From bowser at MIT.EDU  Thu Dec  1 07:29:23 2005
From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser)
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 07:29:23 -0500
Subject: [edtech] IS&T Software Update for November 2005
Message-ID: <7.0.0.16.2.20051201070010.0241c650@mit.edu>

Date: Thursday, December 1, 2005
To:  Members of the MIT Community: itpartners at mit.edu, 
macpartners at mit.edu, winpartners at mit.edu, 
sw-release-announce at mit.edu, ed-tech at mit.edu, linux-help at mit.edu
From: Software Release Team <swrt at mit.edu>
Subj: IS&T Software Update for November 2005
Cc:  is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, it-lead at mit.edu


This monthly communication is intended for Faculty, Staff and 
Students within the MIT Community, to provide updated information 
regarding new and upcoming software products and services.

Topics of the month:
----------------------------------------
1. Recently released software
2. Software release efforts underway
3. Volume & site license software update
4. Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS)
5. How are we doing?  Let us know


1. Recent Releases
---------------------------------------------------------
Macintosh
-------------------
Dreamweaver 8 - November 17. 2005
Fetch 5.0.2 - November 3, 2005

Windows
-------------------
Dreamweaver 8 - November 17. 2005


2. Software Release Efforts Underway
------------------------------------------------------
Linux
-----------
None

Macintosh
----------------
TSM 5.3.2 - Release effort underway - Jan 2006
Virex 7.7 - Release effort underway - Jan 2006

Windows
-----------------
Microsoft Anti-spyware, Beta 1, refresh 4 (build 1.0.701) - 
evaluation in progress
SecureCRT 3.0.x - Release effort wrapping up - Dec 2005
SecureFX - 5.0.x - Release effort wrapping up - Dec 2005

To obtain information on any of the software release efforts or other 
projects underway, please visit our page:
	<http://web.mit.edu/swrt/>

3. Volume Site License Software Update
---------------------------------------------------------
IS&T has begun distribution of Dreamweaver 8 licenses for a nominal 
fee.  The goal is to recover some of our costs to enable purchasing 
additional volume software licenses that the community desires.

Staff and Faculty need to supply an appropriate Cost Object/Cost 
Center when ordering licenses and media. IS&T will journal voucher 
(JV) the appropriate funds and provide you with a 
confirmation/invoice for your records. Your local software liaison:
<http://web.mit.edu/ist/services/software/msca-osliaisons.html>, may 
have already obtained Dreamweaver licenses for you.  Please check 
with them before ordering licenses.

For additional information, please check the VSLS webpage:
	<http://web.mit.edu/ist/products/vsls/>

4.  Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
We recommend users configure their Windows machines to use MIT's 
Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) for critical patches and 
service pack deployment.  For more information about and instructions 
on how to configure your machines to use WAUS, see the WAUS documentation at:

         <http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/windows/updates/>


5. How are we doing? - Let us know
--------------------------------------------------------------
Do you find this communication helpful?  Are there other items of 
interest you would like to see included as well?  Please take a 
moment to let us know:

	<http://web.mit.edu/swrt/feedback.html>

You can always send e-mail to swrt at mit.edu with any questions and 
comments you have pertaining to this communication or other software 
release matters.

Deb Bowser
Team Leader - Software Release Team
Client Support Services
Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room W92-176
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-3879
bowser at mit.edu


From bowser at MIT.EDU  Thu Dec  8 12:09:09 2005
From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser)
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 12:09:09 -0500
Subject: [edtech] IS&T Email migration during IAP
Message-ID: <7.0.0.16.2.20051208102941.021819c8@mit.edu>

Date: December 8, 2005
To:  Members of the MIT Community: itpartners at mit.edu, 
winpartners at mit.edu, mac-partners at mit.edu, 
sw-release-announce at mit.edu, ed-tech at mit.edu
From: IS&T Email Migration Project Team <email-migration at mit.edu>
Subj: IS&T Email migration during IAP
Cc:  is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, it-lead at mit.edu

Good afternoon:

In support of the strategic direction to utilize IMAP technology for 
email services, IS&T recommends that users access email with 
Microsoft's email applications on Windows machines or Apple's email 
application on Macintosh.  These email applications, which come 
standard as part of your OS, are rich in functionality, and simplify 
the maintenance of your computing environment since they can receive 
automatic upgrades and security fixes, much like your operating system.

In an effort to ease the email migration process for POP users of 
Eudora 5.2.1 (Win) to Outlook Express or Outlook 2003 and Eudora 6.1 
(Mac) to Apple Mail configured using IMAP, IS&T has scheduled various 
IAP sessions throughout the month of January to assure a smooth 
transition. The team will evaluate the need to extend, repeat or hold 
additional events based on demand from the MIT community.  During 
IAP, the IS&T Email Migration team, in conjunction with other IT 
colleagues around the Institute, will work with the MIT community by 
hosting these sessions consisting of migration overviews, hands on 
walk-in clinics, quick starts, and if necessary, travel on campus to 
those who have reached out for assistance but do not have a portable 
machine such as a laptop.  Below is a list of scheduled IAP sessions.

