News archive - 2010

• December 2010
• November 2010
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• September 2010
• August 2010
• July 2010
• June 2010
• May 2010
• April 2010
• March 2010
• February 2010
• January 2010

December 2010
Title	Date modified
Network service interruptions ASSL, 11 January 2011	29 December
Student Laptop Clinic growing in popularity	23 December
At risk notification for network work on 6 & 11 January	17 December
A new website providing a global perspective on Bristol	15 December
Emergency network maintenance 16 December, 08:15-09:00	15 December
Computer Centre Christmas vacation opening times	14 December
Computer Center UCard access 8-13 December	07 December
Blackboard unavailable on 6 December between 7:00-9:00	03 December
Staff email unavailable 14 December 17:30-18;30	03 December
At risk notification for web service on 9 December	02 December
Network and services outage on 20 December, 08:00-17:00	02 December
Fluff service unavailable 08:00-10:00 on 7 December	01 December
November 2010
Title	Date modified
UCard and BAN access to Computer Centre on 24 November	24 November
Postponed - MVB power outage on 27 November	24 November
Work complete - Finance Systems Downtime 25 & 26 November	24 November
Network Interruptions - Bio Sciences & Wills, 7 & 14 December	22 November
Blackboard service resumed	18 November
Report on the completion of Network maintenance, 13 Nov	15 November
Library Catalogue, MetaLib, Get it! & eJournals unavailable on 24 November, 2-4pm	09 November
Network outage on 9 November affecting parts of the University	09 November
Service downtime announcement for 9 Nov, 08:00-09:30	09 November
How to send mass emails	04 November
Access the University on your mobile phone	02 November
October 2010
Title	Date modified
Personal web pages and Pine email uanvailable on 2 Nov	29 October
Update - Issue affecting multiple services - 28 October	28 October
Oracle Calendar downtime 11 November 16:00-17:30	28 October
Blackboard unavailable 11 November, 08:00-09:30	28 October
Update - Printing Problems	27 October
Web of Knowledge access problem	25 October
Update - Services unavailable between 08:00-09:00 on 21 October	20 October
Old email address look-up service to close on 25 November	15 October
Wireless service interruptions 19 October, 06:00-08:30	09 October
Network Service Interruptions, Senate House, 2 November	08 October
Sports Pass buyers may have wrong PAS credit	07 October
Problems with Mulberry email, 7 October	07 October
September 2010
Title	Date modified
MyBristol - New Content Finder, Feedback and Search	27 September
New students - get internet access in Halls of Residence	24 September
MetaLib, Get it! and eJournals unavailable 23 Sept	20 September
Computer Centre Terminal Room closed 22 Sept, 7-10am	20 September
Student records unavailable 26 October 08:00-08:45	15 September
Sympa (mailing list) unavailable, 29 September	15 September
Network interruption at Southmead Hospital, 21 Sept	15 September
Student email maintenance in September - postponed	01 September
SURF Scheduled Maintenance, 1 September	01 September
August 2010
Title	Date modified
Advice on student laptop support	27 August
Problems affecting a number of services -Tuesday 24 August	23 August
Bristol Online Survey unavailable, 10 August	08 August
CMS unavailable between 07:00-08:00, 17 August	05 August
JISC Digital Media Launch Free Online Tutorials	05 August
Short interruptions to the network, 7 and 14 September	04 August
Network interruptions, 10 August	03 August
July 2010
Title	Date modified
Power outages - status of services and network, 30 July	30 July
Network and service planned outage, 7 August	29 July
Work on mis-app1 (H: Drive) 28 July 22:00-01:00	28 July
Wireless service interruptions 3 August, 09:00-10:00	27 July
UoB-Roam wireless service to close on 28 July	26 July
Blackboard unavailable from 4 August to 6 August	23 July
University website unavailable on 3 August, 07:00-08:00	23 July
Short network interruptions 3 August, 08:00-10:00	21 July
Short network interruptions 08:00 - 10:00 on 27 July	19 July
