Engineering IT Support manages the ANSYS site license for the University of Florida. The license period runs from September 1 through August 31. The cost for licenses are shared across participants and individual license pricing is reduced as participation… Read More
At 5pm today UFIT has scheduled maintenance to the network file storage infrastructure that multiple IT services use. As a result, there will be momentary outages of hosted websites, databases, network drives, and other services. Specific services that will… Read More
Two years ago the University adopted a Risk Management Policy (http://www.it.ufl.edu/policies/information-security/risk-management-policy/) which has impacted the process for IT purchases significantly. When faculty need new IT resources UFIT, the CIO, and the CSO strongly prefer the use of UFIT hosting solutions… Read More
The University is starting to roll-out a new authentication mechanism called two-factor authentication, or 2FA. 2FA requires you to use two different authentication methods when logging in: something you know (your GatorLink password) and something you have (i.e. a code… Read More
By now you’ve probably heard about the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. They have been a major news story this past week, even being mentioned on local news. In a nutshell, a major design flaw was found in the main chip… Read More