From bowser at MIT.EDU  Mon Apr  3 13:38:04 2006
From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser)
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:38:04 -0400
Subject: [edtech] IS&T Software Update for March 2006
Message-ID: <7.0.0.16.2.20060403100932.01a9d1b0@mit.edu>

Date: Monday, April 3, 2006
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 March 2006
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:
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1. Recently released software
2. Software release efforts underway
3. Email migration at MIT
4. What's new
5. Volume & site license software update
6. Windows automatic update service (WAUS)
6. How are we doing?  Let us know


1. Recent Releases
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Macintosh
Virtual Private Network (VPN) 4.9 - (Intel and PowerPC, 10.4 or 
later) - March 30, 2006


2. Software Release Efforts Underway
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Linux
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None


Macintosh
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iPassConnect 2.37 - Release effort underway - April 2006
Intel Mac evaluation underway - TBD


Windows
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iPassConnect 3.40 - Release effort underway - April 2006
Windows Defender beta 2 (formerly known as MS Anti-Spyware) - 
evaluation underway - TBD
SecureCRT 3.1 - testing wrapping up - April 2006
SecureFX - 5.1 - testing wrapping up - April 2006
Microsoft Vista beta - evaluation underway - TBD
VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i w/patch 11 - testing wrapping up - April 2006
VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i beta - evaluation underway - TBD
Windows XP 64-bit - evaluation underway - TBD

To obtain information on any of the software release efforts or other 
projects underway, please visit our page:

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


3. Email Migration:
The team was busy during March providing assistance to departments, 
labs and centers conducting on-site migrations, email migration 
presentations and quick start sessions to better educate users.  The 
transition from Eudora to Apple Mail, Outlook Express and Outlook Pro 
2003 has been a positive experience and has been well received within 
the MIT community.


4. What's New:
---------------------------
Apple began shipping Intel-based Macintosh computers in early 
January; some applications that IS&T supports and distributes 
currently do not work on these Intel Macs:

* Matlab
* SAPgui 6.30, 6.40
* TSM 5.3.2
* VPN client 4.8
* Virtual PC (part of Office 2004 Professional for Macintosh)

IS&T is monitoring the situation and will provide further updates as 
information becomes available.  For more information on the new 
Intel-based Mac's, visit the Apple Site:  <http://www.apple.com/>.

To see a list of what does and does not work, please see the Mac Partners blog:

http://usergroups.mit.edu/macpartners/archives/2006/02/software_that_r.html


5. Volume & Site License Software Update
--------------------------------------------------------------
We have added the Matlab Distributed Computing Toolbox (DCT) to the 
available toolboxes under the MIT agreement to support the needs of 
high performance computing clusters on campus.  In order to utilize 
the DCT, clients must also acquire the Matlab Distributed Computing 
Engine (MDCE) from Mathworks.  Instructions are provided from the MIT 
Matlab order forms to getting the MDCE.  The pricing model set by 
Mathworks is such that we could not pass on any savings to you for 
providing the MDCE and there is no disadvantage in terms of licensing 
costs to start out with a small cluster license and expanding it down
the road.  To add the Distributed Computing Toolbox to an existing 
license, please submit a new order with just the Distributed
Computing Toolbox (and any other toolboxes you would like to order) 
and reference your original licenses ticket number so we can quickly 
locate your original license.

Also new on the Matlab front is the availability of the new release 
R2006a (also known as R15).  Mathworks has switched to a twice a year 
release schedule, so we will have adjust to new version numbers.  All 
new licenses being generated starting today are R2006a and will work 
with R14 SP3 installations as well.  If you are planning to upgrade 
to R2006a down the road, please wait to request an updated license 
code.  We are making improvements to our system to more efficiently 
generate updated codes.  If you need your license code updated to 
R2006a sooner, please send e-mail to vsls-matlab at mit.edu with your 
original ticket number and we can manually generate an R2006a code 
for your license.  All licenses purchased via VSLS since January are 
entitled to free upgrades to the current version.

To place Matlab and other orders from VSLS, visit:

	http://web.mit.edu/ist/products/vsls/


6.  Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS)
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We recommend users configure their Windows machines to use MIT's 
Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) for critical patches and 
service pack deployment.

WSUS is here.  MIT WAUS now deploys updates for Microsoft Office 
products.Check the Approved Updates page for details regarding 
deployed packages. WSUS also adds support for 64-bit Microsoft 
Windows operating systems.  For more information about and 
instructions on how to configure your machines to use WAUS, see the 
WAUS documentation:

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


6 How are we doing? - Let us know
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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>

Send email 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 W92-175
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-3879
bowser at mit.edu



From awillis at MIT.EDU  Tue Apr  4 16:04:15 2006
From: awillis at MIT.EDU (Albert Willis)
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 16:04:15 -0400
Subject: [edtech] iPassConnect Release Effort Underway
Message-ID: <5BB941E9-D20A-4D11-AB0B-8AF2FBF64B22@MIT.EDU>

Good afternoon.

Information Services and Technology is pleased to announce a release  
effort for iPassConnect 2.37 for Mac OS X and iPassConnect 3.40 for  
Windows XP. iPassConnect allows faculty and staff members to access  
iPass, a service that allows users to use commercial dialup and  
wireless networks without having to pay for them individually.

In addition to releasing new versions of the iPassConnect client  
software, the release effort will test the ability of MIT users to  
access MITnet services using commercial wireless networks while  
traveling. IS&T currently supports the use of dialup connections  
using iPass.

