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Making improvements to the university’s wired and wireless networks is a never-ending job. For the past year, the Network Services team has been updating the Wi-Fi designs in campus and University of Utah Health buildings to support new use cases — primarily mobile devices that support Wi-Fi voice calls.

UIT's Network Services team uses a variety of channels — including the UIT Knowledge Base and IT Service Catalog — to disseminate information to the university community. These resources help users navigate the U's network environment.

Since Python 2.7 will no longer be supported after January 1, 2020, a small group of engineers has been working hard for seven months, and counting, to migrate over to version 3.6 to prevent security vulnerabilities.

The Online Automated Services Toolkit, or TOAST, is a custom-built platform that manages tools running automated network tasks.

Based on a recommendation from the Network Architecture Community of Practice (NACoP), the U will move forward with a moderate investment in "protect by default" firewall model.

Things move fast in IT — so fast It can be hard to pause and reflect on accomplishments. Business Data Analyst Rosalia Villegas hopes that her Fast Facts document casts some light on the successes of UIT's Network & Core team in 2018.

The new analytics platform will deliver accurate and timely mapping of communication paths between devices.

With so much digital traffic crowding our wireless networks, UIT is building a better Wi-Fi highway. The fast lane is 5GHz-only, which UIT is striving to establish as the baseline frequency for the UConnect wireless network.

UIT is pleased to announce that ULink, a new wireless network dedicated to IoT devices, has come off a pilot program, and is now live.

Student interns in UIT's Network Operations Center have started holding Tech Talks to teach each other about network processes, software, and applications.