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Did you know that you can use your phone as Wi-Fi hotspot?

September 04, 2020

Using you phone as a hotspot (also known as Wi-Fi tethering) means that whenever you have a couple of bars of signal strength, you can get your tablet or laptop online and get the comfort of a full-sized device.

Equipment & Accessories for Loan

August 21, 2020

If you need a computer or a mobile hotspot to use while working from a remote location, OIT has a limited number of Chromebooks and MiFi devices available for loan to Â鶹´«Ã½ affiliates.

Zoom Security - Passcode or Waiting Room Required

August 21, 2020

Zoom security: Passcode or Waiting Room Required

Banner 8 unavailable starting September 1

August 06, 2020

Banner 8 unavailable starting September 1

Fall '20 Zoom Training

August 06, 2020

Fall '20 Zoom Training

Update on this week's unplanned power outage

July 17, 2020

This notice serves to advise you that the unplanned power outage earlier this week that brought down the Butrovich Computing Facility [BCF] has been resolved. The power outage at the BCF happened due to an unfortunate series of events involving the electrical power supply during the installation of the new generator.

July tech tips

July 16, 2020

Play Hard to Get with Strangers: If you're unsure who an email is from--even if the details appear accurate--do not respond, and do not click on any links or attachments.

Update on unplanned outage and service restoration

July 14, 2020

Recovery from the unplanned power outage at the Butrovich Computer Facility is going well and most Â鶹´«Ã½ services and applications have been restored; however, there are few that remain down. To monitor the most recent status updates, please visit the Status page. In addition to current status updates, there is an option to subscribe and receive updates automatically.

Update on unplanned outage affecting Â鶹´«Ã½ networks and web services

July 13, 2020

The Butrovich Computer Center Back-Up project (specifically, installation and testing of the back-up generator) encountered unexpected difficulties this morning, which left the Butrovich Computing Facility (BCF) without power and offline for much of the day. As of 5 p.m, July 13, 2020, activities to resolve problems with the backup generator installation have been suspended. Instead, the electrical work performed earlier in the day will be backed-out, and stable utility power is being restored.

Unplanned Outage affecting Â鶹´«Ã½ websites, systems, telephones

July 13, 2020

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Office of Information Technology is currently investigating an unplanned outage at the Data Center impacting Â鶹´«Ã½online, Banner, Blackboard, ELMO, alaska.edu websites, Â鶹´«Ã½F phone and network services. The National Weather Service phones also are offline due to the power outage. The power is expected to come back online in about 10 minutes with computers restarting shortly thereafter.