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Bruce Petryshak
Chief Information Officer
Bowling Green State University
- Office: 213 Hayes Hall
- Phone: 419-372-7712
- Email: cio@bgsu.edu
The Office of the CIO provides leadership, direction, and advocacy for information systems and information technology for
the University. The Office of the CIO is comprised of the following offices:
- Information Technology Services (ITS)
- Instructional Media Services (IMS)
- Student Technology Center
- Office of Web Development
Deb Wells, Manager
Office of the CIO Documents
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System Outages Scheduled
In order to complete system maintenance and upgrades, the following outages have been scheduled:
- The Rhythmyx Web Content Management System (CMS) is scheduled for upgrade to a newer release. CMS version 6.5.2 will be available
for use on Mon. Oct. 13. In order to complete this upgrade, the CMS system will be unavailable from 12 a.m. on Oct 11 until
12 a.m. on Oct 13. During this upgrade, the CMS system will not be available for use in creating, editing, and publishing
web pages; however, BGSU web pages will remain accessible for viewing and reference.
- FMS will be unavailable from Fri. Oct. 10 at 5 p.m. through Mon. Oct. 13 at 6 a.m. in order to complete and upgrade to a newer
release of PeopleTools.
- From 6 p.m. Thurs. Oct 9 through 2 a.m. Fri. Oct. 10, network hardware upgrades will be completed in Shatzel Hall, West Hall,
Life Science, and the Education Building. During this time period these buildings will have no network communication to other
systems either on or off campus.
- On Thurs. Oct 9 from 5-6 a.m. the following systems will be unavailable: blogs.bgsu.edu, wiki.bgsu.edu, journals.bgsu.edu,
and memories.bgsu.edu
Any questions regarding these outages may be directed to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
Digital Copyright Safeguards
Digital Copyright Safeguards is a layered, proactive approach to peer-to-peer (P2P) and digital copyright issues at BGSU.
On October 10, a new technology will be implemented that will allow legal use of P2P at BGSU while detecting attempts to
obtain copyrighted content in violation of the DMCA. For more information and further details, please see: www.bgsu.edu/dmca-safeguards.
BG@100 October Go-Live Complete
The BG@100 October Go-Live activities have been completed and Graduate Admissions and Schedule of Classes are now "live" in
Campus Solutions (CSS). For Graduate Admissions, CSS is now the system of record. Applications for Summer 2009 and beyond
will be processed in CSS. Schedule of Classes for Summer 2009 and beyond will also be processed in CSS. Further information
about the BG@100 project may be found at: www.bgsu.edu/bgat100. The next BG@100 'Go-Live' will take place the weekend of December 5-7.
Computer Purchases
The University Bookstore offers computer hardware and select Microsoft software for personal purchase at discounted prices. Students may reference
the RCC (Residential Computing Connection) web site for guidelines on hardware specifications.
Items for purchase or lease using BGSU funds, or systems for use on campus for University business purposes, should see the
purchasing process for specifying, ordering, and installing this equipment.
BG@100
Information about the BG@100 project to implement administrative systems with PeopleSoft is available at the project web site:
www.bgsu.edu/BGat100.
Information Security
The BGSU ITS Information Security Office provides information regarding protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability
of technology resources at BGSU. This includes providing BGSU community members with best practices and tools to take preventive
measures to secure information technology resources. This includes alerts regarding relevant security threats and tips for
protecting data and systems. For more information please see:
ITS Information Security
If you need assistance protecting your computer, please contact the Technology Support Center (TSC) tsc@bgsu.edu or 2-0999.
Residential students should contact Residential Computing Connection (RCC) at 37-BGRCC or 2-4722 or rcchelp@bgsu.edu for assistance
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