John opened the meeting by echoing President Peter Salovey’s response to the verdict on the murder of George Floyd . He reinforced that we have a long way to achieve a vision of liberty and...
The ITS Leadership Team met on April 28 and discussed the following topics.
FY22 Budget UpdateMark Manton and Courtland Stretton recently submitted and presented the FY22 budget to the Budget Advisory Group (BAG). Led by Provost Scott Strobel, the group consists of a mix of...
MSS 301 classes are in full swing; remember to register for an upcoming class - r equires connection to Yale’s Virtual Private Network (VPN).
When registering, please check to see if...
Hosted by the IT Staff Development team, Yale’s IT Academy consists of a robust speaker series , recommended online training offerings, and learning events to support the professional growth...
On April 5, Yale honored Yale employees celebrating long service , including your ITS colleagues:
40 Years Robert Shields (newly retired) 35 Years Andrew Newman 30...Let’s face it—sometimes it is hard to see the forest for the trees. Some may feel this way when they are reviewing IT standards. It might feel a bit confusing, like being lost in the forest.
That feeling is a clear sign that it is time to zoom out and see the big picture. Once...
To support ITS in providing better insight into technology initiatives planned in the next five years, Long Range Planning began in early 2020. Following the creation of the Technology Roadmaps and service plans, teams were better positioned to evaluate technology needs and prioritize projects....
The April 21, 2021 edition of Technology Magazine recently ran a mini-interview style article, “Five minutes with…” Yale’s Chief Information Officer, John Barden. Read the April 21 article in...
On Thursday, April 22, please join us for this very special InfoSec Chat—The Future of Privacy in the Digital Age.
Paul Rivers, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Yale, welcomes one of his peers, Michael Duff, CISO and Chief Privacy Officer from Stanford University, to speak...
How do you teach an in-person studio course during a pandemic? Even more crucial, how do students access high-powered computer workstations, typically available at the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) , when those facilities are closed...
The ITS Leadership Team and the ITS Climate, Culture, and Inclusion (CCI) Task Force continue to make workplace improvements through the nine separate initiatives derived from the...
In October 2019, Yale entered into a five-year enterprise agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide cloud services for the Yale community. As part of this agreement, AWS gave us $200K in promotional research credits to distribute in small grants for research new to AWS.
The new...
Over the last several months, Service Management performed the FY21 Incident Process review. We introduced several tool enhancements. Expect to see many more as we move the Incident Process into a state of continuous improvement. Additionally, the review produced a new common incident process....
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) marks its tenth anniversary on Thursday, May 20, 2021. To celebrate, Yale’s Digital Accessibility Team (YDA) is hosting an accessibility training contest.
Whether your role is business analyst, content creator, designer, developer, project...
Congratulations to IT staff who recently celebrated a milestone, moved to a new role, or joined our organization in April. Welcome or congratulate your colleagues using Ycards , Yale’s digital...
Over a year has passed since IT initiated its balanced scorecard and diversity and inclusion training on unconscious bias. Building upon those programs’ success, two follow-up training modules were launched today (April 1, 2021) on the Training Management System (TMS). All ITS staff, including...
ITS took another critical step to actively reduce vulnerable software that puts the University at increased risk for potential cyber-attacks.
We recently completed a project to remove Java Runtime Environment (JRE) software from Windows devices that do not require it. As of March 2021,...
Over a year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many IT staff from in-person to remote work. This change also impacted those whose jobs required that they continue to support clients on campus. Now that many staff are, or will soon be, eligible for a vaccine, the university is considering how we...
MSS 301 classes (part of the MSS Roadshow curriculum ) begin in mid-April and are now available for registration - requires connection to Yale’s Virtual...
John began the meeting by reflecting on national challenges as well as the precariousness of COVID-19 conditions. While there is a dramatic acceleration of vaccination rollout in the United States, the global response moves much slower.
He then asked for a moment of silence for those in...
Hosted by the IT Staff Development team, Yale’s IT Academy consists of a robust speaker series , recommended online training offerings, and learning events to support the professional growth...
In 1984, Yale School of Management (SOM) professor Roger Ibbotson, created a game for his students simulating the Stock Market. Players used playing cards to dictate the market, and the classroom acted as a trading floor. Students competed against one another to see who could accumulate the...
The Leadership Team met on March 31 to discuss the following projects and updates:
Summer InternshipsGet ready to recruit a summer college intern for the period between June 7-August...
