FAST FIVE for week of June 17, 2012


Another successful CANHEIT: Over 360 Canadian higher education IT specialists attended this year's CANHEIT conference in Saskatoon. This conference was the 10th annual CANHEIT and next year's conference will jointly hosted by uOttawa and Carleton. CANHEIT 2012

Continuing with conference season: This year's IT4BC conference was also held last week. It took place in Vancouver and the FaceBook page for the conference is here: IT4BC 2012 Conference

A more secure uMontreal: The University of Montreal finalized its implementation of secure VPN. They have replace VPN-PPTP with VPN-SSL and the process was finalized at the end of May. Completed VPN

Chief Technology Officer opportunity: The University of Lethbridge is looking for a Chief Technology Officer. This individual will report to the CIO. Application must be completed by July 9. Lethbridge CTO

Virtualization at Guelph: The University of Guelph continues in its commitment to virtualization. With greater than 80% of their server infrastructure virtualized, they are currently implementing VMWare's vSphere 5 to maintain latest currency.  Virtual uGuelph