For more information regarding the email migration process, please 
visit the Email Migration at MIT 
page:  <http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/email/migration/>

Scheduled IAP Sessions:
---------------------------------------------
Email Migration Overviews:
For those interested in learning more about the overall migration 
process and how it works
------------------------------------
Apple Mail, January 18 and January 30, 2006 from 12-1:30 in 3-133.
Outlook Express/Outlook 2003, January 13 and January 27 from 12:30-2 in 3-133

Email Migration Walk-in Clinics: (Registration is required)
For those with a laptop who are ready to migrate
----------------------------------------------
Apple Mail, every Friday 1:15-5PM in N42 Demo center (beginning Jan 6)
  - January 6
  - January 13
  - January 20
  - January 27

Users may send email to: <applemail-registration at mit.edu> to register 
for an Apple Mail walk-in clinic.  Please indicate which session you 
plan to attend listed above.

Outlook Express/Outlook 2003, every Wednesday, 8A-11:45 in N42 Demo 
Center (beginning Jan 4)
  - January 4
  - January 11
  - January 18
  - January 25

Users may send email to: <outlook-registration at mit.edu> to register 
for an Outlook Express/Outlook 2003 walk-in clinic.  Please indicate 
which session you plan to attend listed above.

Email Migration Quick Starts:
For those who desire to learn more about email management
-------------------------------------------
Apple Mail
Tuesday, January 10, 10 - 11AM, N42 Demo Center
Friday, January 27, Noon to 1PM, N42 Demo Center

Outlook Express
Wednesday, January 11, Noon to 1PM, N42 Demo Center
Wednesday, January 25, Noon to 1PM, N42 Demo Center

Outlook 2003
Tuesday, January 17, 10 - 11AM, N42 Demo Center
Friday, February 3, Noon to 1PM, N42 Demo Center

For more information regarding the email migration process, please 
visit the Email Migration at MIT 
page:  <http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/email/migration/>

For additional information regarding these and other IS&T sponsored 
IAP events, please see the IAP 2006 guide:
	<http://student.mit.edu/iap/nsis.html>

Documentation will be provided on line and packets handed out for 
each scheduled event.  Screen Casts capturing the email migration 
process for Apple Mail, Outlook Express and Outlook 2003 will be 
posted to the web in the next week or two.

What can you do
-------------------------
We would be interested to hear what the needs of your particular 
Department, Lab or Center has in order to migrate.  Perhaps you are a 
large Department, Lab or Center without an IT Partner to help in the 
migration process and need additional assistance or do not have a 
laptop to transport to a walk-in clinic. Please send email to 
<email-migration at mit.edu> should you require assistance.

For our IT Partners who will require assistance, please send email to 
<email-migration at mit.edu>.

Regards,
Deb Bowser and the IS&T Email Migration Project Team at MIT
Bill Brids
Atticus Gifford
Heather Anne Harrison
Jen Lopez
Jeff Pankin
Mark Van Dyke
Joe Welch
Al Willis


From bowser at MIT.EDU  Thu Dec  8 12:23:34 2005
From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser)
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 12:23:34 -0500
Subject: [edtech] IS&T Email migration during IAP
Message-ID: <7.0.0.16.2.20051208122147.021ae008@mit.edu>

Apologies for resending.  I omitted a piece of the url to the email 
migration at MIT page.

Deb


Date: December 8, 2005
To:  Members of the MIT Community: itpartners at mit.edu, 
winpartners at mit.edu, mac-partners at mit.edu, 
sw-release-announce at mit.edu, ed-tech at mit.edu
From: IS&T Email Migration Project Team <email-migration at mit.edu>
Subj: IS&T Email migration during IAP
Cc:  is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, it-lead at mit.edu

Good afternoon:

In support of the strategic direction to utilize IMAP technology for 
email services, IS&T recommends that users access email with 
Microsoft's email applications on Windows machines or Apple's email 
application on Macintosh.  These email applications, which come 
standard as part of your OS, are rich in functionality, and simplify 
the maintenance of your computing environment since they can receive 
automatic upgrades and security fixes, much like your operating system.

In an effort to ease the email migration process for POP users of 
Eudora 5.2.1 (Win) to Outlook Express or Outlook 2003 and Eudora 6.1 
(Mac) to Apple Mail configured using IMAP, IS&T has scheduled various 
IAP sessions throughout the month of January to assure a smooth 
transition. The team will evaluate the need to extend, repeat or hold 
additional events based on demand from the MIT community.  During 
IAP, the IS&T Email Migration team, in conjunction with other IT 
colleagues around the Institute, will work with the MIT community by 
hosting these sessions consisting of migration overviews, hands on 
walk-in clinics, quick starts, and if necessary, travel on campus to 
those who have reached out for assistance but do not have a portable 
machine such as a laptop.  Below is a list of scheduled IAP sessions.

