News roundups

Computing Service News Round-up: October 2009

Headlines

• Eduroam service now being rolled out
• Completion of the Telephone Replacement project
• Rack space for hire

• PWFweb: Personal Web Pages on the PWF
• Authorisation for emergency access to accounts
• Closure of LLCC and retirement of Dr John Dawson

Other News

• New friendly probing suite
• Computing Service announcements now available on Twitter
• Forthcoming changes to the web server certificate service
• Another spam filtering improvement

• Bulk purchase of desktop PCs
• Upgraded version of Office in Computing Service PWF rooms
• Security updates and DVD, and New Mac anti-virus software
• Phishing - they want your account details

Features and reports

• Streaming Media Service upgrade
• Improvements to DSpace
• JANET link upgraded

• University moves to secure DNS
• Security issues: Adobe reader, Acrobat, WordPress, Linux kernel
• UCS Michaelmas 2009 IT Training Programme is live and bookable

The title of this document is: Computing Service News Roundup: October 2009
URL: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/newsroundups/roundupoctober2009.html