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Reactivate Your MATLAB Installations This Summer

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Users who installed MATLAB on their local computers will begin seeing a message when they launch their MATLAB software starting on approximately June 30, 2015 reminding them they need to renew/reactivate the software. Once the renewal is paid by the University, they will be able to reactivate their installation. The paperwork has already been submitted to pay the University’s renewal in the next fiscal year.

The software has a 30-day grace period after the official end date of the MATLAB license on August 1. Users who do not reactivate after August 30 will be prompted to reactivate once they launch the program.

The process users will need to follow to reactivate their software can be found on the MATLAB Answers website “how can I update or reactivate my Total Academic Headcount (TAH) license?”

WolfieNet-Guest Authentication Coming July 1, 2015

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WolfieNet-Guest Authentication Coming July 1, 2015

Visitors to Stony Brook University will be asked to authenticate before using the free WolfieNet-Guest Wi-Fi network for Internet access beginning Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Asking guests of Stony Brook to authenticate prior to using our wireless network is a step toward continuing to make Stony Brook a safe and secure cyber environment.

The reason DoIT is enacting this change is because allowing unauthenticated wireless connections facilitates anonymous access to the Internet and the downloading of unlawful content. This potentially leaves the University liable for copyright violations according to the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act (OCILLA) and the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA). In addition, activity originating on the guest network is easily traced back to Stony Brook University, which raises reputational and downstream liability concerns. Enabling email verification along with other identification requirements deters unlawful or questionable behavior, gives the University a method of contact for those found to be downloading copyrighted material using Stony Brook resources, and will encourage those with Stony Brook credentials to authenticate on WolfieNet-Secure rather than utilize the guest network.

Visitors who attempt to connect to WolfieNet-Guest will be prompted to register for temporary access. Visitors will be asked for their name, phone number, mobile carrier, and email address. Once a visitor accepts the WolfieNet-Guest terms of use, a temporary username and password will be provided via email and SMS/text message (if requested). They will then be asked to enter these credentials into a WolfieNet-Guest Web form before connecting to the Internet.

Access to WolfieNet-Guest will be granted for 72 hours. This will only affect visitors to campus without an active NetID and password. All members of the Stony Brook University community with an active NetID should continue to use WolfieNet-Secure.

If you will be hosting a large event or conference with many visitors, you may contact Client Support to submit a bulk load of email addresses in advance of your event. Client Support will send you a form to fill out.

Another Alternative

Stony Brook University recently enabled Eduroam, a secure world-wide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community. This service allows faculty, staff and students visiting Stony Brook from participating Eduroam campuses to easily gain Internet access by authenticating with their school’s credentials. Learn more about Eduroam.

FAQs

How do I log in to WolfieNet-Guest?
What are the WolfieNet-Guest Terms of Use?
Why is the University collecting information about me? What does the University do with this information?

Need Help Connecting?

Please contact the Client Support Help Desk at (631) 632-9800.

Possible SPSS Software Interruption Scheduled for June 11, 2015

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SUNY ITEC received the 2015-16 SPSS software licenses from IBM and will be registering them on the ITEC-hosted license servers on Thursday, June 11, 2015, from 7 a.m. – 9 a.m. SPSS users may experience a brief interruption if attempting to launch SPSS clients during this time.

Recording of March 25 IT Partners Meeting Now Available

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For those who missed our March 25 IT Partners meeting, the Echo360 recording with slides is now available. Let us know what you think about the topics that were discussed.

IT Partners Echo Recording from March 25, 2015 meeting

Holy Cow! Unlimited Storage Coming to Google Drive

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This is some really exciting news and we are hopeful that this will help “drive” adoption of Google Drive, especially among our faculty/staff on campus who have been slower to take to it compared to our students (pun stolen from my dear colleague Mike Basile in Client Support).

Here’s the big news:

Drive for Education will be available to all Google Apps for Education customers at no charge and will include:

  • Unlimited storage: No more worrying about how much space you have left or about which user needs more gigabytes. Drive for Education supports individual files up to 5TB in size and will be available in coming weeks.
  • Vault: Google Apps Vault, our solution for search and discovery for compliance needs, will be coming free to all Apps for Education users by the end of the year.
  • Enhanced Auditing: Reporting and auditing tools and an Audit API easily let you see the activity of a file, are also on the way.

Imagine a lighter-weight storage eco-system at Stony Brook where we ditch MySBfiles and department shared folders and move everything into Google Drive!  All your files accessible from anywhere with an Internet connection, from any device 🙂

So smart of Google to market it as the 21st Century Backpack for Students.

Tell us what you think, IT Partners!  Will this help solve some problems for you and your users???  Will our researchers LOVE this?

MATLAB and Simulink Training Being Offered Oct. 8 at Wang Center

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Please join us for complimentary MATLAB and Simulink seminars open to all faculty, staff, researchers and students on Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the Wang Center. In the morning’s first session, learn how to use MATLAB and Simulink to develop algorithms, visualize and analyze data, and perform numeric computation. The afternoon session will revolve around simple ways to improve and optimize MATLAB code that can boost execution speed by orders of magnitude. For more information and to register, visit http://go.stonybrook.edu/matlabtraining

Spots Still Open for Fall Sessions of Coffee with Cole

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Image of staffers meeting with Stony Brook Vice President for Information Technology and CIO Cole CampleseStony Brook University Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Cole Camplese invites members of his DoIT staff, the IT Partners community, and anyone else who may be interested to meet him for coffee or tea in the library of the Hilton Garden Inn every month for conversation, face time, and a chance to share ideas and ask questions. These meetings are limited to five attendees at a time in order to facilitate meaningful conversations.

Slots are currently open for Oct. 15 and Nov. 12. Sign up today!

Administration Building to Get its Own Network Sept. 30

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Stony Brook University's Administration Building

In order to improve network connectivity in the Administration Building, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will be creating a separate, isolated network exclusively for Internet traffic for the Admin Building, which will mitigate outages and service disruptions caused by problems in other buildings connected to the main campus network. It will also provide an extra layer of security and protection. The cutover will happen on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, at 4 a.m.  There should be no service disruption and no other buildings should be affected by the cutover.

Client Support staff members will be on site in the Administration Building the morning of Sept. 30 to monitor the situation. If you notice an inability for certain devices (computers, cameras, printers) to access the new network, or if you have trouble accessing certain applications in the days, weeks, or months following the cutover, please call 2-9800 to report issues. Thank you.