Spotlight Archives
This page lists the spotlights that were featured on the ISC homepage. The
purpose of the ISC spotlight is to feature new activities, initiatives,
and accomplishments undertaken by ISC that benefit or are of interest to
the Penn community at large. Typically, these activities are projects and
andinitiatives in which ISC partners with others at Penn.
ISC’s Technology Training Services Offers New Learning Opportunities (December 2007)
ISC’s Technology Training Services offers both on-campus and off-site technical courses. For more information, please visit Computing
Web News.
Computerworld Names ISC Top Place For Third Year (July 2007)
Computerworld Magazine has named Information Systems & Computing the top place to work in IT in the Mid-Atlantic region for the third consecutive year and ranked ISC #8 nationwide. To learn more about the Computerworld Best Places to Work survey, please visit Computing Web News.
ISC Wins CIO Magazine's CIO 100 Award (June 2007)
Information Systems & Computing has been named a recipient of CIO Magazine’s
CIO 100 Award for 2007. To learn more about how ISC won this award, please visit
Computing Web News. To learn more about ISC training, visit Computing
Web News.
ISC Announces 3Q Stats (May 2007)
Information Systems & Computing provides for staff training in addition to normal academic education offered through the University’s Tuition Benefit of up to six courses per year. To learn more about ISC training, visit Computing
Web News.
ISC Collaborates with Penn Schools and Centers on Podcasts (March
2007)
Information Systems & Computing’s
Penn Video Network works with Alumni Relations and the Office of University
Communications to produce podcasts on a variety of topics. To learn more
about this project, visit Computing
Web News.
Stand Up. Speak Up. Lend a Hand (December 2006)
Information Systems & Computing planned, led, and facilitated the kick-off
videoconference in a two-month project championed by 83-year-old Holocaust
survivor and human rights activist Gerda Weissmann Klein. To learn more about
this project, visit Computing
Web News.
100 Best Places to Work in IT (July 2006)
Information Systems & Computing placed #1 in the Mid-Atlantic Region and
#9 nationally in Computerworld Magazine’s 100 Best Places to Work in
IT survey. To learn more about how ISC/Penn was chosen, visit Computing
Web News.
Business Continuity Exercise Aims for Fast Recovery if Disaster
Strikes (June
2006)
What would
happen if Penn’s IT data centers were totally unusable
as the result of a disaster? Information Systems & Computing led a 100+-person
business continuity exercise to ensure critical systems would be restored
quickly if a disaster strikes. To learn more about the exercise, visit
Computing
Web News.
IT Staff Convention (May 2006) More than 100 Penn IT staff from across the University participated in an
exciting IT Staff Convention sponsored by Information Systems & Computing.
To learn more about this special event, visit Computing
Web News.
The CPUP Physician Payroll Integration Team (May 2005)
With a perfect end-product, the
CPUP Payroll Integration project is one of ISC’s most successful initiatives. Visit the Computing
Web News to
learn more about the CPUP Physician Payroll Integration Team and this remarkable
feat of perfection that is comparable to a golfer scoring a perfect hole-in-one.
ISC Wins CIO 100 Award (August 2004)
Information Systems & Computing has been named a recipient
of CIO Magazine’s 2004 CIO 100 Award. Visit the Computing
Web News to learn more about the award and nomination process.
Penn Responds to Information Security Threats (March
2004)
Protection. Detection. Response. These
three words are at the forefront of the University's vision to assure the
security
and integrity of Penn computers, data, and
networks. Visit the Computing
Web News and learn how ISC and the Network Planning
Task Force (NPTF) are working together to protect Penn users against security
threats.
U@Penn (September 2003)
U@Penn provides
convenient, secure, online access to personal payroll and benefit information
for all full-and-part employees paid from the University’s payroll
system. Rolled out in May 2002, U@Penn is a partnership between the Divisions
of Finance,
Human Resources, and ISC. Read
about U@Penn features and benefits in the Almanac,
or log into U@Penn and
start keeping up-to-date with your payroll and benefits information now!
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