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In 2008, two undergraduate students at Stanford University, Kayvon Beykpour and Aaron Wasserman, created a collection of iPhone apps that provided campus and course information of the university. With the support of Stanford’s Registrar, administrative features like add/drop courses and grade review ...
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ The following security recommendations or guidelines help secure your server: 1. Rename the Administrator Account - Renaming the Administrator Account will help to prevent a brute ...
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ 1. Consider Using a Firewall For the network hosting the Terminal Server, it is best practice to use a firewall capable of stateful packet inspection. A firewall capable of ...
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ Vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Connection Vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection which could allow an attacker to take complete control ...
A. Printing a Single Copy of Course Work is Green According to the printing usage records in recent years, most students have printed one copy of their work only. Print Jobs 2009* 2010 * 20/1/2009 - 31/12/2009. Semester started on 12/1/2009. Printing system was upgraded on 20/1/2009 and able to ...
The Notebook Ownership Programme (NOP) has been run for many years and had always been one of the most well received programmes for students since the programme addressed their learning needs with notebooks at high discounted prices. This year’s NOP roadshows were held during 6-10 December 2010 and ...
The Staff Computer Courses offered by the Computing Services Centre (CSC) has provided leading-edge training to strengthen the IT skills of faculty and staff since 1992. A variety of courses are offered throughout the year at different technical levels (introduction and advanced) and conducted in ...
In the last Semester Break (20 Dec 2010 - 8 Jan 2011), the Computing Services Centre (CSC) replaced the five years old HP dx6120 computers with new HP 8100 Elite computers. Below shows the major configurations of the new Elite computers: Processor Intel Core i5-750 (2.66 GHz, 4 MB cache) Chipset ...
The CityU has recently subscribed the SAS Education Analytical Suite (EAS). Apart from the fundamental products bundled in the EAS foundation offer, some optional SAS products which are currently used by departments for teaching and research are also included in the contract. Under the Terms and ...
Dr Andy Chun Hon-wai, CityU’s Chief Information Officer, has been commended for his utilisation of information technology to advance CityU’s development at the 9th China Top CIO Award 2010.