For more information regarding the email migration process, please 
visit the Email Migration at MIT 
page:  <http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/email/migration.html>

Scheduled IAP Sessions:
---------------------------------------------
Email Migration Overviews:
For those interested in learning more about the overall migration 
process and how it works
------------------------------------
Apple Mail, January 18 and January 30, 2006 from 12-1:30 in 3-133.
Outlook Express/Outlook 2003, January 13 and January 27 from 12:30-2 in 3-133

Email Migration Walk-in Clinics: (Registration is required)
For those with a laptop who are ready to migrate
----------------------------------------------
Apple Mail, every Friday 1:15-5PM in N42 Demo center (beginning Jan 6)
  - January 6
  - January 13
  - January 20
  - January 27

Users may send email to: <applemail-registration at mit.edu> to register 
for an Apple Mail walk-in clinic.  Please indicate which session you 
plan to attend listed above.

Outlook Express/Outlook 2003, every Wednesday, 8A-11:45 in N42 Demo 
Center (beginning Jan 4)
  - January 4
  - January 11
  - January 18
  - January 25

Users may send email to: <outlook-registration at mit.edu> to register 
for an Outlook Express/Outlook 2003 walk-in clinic.  Please indicate 
which session you plan to attend listed above.

Email Migration Quick Starts:
For those who desire to learn more about email management
-------------------------------------------
Apple Mail
Tuesday, January 10, 10 - 11AM, N42 Demo Center
Friday, January 27, Noon to 1PM, N42 Demo Center

Outlook Express
Wednesday, January 11, Noon to 1PM, N42 Demo Center
Wednesday, January 25, Noon to 1PM, N42 Demo Center

Outlook 2003
Tuesday, January 17, 10 - 11AM, N42 Demo Center
Friday, February 3, Noon to 1PM, N42 Demo Center

For more information regarding the email migration process, please 
visit the Email Migration at MIT 
page:  <http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/email/migration.html>

For additional information regarding these and other IS&T sponsored 
IAP events, please see the IAP 2006 guide:
	<http://student.mit.edu/iap/nsis.html>

Documentation will be provided on line and packets handed out for 
each scheduled event.  Screen Casts capturing the email migration 
process for Apple Mail, Outlook Express and Outlook 2003 will be 
posted to the web in the next week or two.

What can you do
-------------------------
We would be interested to hear what the needs of your particular 
Department, Lab or Center has in order to migrate.  Perhaps you are a 
large Department, Lab or Center without an IT Partner to help in the 
migration process and need additional assistance or do not have a 
laptop to transport to a walk-in clinic. Please send email to 
<email-migration at mit.edu> should you require assistance.

For our IT Partners who will require assistance, please send email to 
<email-migration at mit.edu>.

Regards,
Deb Bowser and the IS&T Email Migration Project Team at MIT
Bill Brids
Atticus Gifford
Heather Anne Harrison
Jen Lopez
Jeff Pankin
Mark Van Dyke
Joe Welch
Al Willis


From awillis at MIT.EDU  Wed Dec 14 15:49:47 2005
From: awillis at MIT.EDU (Albert Willis)
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:49:47 -0500
Subject: [edtech] TSM 5.3.2 Release Effort Underway
Message-ID: <D46B468F-D7BD-40D2-9256-DC8A497ED9BB@mit.edu>

Good afternoon.

Information Services and Technology is pleased to announce the start  
of the effort to release Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.3.2, IS&T's  
supported backup application for Macintosh users.

The major new feature of this version is compatibility with Mac OS X  
10.4 "Tiger", allowing users to backup, archive and restore files  
with extended attributes, a new feature of Mac OS X 10.4 files. In  
addition, TSM 5.3.2 now supports Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)  
128-bit encryption. AES is the United States government's encryption  
standard for non-classified but sensitive data.

Other new features and known issues are described in the TSM 5.3.2  
notebook: http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/tsmmac/. Please note that  
TSM 5.3.2 requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater.

IS&T plans to retire TSM 5.2 and 5.1.5 for Macintosh users once TSM  
5.3.2 is released.

If you have questions, suggestions, or would like to participate in  
the release of TSM 5.3.2, please contact the team at tsmmac- 
release at mit.edu.

Al Willis, for the TSM Mac Release Team <tsmmac-release at mit.edu>
   Deb Bowser
   Atticus Gifford
   Dave Kalenderian
   Patrick Whitney
   Esther Yanow


______________________________
Albert Willis
Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team
Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
awillis at mit.edu