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The “My Devices” online management portal will provide ULink network users with a wireless experience that makes multiple IoT devices easier to discover and manage with a single password.

If you use social media, make purchases online, own smart devices, play games online, or do other online activities, you're sharing your data with others. The good news is you can control how your data is used.

Microsoft Copilot, a generative artificial intelligence chat platform, is currently available at no cost to University of Utah and University of Utah Health staff and faculty. Students in degree-granting programs will have access beginning in February 2024.

The Teaching and Learning Portfolio (TLP) met on January 16 and the IT Architecture and New Technology Committee (ANTC) met on January 22. The Enterprise Web Advisory Committee (EWAC) will meet on February 8; TLP will meet on February 19; the Strategic Information Technology Committee (SITC) will meet on March 12; and ANTC will meet on March 25.

UIT staff recognized for their excellent work.

Dave Huth has been an insider to 40 years of dramatic digital transformations at the University of Utah. The director for Product Management (CTO Office) & Enterprise Architecture recently sat down to discuss a particular watershed moment: the arrival of the first Macintosh computer in 1984.

The Utah Olympic Oval welcomed about 185 UIT staff members on December 11, 2023, for the annual UIT Holiday Luncheon, which featured winter activities, including a curling workshop taught by Olympic gold and silver medalist Derek Parra using stones from the 2002 Winter Olympics.

To alleviate spectrum congestion, and as part of a initiative at the University of Utah to stay at the forefront of wireless technologies, UIT is piloting Wi-Fi 6E — the best Wi-Fi standard currently available — in eight university buildings ahead of a university-wide release.

Though White’s dream job was as an “entry-level network grunt” (computer tech), being an IT director affords him a better opportunity to advocate for the colleges he supports and align their needs with overall institutional goals.

Content Management & Usability has changed its name to Web Support & Usability, which better reflects the team's services. Additionally, the team is moving its support process to a ServiceNow-based ticketing system.