FAST FIVE for the week of February 24, 2013

Updated student web services: The University of Toronto Information Technology Services team has updated its student web services with a new look. The impact of the improvements can be seen in  this comparison photo published on their FaceBook page: UofT landing page

ITIL award: The University of Alberta's AICT (Academic Information and Communication Technologies) team recently won Pink Elelphant's Information Technology Infrastructure Library Project of the Year award for its rapid implementation of ITIL. The signifigance and magnitude of the changes made in IT at the University can be seen in the attached video: United we grow, divided we status quo

Project and portfolio management: IT Services at the University of Lethbridge has selected AtTask Inc. as the vendor of their new project and portfolio management (PPM) tool. This product was selected after requests were sent to 14 different vendors. They expect to go live with the new PPM on April 1 of this year. PPM at Lethbridge

Technology enriched learning environment: The University of Ontario Institute of Technology has published a brochure summarizing the IT support provided to their teaching and learning environment. Topics include help desk, learning management system, laptop purchase program, and technology fees. UOIT brochure

PeopleSoft progress: McMaster University's PeopleSoft ERP implementation is progressing into the fit-gap analysis stage. The project known as Mosaic is using Deloitte as the systems integration consulting firm. Mac's Mosaic