Further to our earlier blog posting, Office 365 services have now been restored. Information Services.
Category: IT News
Office 365 Service Loss
Microsoft are advising customers in West and North Europe of an interruption to their online services (Office 365) caused by a failure of the login service (for up to date status of the fault see https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/status/). The problem, which started at 0900 today, will affect the ability of students to log in to […]
New public Wi-Fi service for Stirling Campus visitors
Information Services is pleased to announce the launch of a new, free Wi-Fi service for visitors to the campus as part of the New Technologies Project. From Wednesday 25th November the service will be available to any visitors you receive on campus, who are not affiliated with an academic institution with access to eduroam. […]
Cloud computing launch at Stirling – introducing Box
From 20th October 2015, all staff and research students at the University of Stirling have access to Box, our new cloud computing tool. Box brings many benefits including unlimited storage, easier methods to collaborate on documents, and anytime, anywhere, any device access to materials. Departmental introduction sessions are being arranged for October and November. For […]
Improved internet connectivity at Stirling
As of 1st October at 08:00, the University’s Wi-Fi service has been routed over our new and enhanced JANET circuits. Some of you may have noticed an improved service, depending on the device and external web service you are using. The main benefit of this latest step is to provide up to ten times the […]
Stirling becomes a Point of Presence on the JANET network
Information Services is delighted to report that, with significant assistance from JISC, the University has successfully become a Point of Presence on the JANET superfast network. This provides the opportunity for ten times the previous bandwidth plus the long desired resilience of diverse connectivity. This is a significant milestone for the University and opens […]
New public Wi-Fi at the Stirling campus – coming soon
A new free public Wi-Fi service will soon be made available for visitors to the Stirling Campus. Once launched, families attending open days, conference delegates, contractors working on campus, patrons at the MacRoberts Arts Centre and sports facilities, guests at the Stirling Court Hotel and anyone taking advantage of our beautiful campus will be able […]
Computer lab maintenance
During August some of our labs may be closed for maintenance. The areas being worked on are; Library Level 2 Cottrell 2A15, 2A17, 2A21, 2B41, 2B43 Pathfoot G4 & G8. There are still PCs available in the Library, Study Zone and Cottrell building.
lynda.com now tailored for you
Back in November, we introduced you to your new personal trainer lynda. Since then over 4,000 videos have been viewed from the lynda.com site with the most popular course being ‘Excel 2013 Essential Training’. Since the initial launch, a cross team working group led by IS has been looking at how best the university could make use […]
GoGeo iPhone App: GIS, Remote Sensing, Spatial Data
A new mobile app has been launched to complement GoGeo, the web-based geospatial resource discovery tool for education and research from EDINA. The app allows users to keep abreast of news and events in the geospatial sector. GoGeo Mobile is separated into a number of channels including News, Events, Jobs and Resources for […]