The UC Berkeley’s Information Security and Policy Office is undergoing a three year overhaul to strengthen UC Berkeley’s online security. Read More…
Should you care that the university outsourced student and faculty email service to Google? Perhaps you should not. Vendors can provide many services to campus efficiently, perhaps even better than our own employees can. CalMail appeared to be one of those poorly performing campus services best handled by a vendor. Read More…
We know many Cal students have not transferred to the new bMail server yet. Even though there is a message on your CalMail home screen that reminds you to “start using bMail now!,” many of you ignore it. We think it’s better if you do move your mail, but here Read More…
UC Berkeley is in the midst of transitioning over to Google-powered email, calendar and document sharing systems, though the migration to the new programs isn’t happening as quickly as some would like. Read More…
UC Berkeley’s transition from CalMail to new Google email and calendar applications is now underway, with orientations to assist users in migration to the new platforms beginning next week. Lyle Nevels, campus interim associate vice chancellor for Information Technology and chief information officer, revealed the scheduled rollout for the Google Read More…
A UC Berkeley notification service created four years ago that electronically alerts the campus community to emergencies will automatically link to CalMail beginning Friday. The WarnMe emergency alert service was an opt-in system when it was introduced in 2008, but now everyone with access to CalMail will be enrolled unless Read More…
The Daily Californian stopped publishing in print after classes ended Dec. 2. until the spring semester classes started Jan. 17. Aggregated below is some of our coverage of the news that occurred in that time period. Click on the titles to read the full stories and browse through the news section Read More…
UC Berkeley staff, students and administrators will switch from CalMail to Google email services over the course of the next year, according to campus officials. The decision to make Google Apps for Education the new campus email and calendar system comes as part of Operational Excellence — a campus cost-cutting initiative looking to Read More…
Over winter break, individual CalMail accounts will be unavailable for users for scheduled periods of time as the 10 current CalMail storage servers will be moved to a new type of storage, according to a message on the CalMail updates page Thursday. In the final phase of “CalMail capacity enhancement Read More…
