FAST FIVE for the week of July 14, 2013

Stewardship and a new portal: The University of Calgary's new portal launching on July 15 is a product of their University Systems Enabling Research USER) task force. This stewardship committee is responsible for improving the systems and processes needed to support and improve research at the University. The scope of support for research systems includes such diverse areas as accounting, human resource, IT, supply chain management, legal, ethics, and grant processes. UofC research stewardship

Office365 at Queen's: Queen's University IT Services and Microsoft have released a video describing their implementation of Office 365. The comments from the IT staff are articulate and enlightening. Queen's and Microsoft

Web site refresh: Simon Fraser University launched its new and improved web site today. The new system was built use the University's content management system called CQ5. The site was built using responsive design, so it scales automatically to the screen real estate available to the user's access device. New SFU

Planning at York: York University has published its 2013-14 computing plan for the central information technology services organization. The detailed document provides a recap of the previous year and a plan for the next year (starting on page 15). IT planning

CIO moving on: Phil Wright, the CIO of Brock University, is moving to the University of Toronto to become the Director of Information and Instructional Technology for the Faculty of Arts and Science. New role