OIT Systems & Applications

The OIT Systems & Applications group (OIT Systems) provides centralized products and services to students, faculty, and staff that enhance learning, teaching, and scholarship. Our staff of 14 make up the UMail, Directory/Authentication, Application Support and Hardware teams.

We provide/support a variety of email and web services, including:

Enterprise Email Services

Enterprise Services

  • NTP Servers
  • DNS Servers (in conjunction with NetOps)

Course Management Systems

  • WebCT (in conjunction with TACC)

Web Hosting

Identity Management

  • OIT uNID Tools (providing OIT Account Administration for users and Delegated Administrators)
  • Authorization & Authentication Services
  • Provisioning for OIT

OIT Systems' current projects include:

  • Central metadirectory development and maintenance which defines and supports central authentication and identity management
  • Email system enhancements (Instant Messaging and Collaboration integration and expansion)
  • Student and departmental storage area networks