The newly concluded Microsoft contract for ETH Zurich includes additional cloud-based products and thus also technical innovations. New features in the area of collaboration complement the already familiar product range and support the ETH on its way to digitalisation.
The
figures are impressive proof of this: with up to 45,000 weekly meetings, Zoom
was ETH Zurich’s communications backbone in the spring semester of 2020. From
the Executive Board’s townhalls, lectures and job interviews to team meetings
and examination supervision: Zoom has proven its worth in almost all academic
situations.
Work at ETH starts in defined steps after running in emergency mode. This also applies to the online examinations. After long and in-depth discussions, it was clear – at everyone’s request – that the session examinations should take place with all of the expected restrictions due to the corona crisis.
ETH Zurich Business Numbers (fixed and mobile Network): Changes
The use of value-added services will be blocked on the ETH Zurich business numbers (fixed and mobile network) from Monday, 29 June 2020. This adjustment affects all ETH employees.
Information security campaign: Call to participate
You’ll run into «sneaky green monsters» everywhere at ETH. They are the face of the current campaign of the Information Security Officer Boards (ISO Boards). This campaign is coming to an end, and the ISOs are looking for a new idea. What comes after the monsters? We need your help!
For the
third time, I was able to travel to the annual Jamf Nation User Conference in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. JNUC 2019 took place between the 12-14 November,
in sub-zero temperatures. This time, I was joined by colleague Katiuscia
Zehnder, also from ITS Client Delivery, and Cyril Häubi from D-HEST. The
conference hosts over 2000 Jamf users and fellow client engineers from around
the world, and counts as the world’s largest annual gathering of Apple Client
administrators. Therefore, it is an unparalleled opportunity for us to exchange
ideas and information with people facing the same challenges as us.