Expansion of wireless access in Halls of Residence	15 July
SITS upgrade - service unavailable 24-25 July	15 July
Problem with Online Accommodation applications - resolved	12 July
Calendar synchronisation now working	08 July
Work complete on the support staff filestore / mis-app1 (H: drive)	07 July
June 2010
Title	Date modified
Bristol Eduroam wireless has changed	30 June
Change of date - disruption to services, 1 July 09:00-09:30	29 June
Maple - Licensing update	29 June
Brief interruptions to external network, 6th July	25 June
Wiley InterScience unavailable on Saturday, June 19th	18 June
At risk notice and service downtime, 22 & 29 June	18 June
Changes to email address look-up, August 2010	14 June
Blackboard will be unavailable on 24 June, 08:00-10:00	10 June
Proactis service is available again	09 June
Microsoft Office for home use	09 June
Wiki service unavailable 08:30-09:30, 1 July	03 June
Computing information for graduands	01 June
May 2010
Title	Date modified
Storage Server failure - services unavailable	26 May
Network interruptions- Arts Faculty and others, 22 June	25 May
MetaLib - Find Database problem	19 May
Sympa (mailing list) essential maintenance, 25 May	11 May
Disruption to the Internet service on Friday 7 May	11 May
Wireless network interruptions, 25 May 07:00-07:30	11 May
MyBristol provides access to remote desktop and more	06 May
CODA-Financials unavailable on 19 & 20 May	04 May
Postponed - Mulberry downtime on 19 & 20 May	01 May
April 2010
Title	Date modified
Mulberry now available	27 April
Work on staff email postponed	27 April
IT survey of University staff	22 April
Network interruptions - Maths Department, 11 May	21 April
Halls 'Admin' network at risk - 08:30 - 09:30, 27 April	21 April
Printing now available	20 April
Network maintenance Senate House on 5 & 18 May	20 April
Network problems affecting the University	15 April
Interruptions to ResNet and the Halls wireless networks	14 April
Problems with the mis-app server affecting services	14 April
DNS primary patching 7 April	06 April
March 2010
Title	Date modified
Laptop battery recall	30 March
Interruptions to Resnet and the Halls network, 8 April	29 March
Network problems - Berkeley Square	23 March
Interruptions to the printing system PAS on 31 March	23 March
Blackboard service - read only 29 to 31 March	22 March
CMS unavailable - 17:00 24 March to 10:00 on 25 March	21 March
Laptop battery recall	19 March
New - University Wiki Service	19 March
Network maintenance 30 March 08:00-09:00	17 March
Card-operated photocopiers to be superseded by UoB PAS	12 March
CMS unavailable on 15 March 08:50-09:20	09 March
MetaLib and Get it! unavailable 10 March, 13:30-15:00	08 March
Calendar downtime Thursday 11th March 17:00-17:45	04 March
Datahaven/DIVERSP database move, 15 March 09:00	04 March
Endnote web training 11 March	03 March
MetaLib unavailable 17 March, 12:00-14:00	01 March
February 2010
Title	Date modified
Problems with the mis-app server affecting services	22 February
Emergency network maintenance - Senate House, 23 Feb	22 February
Network at risk , 08:00-09:00, 2 March	20 February
CMS unavailable - 17:00 on 3 March to 10:00 on 4 March	19 February
National Student Survey 2010	17 February
MetaLib and Get it! unavailable 3 March, 13:30-14:30	12 February
Network at risk , 08:00-09:00, 16 February	11 February
Student Record System essential maintenance in February	08 February
Services unavailable between 08:00-09:00 on 11 February	05 February
SPSS statistics package training now available	04 February
Enhanced search facility for IT learning resources	02 February
January 2010
Title	Date modified
Interruptions to the network service at Langford, 9 Feb	29 January
Network maintenance on 2 February 07:00-09:00	27 January
Student records unavailable 28 January 08:00-08:15	26 January
New University Information Security website launched	15 January
Severe weather conditions - Computer Centre access	12 January
Endnote web training 19 & 21 January	11 January
Remote access for staff working from home	06 January
Winner of the IT survey prize draw	05 January

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