - Robin Beck

September 2009 - Knowledgelink Nuts and Bolts
Security Incident Response (audio forthcoming)
ISC Training Oppotunities (slides, audio forthcoming) - Kristin Nelson
Knowledgelink Nuts and Bolts (slides, audio forthcoming) - Liz Evans

August 2009 - Back-To-School Info & Remote Assistance Team (slides forthcoming)

July 2009 - Spring Eval Team Reports and PennNet Phone Update/Feedback
PennNet Phone Update (slides, audio forthcoming) - Dawn Augustino, Bill Kasenchar
Web Conferencing Eval Team (slides, audio forthcoming) - John MacDermott, Jeff Ballentine
Thin Client/Desktop Virtualization Eval Team (slides, audio forthcoming) - Ed Zawadski

June 2009 - Cloud Computing (what is it, why use it, and how secure is it)
Cloud Computing Presentation (slides forthcoming) - Helen Anderson
PennWorks (slides, audio forthcoming) - Julie Meyer

May 2009 - Computing Ergonomics (all you've ever wanted to know) - full audio forthcoming
End-of-fiscal-year pricing from the Office of Software Licensing (audio forthcoming) - Mary Griffin
Desktop Recommendations (final) (audio forthcoming) - John Mulhern III
Information about upcoming IT Orientation on Purchasing (audio forthcoming) - John Mulhern III
Other training opportunities (audio forthcoming) - Kristin Nelson
Computing Ergonomics (slides, audio forthcoming) - Karen Kelly

April 2009 - Notebook and Desktop Client Directions - full audio forthcoming
Notebook and Desktop Client Directions (slides/audio forthcoming) - John Mulhern III

March 2009 - Networking & Telecom: State of the Union - full audio forthcoming
GreenIT web site update (audio forthcoming) - Amy Phillips
IT Staff Convention (audio forthcoming) - Jeff Ballentine
Back<-It<-Up Service Offerings (slides, audio forthcoming) - Stephanie Eldridge
Desktop Recommendations 2009-2010 First Draft (slides, audio forthcoming) - John Mulhern III
ISC Networking & Telecommunications State of the Union (slides, audio forthcoming) - Mike Palladino, Deke Kassabian, Mark Wehrle, Shumon Huque

February 2009 - Securing Your Data II: Identity Finder, Hard Disk Encryption - full audio forthcoming
Privacy and Security training in Knowledgelink (audio forthcoming) - ISC Security and Office of Audit, Compliance, and Privacy (presented by Dave Millar)
Whole Disk Encryption (slides) - Amy Phillips
Identity Finder (slides, audio forthcoming) - Rob Short

January 2009 - Securing Your Data (start to finish) - full audio forthcoming
University Archives and Records Center - secure data destruction services - hard drive degaussing and destruction (Gigabiter) - audio forthcoming - Mark Loyd, Patricia Vickers
Secure Data Deletion Options (slides) - John Lupton
Environmental Health & Radiation Safety (slides) - Kyle Rosato
Communitech - Stephen McGill
Password Manager Evaluation Team (slides) - Bob DeSilets, Vern Yoneyama
Identity Finder (slides) - Rob Short

December 2008
slides/audio coming

November 2008
slides/audio coming

October 2008
slides/audio coming

September 2008
Annual State of Computing Address (slides with audio, slides, audio) - Robin Beck
Introduction (audio) - Steve Strawser

August 2008
Strong Authentication (slides) - Jim Choate
CoSign (slides) - Jorj Bauer

July 2008
Zimbra - content coming soon

June 2008
Supported Products Eval Team results - content coming soon

May 2008
Symantec Evaluation Team (slides with audio, slides, audio forthcoming) - Caroline Couture, Brian Doherty, Steve Strawser
Desktop Recommendations (slides, audio) - John Mulhern
Wireless Changes (audio) - Mike Lazenka
IT Convention wrap-up (audio) - Amy Phillips
SANS class (audio) - Melissa Muth
Introduction (audio) - Steve Strawser

April 2008 - (full audio forthcoming)
Handheld Panel Discussion

March 2008 - (full audio)
Networking & Telecommunications: State of the Union (slides with audio, slides, audio) - Mike Palladino
Supported Products Teams for the Spring (audio) - John Mulhern III
Introduction (audio) - Steve Strawser

February 2008 - (full audio)
Current Campus Security Risks (slides with audio, slides, audio) - John Lupton/Dave Taylor
SAS' Spider tips/experiences (slides with audio, slides, audio) - Justin Klein Keane
Update on Standards and Supported Products (audio) - John Mulhern III
NetNews retirement (audio) - Mike Lazenka
Introduction (audio) - Steve Strawser

January 2008 - (full audio - Note: quiet w/ fan noise at times)
High Definition Content Delivery - Chris Cook, Mayumi Hirtzel
MAGPI HD Collaboration - Jennifer Oxenford, Heather Weisse

Good high definition content and information:
http://cmi2.yale.edu/galapagos
http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu/
http://www.upenn.edu/itunes/
http://researchchannel.com/tech/desktophdsamples.asp
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/
http://nuamps.at.northwestern.edu/screenroom/feature_archives/apr2007featB.html
http://apps.internet2.edu/dvts.html

December 2007
ITIL in Action - Donna Manley

November 2007
State of Computing Address - Robin Beck

October 2007
The Library's IT-related Resources - Danianne Mizzy
BEN Assets
- Laural Seebadri
the new Voice Mail system - Michelle Narcavage

September 2007
PennAlert - Dan Shapiro
new CSF model - Kristine McDevitt
ISC Exchange - Melissa Muth
ATLAS - Bill Herbert

August 2007
GreenIT - John Mulhern III
CHAS - Caroline Couture

July 2007
Sensitive Data Identification with Cornell's Spider - Joshua Beeman

May 2007
The Information Commons - Anu Vedantham and David Toccafondi

April 2007
Faculty Information System - Jim Cunningham, Amy Miller, Matt Schleindl

March 2007
Networking & Telecommunications State of the Union - Mike Palladino

January 2007
Back-IT-UP - Network based backup/recovery service - Nicole Werner

ISC Microsoft Exchange Service - Melissa Muth

December 2006
State of Computing Address - Robin Beck

December 2006
PennERA Update - Stu Benoff

November 2006
Windows Vista Preview - University-centric preview of the Windows Vista release. The Provider Vista page has more information.

Windows Vista Licensing Preview - Windows Vista campus licensing information (as of the date of presentation and subject to change). For more information, visit Penn's Office of Software Licensing

October 2006
PDA/Handheld Review -
Bob DeSilets, Dan Dougherty, Steve Strawser

April 2006
Penn's interim solutions for Grants.gov/NIH -
Monica Troilo

August 2005
Single Sign-On and related Authentication and Authorization Technologies - Shumon Huque, Mark Sirota

May 2005
HARmonization of Technology Strategy (HARTS) - Deke Kassabian

May 2005
After the Audits: Themes from IT Assessments in the Schools - Susan Kennedy

February 2005
CSI: Penn - Compromised System Investigation Tools - Josh Beeman, Dave Taylor

January 2005
ISC State of the Union - Robin Beck

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