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Category: Planned downtime
Last updated: Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 12:35am
UPrint allows everyone with a valid NetID a $15.00 quota of free printing each semester. The 2013 spring quota concludes May 17 and the $15 summer quota starts on May 18th. To refresh the system and perform
Category: Planned downtime
Last updated: Monday, May 13, 2013 - 11:12am
ACCC is upgrading the OpenVPN hardware, which will provide faster connections and increased reliability. The updates will happen on May 11, 2013 at 5:00am for thirty minutes. Users may
Category: Planned downtime
Last updated: Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 5:21pm
The UICast service powered by Echo360 is scheduled for upgrade and re-architecture to improve performance and reliability. Please download any captures prior to the planned maintenance
Category: News
Last updated: Friday, May 10, 2013 - 2:36pm
Your opinion counts! ACCC wants to learn about your IT needs, expectations, and the quality of our services as you see them—all with the goal of better serving you. The TechQual study will help us gather insights in the key areas
Category: Planned downtime
Last updated: Friday, May 10, 2013 - 8:27am
On Friday, May 10, 2013 at 8 am the Wiki server will be upgraded to the latest version of Foswiki. Date and time Upgrade will begin at 8 am on Friday, May 10, 2013. The process is expected to take about 10
Category: News
Last updated: Monday, May 6, 2013 - 12:47pm
The User Services Group of ACCC is now hiring for Fall Semester, 2013. Details can be found at csojob.accc.uic.edu. We're looking for motivated, hard-working undergraduate
Category: Unplanned outage
Last updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 4:52pm
The ADSM-4 server is down due to hardware failures. Services impacted * ADSM-4 is unavailable for backups or restores. * ADSM-1 is unavailable for restores, though it will continue to run
Category: Planned downtime
Last updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 11:45am
The ACCC is rebooting the Microsoft SQL server to install updates and configure a new SQL instance. Service outage will happen on Sunday, April 21, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM CST. This will affect the following
Category: Planned downtime
Last updated: Friday, April 19, 2013 - 9:51am
The Blackboard service weekly maintenance window is scheduled every Friday from 1:00am (CST) to 5:00am (CST) for Blackboard downtime if maintenance is required. To increase Blackboard customization options for instructors
Category: News
Last updated: Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 12:13pm
On April 10, at 9:50 a.m., a UIC student was the victim of an armed robbery off-campus near 1600 W. Roosevelt Road. The student reported he was approached by a lone offender, who threatened to shoot him but did not display a weapon. The offender
Category: News
Last updated: Monday, April 8, 2013 - 10:04am
Good Morning, The Symantec Endpoint Protection Suite 12.1 has been added to the Webstore offerings. This new version brings Windows 8 support in addition to resolving numerous bug that were encountered in the pervious versions. In
Category: Planned downtime
Last updated: Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 10:35am
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On Sunday, April 7, 2013 from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM, ACCC and CITES will jointly perform configuration changes on the administrative network in AITS RRB Chicago data center to allow for seamless
Category: Unplanned outage
Last updated: Monday, April 1, 2013 - 12:01pm
We had to take one of the ADSM servers offline due to a software issue with a storage array. Some backups and restoration services will not be
Category: Unplanned outage
Last updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 11:52pm
Due to filesystem errors, one of our mail stores is currently undergoing a filesystem check. Some email users may be unable to access email during this time. This process will run overnight and service will be restored once the
Category: News
Last updated: Monday, March 25, 2013 - 3:14pm
Hello, This announcement is regarding requests for reservations of ACCC computer labs on both the East and West sides of campus, and software installation in either computer labs or East Side general-use classrooms, for the Summer
Category: News
Last updated: Monday, March 25, 2013 - 1:28pm
UIC Police and other law enforcement are searching for an offender who fired shots in a road-rage incident around 12:30 this afternoon in the Jewel parking lot at Ashland and Roosevelt. Two people were wounded by gunfire. The offender drove off
Category: News
Last updated: Monday, March 25, 2013 - 1:17pm
Police act’y vicinity Harrison/Paulina. Looking for man who fired shots at Ashland/Roosevelt then crashed near above. Updates at
Category: Planned downtime
Last updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 9:18am
We are taking advantage of the Spring Break scheduled downtime window to upgrade code on our core network firewall blades. This will improve security and monitoring data acquisition. Date and
Category: Unplanned outage
Last updated: Monday, March 18, 2013 - 10:12pm
An unexpected outage is affecting Echo360/UICast video playback. Services impacted * Echo360/UICast Lecture capture * Clients will not be able to watch videos provided by Echo360/UICast
Category: Planned downtime
Last updated: Monday, March 18, 2013 - 12:38am
The Shibboleth Authentication server has been upgraded. This server is used for access to various applications including Google Apps and Box. A full list of Shibboleth applications can be found here

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