Welcome to the Spring 2023 edition of the IT Services newsletter. We hope you will find the contents of this edition helpful and interesting. 

In February 2023 the Student Administration System was upgraded, one of the largest IT upgrade projects completed in UCC.

IT Services are continuously monitoring and implementing additional controls to secure our systems.  In this article we give an update of the target on Higher Education, information on training and advice on how to work safely online.

The IT Services SharePoint site is live.  The site hosts the relevant IT information that staff in UCC can access securely.

Barry completed a BComm and an MBS in Business Information Systems in UCC and then worked in PwC for 6 years as a Systems Implementation Engineer working with various clients including Department of Education, CERT, Department Social Welfare, and GPA. Barry then moved to Motorola before moving to Avery Dennison in Cork as an IT Manager. In 2002 Barry joined UCC IT Services working in Enterprise Applications on new systems development and data warehousing projects. One of the first jobs Barry was tasked with was the development of a new system to support anonymous marking – this led to the development and rollout of DMIS that is still widely used today 20 years later! In 2014 Barry became Head of Platform Delivery Group in IT Services with responsibility for the campus networks and datacentres and earlier this year Barry was appointed Head of IT Operations.

IT Services have launched the UCC Services Portal to students in Semester 1 2022.  The Services Portal project is currently underway for UCC Staff IT Services.

Phishing, Fashion & Algorithms, Ireland’s First Website - Introducing the ITBytes Podcast, a podcast about all things digital in UCC.

In this update the Digital Advisroy Centre (DAC) share details of the Learn Live Sessions, feedback from staff who have engaged with the DAC and details of the Bookings with me feature.

The UCC Strategic Plan, Securing Our Future, was launched in February. IT Services are in the process of updating the UCC Digital Master Plan to ensure our efforts are fully aligned with the strategic goals of UCC.