Dell PCs can get on-campus warranty repair service
by D. Manowski, Computing and Network Services
published May 30, 2006
Last week, K-State became authorized to handle warranty repair work on Dell computers. This service is
available to anyone affiliated with K-State, which includes home computers of students, faculty, and staff.
Any Dell equipment
-- including computers, printers, and servers -- is eligible for this service as long as it is within the
warranty period and has an onsite repair agreement.
To use the service, departments can call the CNS
Technology Service Center at 532-6314 and request a pick-up, or
use the online service request form. Individual K-Staters can bring their in-warranty
equipment to the TSC office, 121 East Stadium, during office hours (8 a.m.-noon, 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday).
Tips to help Google find Kansas universities
by A. Hartman, Agricultural Communications
published May 30, 2006
"Help Google Find Kansas Universities"
(PDF format, 45 pages) was a presentation on search-engine optimization
at last week's CHECK conference. Among the many ways to help search
engines find your information, one of the best may be mutual links between
universities' websites. Part of the reason is that
links from .edu websites count more than .com links.
Also see Help Google Find
Your Page, a short article on webpage features that help
search engines find your pages:
- Descriptive titles
- Metadata
- Content tips
- Link structure
- Link destinations
- Frequent updates
- Registering at Open Directory Project
Microsoft security training for K-Staters June 28-29
by the K-State Security Incident Response Team
published May 30, 2006
The K-State Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) invites you to
participate in a free, two-day Microsoft Security onsite training event
Wednesday, June 28, through Thursday, June 29. The session will be led by one of
Microsoft's security consulting partners and is limited to K-State
staff, faculty, and students only.
The training will cover topics critical to enterprise security,
including: security patch management; server security on Windows 2000
and Windows Server 2003; network and perimeter security; client security
on Windows 2000 and Windows XP; application and data security; and more.
In addition, live demonstrations will illustrate how real-world security problems
can be addressed using Microsoft security solutions.
Training registration.
Seating will be limited so register soon. Note that you must be
registered no later than June 16, and all registered attendees
will be expected to attend both days of training. You can register
online now via Microsoft's
Invitation Code webpage
by using this invitation code: wlAZyFwiqi
Questions about the training event
can be sent to Harvard Townsend, 785-532-2985, harv@k-state.edu.
SIRT Roundtable June 2: Proposed security-related policies
by the K-State Security Incident Response Team
published May 30, 2006
The next SIRT Roundtable for departmental security contacts
is 9:15-10:30 a.m. Friday, June 2, in Staterooms 1 and 2
of the K-State Student Union. This month's discussion topic is the introduction of proposed
security-related policies. Harvard Townsend will facilitate the meeting.
All K-Staters are welcome.
IT by the numbers: CHECK conference
by the editors, InfoTech Tuesday
published May 30, 2006
- 174 CHECK conference attendees
- 17 educational institutions represented
- 21 conference sessions
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