More information can be found in the iPass release notebook, located  
at http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/ipass/.

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

Al Willis, for the iPass release team
   Atticus Gifford
   Alex Kozlov
   Joanne Larrabee
   Lee Ridgway



From katiel at MIT.EDU  Fri Apr  7 15:30:19 2006
From: katiel at MIT.EDU (Katie Livingston Vale)
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 15:30:19 -0400
Subject: [edtech] iLabs presentation, Monday, April 10, 4 PM
Message-ID: <p0623092dc05c6c99ab29@[18.152.2.13]>


Please join us this Monday for the next event in the Crosstalk 
Academic Computing Seminar series:

The iCampus iLabs Project

Monday, April 10, 2006
Speakers: Prof Jesus Del Alamo, Prof Steve Lerman
Time: 4:00p-5:30p
Location: 4-231
Refreshments will be served.

iLabs: Internet access to real labs - anywhere, anytime

iLabs is dedicated to the proposition that online laboratories - real 
laboratories accessed through the Internet - can enrich science and 
engineering education by greatly expanding the range of experiments 
that students are exposed to in the course of their education. Unlike 
conventional laboratories, iLabs can be shared across a university or 
across the world. The iLabs vision is to share expensive equipment 
and educational materials associated with lab experiments as broadly 
as possible within higher education and beyond.


-- 

Katie Livingston Vale, Ed.D.
Educational Technology Consulting
MIT Academic Computing

From jgrochow at MIT.EDU  Fri Apr  7 17:00:44 2006
From: jgrochow at MIT.EDU (Jerry Grochow)
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 17:00:44 -0400
Subject: [edtech] 2006 Steven Wade Neiterman Award Nominations
Message-ID: <200604072100.k37L0k8d013470@outgoing.mit.edu>

I am writing to call your attention to the nomination process for the 2006
Steven Wade Neiterman Award.  This is the fifth year for the Neiterman
award, and it has become an important event for entire IT community at MIT.
As many of you know, this award is presented annually to one or two
individuals working anywhere at MIT in an information technology capacity.
Any member of the MIT community may nominate an IT colleague. Nominees can
be anyone with a part-to-full time MIT appointment who devotes at least 50%
effort to providing IT services (IS&T directors and members of the
nominating committee excluded). 

 

Steven Wade Neiterman worked at MIT for 11 years and was a beloved member of
the IT community on campus. His work and life exemplified many excellent
qualities and it is these that we look for in making this award. Nominees
for the award should consistently demonstrate the following in their
professional and personal life:

 

o collaborative problem solving

o coaching colleagues

o team building

o creating community

o sharing knowledge

o getting things done, and

o commitment to MIT

 

Nominations may be completed on-line (http://web.mit.edu/ist/wadeaward/)
where you will also find more information about Steve and the Neiterman
Award.  Alternatively, nominations may be submitted on paper through the
campus mail (c/o Office of the Vice President for Information Services and
Technology, Room 10-219, MIT).  Nominations must be received no later than
midnight Wednesday, April 19, 2006.

 

The recipient or recipients of the Neiterman Award will be announced at the
final home game for the MIT baseball team on May 5.  Presentation of the
$1000 award per recipient will be made at that time.

 

Inquiries may be directed to neiterman-award at mit.edu.

 

I look forward to this year's Neiterman Award process and celebration.

Jerry Grochow

 

_______________________________________________

Jerrold M. Grochow, Ph.D.
Vice President for Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 10-219
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-3103
jgrochow at mit.edu

 



From ganderso at MIT.EDU  Fri Apr 28 14:17:53 2006
From: ganderso at MIT.EDU (Greg Anderson)
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:17:53 -0400
Subject: [edtech] Neiterman Award Ceremony - Friday, May 5, 2006,
	3:00 pm MIT Varsity Baseball Field
In-Reply-To: <B8988554-E9F4-4718-8B53-668A00C3C3D3@mit.edu>
Message-ID: <E6F951F8-C14B-4347-B63E-62CDC5FE306D@mit.edu>

Good afternoon,

The Neiterman Selection Committee would like to invite you to join  
your colleagues for the Steven Wade Neiterman  2006 Award ceremony  
this coming Friday, May 5, 2006 beginning at 3:00 pm at the MIT  
Baseball field on Briggs Field.

Please come to welcome and celebrate the recipients of the 2006  
Neiterman Award!

The Award presentation will take place prior to the MIT Varsity  
Baseball Game scheduled to  begin at 3:30. We will serve festive fare  
- hot dogs, popcorn, etc. available. In order not to delay the game,  
please arrive promptly at 3 so that we can complete the Award  
presentation before the first pitch at 3:30.

In case of rain, the location will be the patio-like section just  
outside the Johnston Athletic Building.  This is the large area that  
is covered by the building's second floor over hang.

I'd like to thank Candace Royer, Director of Athletics and Andy  
Barlow, Head Coach of the MIT Baseball Team for graciously working  
with us to coordinate this event in conjunction with the game, and  
I'd like to thank the N42 Site Team for all of the terrific  
arrangements. This promises to be a festive and meaningful  
celebration for the entire IT community at MIT>

We hope that you will join us for this Steven Wade Neiterman award  
ceremony and stay to cheer on the Diamond Engineers!

See you next Friday!

Greg
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Greg Anderson
Director, Client Support Services
MIT Information Services & Technology