Virtual Guelph: The University of Guelph has virtualized 80% of its servers. They have standardized on VMware's vSphere version 5 for all of their virtual servers. Only 20% of Guelph's servers were virtualized two years, and the rapid growth of virtualization reflects movement from other departments and researchers across campus to this enterprise service. Guelph in the Clouds
More Guelph news: A new voice-activated telephone directory has been implemented at the University of Guelph. The Speech Enabled Auto Attendant (SEAA) enables external callers to ask for faculty, staff, and departments by asking for them by first and last name. The caller simply dials "0" and he/she is prompted to speak the name. The system then routes the call to the appropriate person. Just Dial 0
MS/Office at Queen's: Queen's has implemented a campus-wide agreement with Microsoft for Office on the Mac and PC platforms. The agreement enables staff, faculty, and graduate students access to the MS/Office suite of products and is being distributed electronically through the Queen's portal. This project is linked to Queen's migration to Microsoft Exchange. Campus-wide Office
UBC implements VoIP: The University of British Columbia is currently deploying IP telephony in new and renovated building across campus. Using a secure and redundant network, UBC is ensuring quality of service standards are met. They are also providing emergency location information services. VoIP @ UBC
Former CIO blog: Jonathan Schaeffer, the former CIO at the University of Alberta has started an interesting new blog about academic life. Check it out at: Academic (a)Musings
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