As of November 5, UBC is the first campus in Canada to be fully outfitted with 5G wireless technology as part of its multi-million dollar partnership with Rogers Communications. The campus now includes 5G towers and a data centre used by researchers to test 5G applications in a real-world setting…
The 2nd annual Privacy Matters @ UBC Symposium on Tuesday, October 29 was an overwhelming success! Nearly 250 staff and faculty joined in-person and online to hear about Privacy and Security initiatives being undertaken by the Privacy and Information Security Management (PrISM) team…
Did you know that the Google Streetview photos of UBC Vancouver Campus haven’t been updated since 2011? It was still showing Main Mall when it was a drivable road! We’re pleased to announce that over the course of July 2019, UBC IT’s on-campus digital media production…
Do you use Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Creative Cloud? If so, you should be aware that Adobe has updated their application licensing technology this past year to enhance user capabilities and experience. This change impacts all UBC staff and faculty that has UBC subscribed Adobe software…
The archived livestream from the recent IRP Town Hall for the IT community is now available for those unable to attend the September 30 event. With more than 300 IT professionals in attendance, the Town Hall was organized by the Integrated Renewal Program (IRP) to hear more about the impact of the…
More than 300 staff from UBC’s IT community gathered for a Town Hall organized by the Integrated Renewal Program (IRP) on Monday to hear more about how the IRP would impact IT services to the campus. With opening and closing remarks from Deborah Buszard, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal…
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and the Privacy Matters @ UBC team invites you to participate in our fun and interactive Passport campaign to celebrate! Each week of October will focus on a different cybersecurity related topic. Staff and faculty members can stop by each passport &lsquo…
ARC’s new advanced research computing infrastructure, Sockeye, is now available to UBC researchers across all disciplines. Sockeye will significantly increase UBC’s computing and storage capacity and supplement the national platform for digital research infrastructure.  …
Looking for IT help? UBC Information Technology will be participating in a number of events this fall to answer all your questions. Below is a list of events that we’ll be attending: Vancouver August 24 - Jump Start Move In Day Locations: Totem Residence, Vanier Residence, and Orchard…
To support our daily work at UBC, it's important to know the essential IT tools and resources that are available to us. Our catalogue of IT services ranges from storage services (e.g. Home Drive), hardware and software that are free or offered at a discounted…
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