In the “old days” when you wanted to talk to IT, you would phone or visit ITB (Inligtingstegnologie en Bestuur).  A lot has changed since then… for ITB no longer exists in name.

(This article only applies to the GroupWise client and not to Webmail or GroupWise Mobile.)

Are you frustrated with the size of your GroupWise mailbox?  Create a GroupWise archive…

A GroupWise archive is an extension of your mailbox where you can transfer emails to in order to manage the size of your mailbox. 

Research support at the NWU experienced a boost in the form of a new staff member, Anelda van der Walt. A researcher in own right, with the IT knowledge and enthusiasm needed, Anelda's services has been contracted until July 2016.

Today, higher education is in a unique and unprecedented position. The challenges we face, will not be met by efficiency alone. It also demands innovation.

IT has launched a webpage from which to download legal software available to all staff.  The software webpage is available on the University’s intranet through a browser.

Hackers Sending Fake Windows 10 Upgrade Ransomware Email, Encrypts Every File

It has not been a week, yet hackers have begun to exploit existing Windows users’ computer by sending them a ransomware, via spoofed email, which instantly encrypts each and every file that exists on the computer.

The old Tandberg video conference system has successfully been replaced with the Connect@NWU service.

In 2014, as part of the eCommunication project, a total of five meeting venues were equipped with modern video conference facilities across campuses. Since the start of 2015 another five meeting venues have been equipped.  

Microsoft released its latest version of the Windows operating system on July 29th, 2015. This edition runs on desktops, notebooks and Intel-based tablets, with the mobile version following later. IT has been testing several development releases as part of Microsoft's preview programme.  We share the following things with our NWU community.

eFundi MOVE is an app being developed for eFundi. The MOVE part of the name is an acronym for Mobile Offline VErsion. The first version of eFundi MOVE is currently in pilot phase.