Information Technology
IT News 2017
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IT Magazine December 201712/15/2017 - 20:51Click to view magazine |
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Seasons Greetings12/14/2017 - 12:27
Meet our staff: ● Link 1 ● Link 2 ● Link 3 ● Link 4
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VPN for staff and students11/20/2017 - 12:20
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Video Conferencing@NWU11/14/2017 - 10:28
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Working late, no need to stay after hours ...09/08/2017 - 12:09VPN (Virtual Private Network) This service enables the user who is not on campus to work on the NWU network as if being on campus with access to all services (e.g. HPC). Read more |
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Book Computer Room Workstations08/15/2017 - 07:53Bookings depend on the availability of workstations and computer room availability. Formal scheduled classes receive the highest priority. Click to read more |
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IT Magazine August 201707/31/2017 - 16:10Click to view ITMagazine August edition
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Are you moving from one building to another soon?07/27/2017 - 11:37(Click on the image above to download the procedure) |
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Meet Danie Stoop: "Perfect timing to join forces..."07/13/2017 - 12:23
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Latest Cyber Attack - Petya Ransomware06/30/2017 - 11:52Petya acts like the rest of the hijack-for-money malware strands — pay up the ransom these criminals demand, or lose access to your personal files.
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NATE 2017 - Meet IT@NWU presenters06/28/2017 - 11:53The purpose of ASAUDIT is to promote and advance the use and support of computing. See full program |
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Watch out for the "Con Game"06/20/2017 - 10:27A social engineer runs what used to be called a "con game." Techniques such as appeal to vanity, appeal to authority and appeal to greed are often used in social engineering attacks. Many social engineering exploits simply rely on people's willingness to be helpful. For example, the attacker might pretend to be a co-worker who has some kind of urgent problem that requires access to additional network resources. |
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Wifi@NWU: NWUWIFI vs. NWU-GUEST06/15/2017 - 12:19
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I think my computer has a virus06/05/2017 - 08:53
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IT Guidelines: For traveling abroad...05/16/2017 - 13:44 |
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ECAR 2016: IT@NWU online survey (Student Technology Survey)05/09/2017 - 09:05Background |
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ASAUDIT Autumn General Institutional Meeting 201704/26/2017 - 16:33
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EDUCAUSE: Key Issues in Teaching and Learning 201704/20/2017 - 10:01Since 2011, ELI has surveyed the higher education teaching and learning community to identify its key issues. The community is wide in scope: we solicit input from all those participating in the support of the teaching and learning mission, including professionals from the IT organization, the center for teaching and learning, the library, and the dean’s and provost’s offices. see infographic |
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Ransomware: isn’t going away any time soon!03/31/2017 - 08:37A Closer Look: Ransomware Statistics 2016 – 2017 Ransomware emails spiked 6,000% A study by IBM Security found that the numberof ransomware-infected |
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Phishing Scams Even Fool Tech Nerds— Here’s How to Avoid Them03/20/2017 - 11:06You know not to click on links in sketchy emails |
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The e-Fundi platform is much more than chat and upload of resources...03/14/2017 - 14:37"The e-Fundi platform is much more than chat and upload of resources, there are so many options that can be used for teaching and learning" Ruth Appolus lecturer financial health management UODL read more |
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Personal backup plan03/07/2017 - 15:15Your data is the most important thing on your computer... Be it family photos, important tax documents, pieces of art, your band’s music, sensitive research papers, or anything else, losing it is simply not an option. Unfortunately, computers fail, and often. Having a backup plan set before anything goes wrong is one of the most important tasks you will undertake as a responsible computer user. Thankfully, backing up your data has never been easier. Follow this guide to learn how. |
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Improving your Skills as Research Computing Instructor02/28/2017 - 16:10The second South African in-person Carpentry instructor training will take place from 30 April to 2 May in Cape Town and will co-incide with the eResearch Africa Conference. |
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Securing mobile devices02/28/2017 - 13:08Mobile devices have become one of the primary ways we communicate and interact with each other. The power of a computer is now at our fingertips, allowing us to bank, shop, view medical history, attend to work remotely, and communicate virtually anywhere. With all these convenient features come added risks.
Here are some tips to protect your devices and your personal information:
Password-protect your devices. Give yourself more time to protect your data and remote wipe your device if it's lost or stolen by enabling passwords, PINs, fingerprint scans, or other forms of authentication. |
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Guard your privacy when offline or traveling02/20/2017 - 14:40IT@NWU services related to this topic is eduroam, VPN, Password Management. |
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IT CARES about your CYBER safety!02/16/2017 - 14:04We are all familiar with viruses, but have you ever heard of phishing, identity theft or ransomware? These are all terms used to describe issues related to IT Security. |
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NWU intranet is mobile friendly02/09/2017 - 21:45The Intranet has a brand new look The NWU intranet was switched to a new theme (“lookand-feel”) in the first week of October. This means that the current content is displayed in a new way. The new theme is a responsive design based on the bootstrap framework and it enables NWU staff to view the content of the intranet on their mobile devices. All the official NWU correspondence for staff, as well as important internal department specific content is available on the NWU intranet. It could be very useful to access it via your mobile device. Some of the content that was initially created in tables (before the theme-switch) is not optimized for mobile devices yet but we are in the process of educating publishers on better ways to present these type of content. |
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Microsoft digital literacy aims to further technology skills02/07/2017 - 10:17
WHAT DOES MICROSOFT OFFER... Microsoft’s digital literacy program aims to further the essential fundamental technology skills, as well as expanding the basic understanding of computers. Click to listen to the podcast. read more |
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DIY Service Apps now available from outside the NWU02/02/2017 - 09:54You are now able to access the services without being on campus or connecting via VPN. Currently the available apps are: Leave Balances - Display staff leave balances Supervisor Hierarchy - Allocate supervisors per Organisation Entity (OE) Action List - Approve or reject applications and allocate workflow items NWU Vending Funds - Displays the funds available on a student's student card POPI - Displays the POPI status of a personSupport for each app is provided by a specific contact person (please see 'Where to find more information on an app' below). New apps will be added as new functionalities are developed. |
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DIY-diensteportaal nou vanaf buite die NWU beskikbaar - Studente01/13/2017 - 11:02Persone kan dus nou van die dienste gebruik maak sonder dat hulle op kampus hoef te wees of via VPN te konnekteer. Die volgende toepassings is tans beskikbaar: NWU-Vending-fondse - Vertoon 'n student se fondse beskikbaar op die studentekaart POPI - Vertoon die POPI-status van 'n persoonHulp vir elke toepassing is beskikbaar (sien asseblief die "Waar om meer inligting oor 'n "app" te kry" hieronder). Soos wat nuwe funksionaliteit ontwikkel word, sal nuwe toepassings tot die portaal bygevoeg word. |