People lose mobile devices. Sometimes they get stolen. They can also be hacked. So we need Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM), and Enterprise Security has reviewed solutions that can work for a widely disparate group of business units, colleges, faculty and staff.
It all started with Microsoft Lync. University staff wanted an instant messaging platform and our phone systems were due for an update, so the Lync implementation made sense on many levels. Lync was updated and relaunched by Microsoft a few years later as a more robust platform called Skype for...
Retirement is a highly-anticipated moment for many working professionals. After years of work and accomplishment they are free to follow alternate passions. Some work to shave a couple strokes off their golf swing or take up a hobby of bird watching. But for many Ohio residents, retirement means...
Thanks for your feedback! We are excited to share the results of our 2017 CIO poll, completed by 1,265 faculty, staff and students. This annual poll helps us understand the needs of our customers and address any areas for improvements in our services.
Can CRM work at Ohio State? It’s a reasonable question. For starters, in an organization this big, very few initiatives are simple. And you may have heard that Customer Relationship Management (CRM) initiatives – especially at large organizations – are notorious for failing. We knew all of this...
Your access to university systems changes upon graduation. Learn what changes and how you can ensure you have access to all of your documents, websites, and other recourses.
According to a Symantec Security Threat Report, in 2016 there were 20 data breaches in higher education, exposing the personal information of approximately 5 million people. Those figures illuminate a grim reality -- it only takes the loss of one person’s user name and password to expose the...
In one of his first major speeches at The Ohio State University, President Michael Drake said “It is through the quality of our teaching that students become A+ thinkers and really contribute to a global society.” Ohio State has since been investing in the...
Ohio State takes its responsibility for protecting the data entrusted to the university seriously. In protecting this data, we report to numerous agencies of oversight; federal standards for universities may come from commerce or health agencies and from research, education and industry groups....
