The Division of Information Technology staff are enjoying this gorgeous weather and making headway on networking and system projects.
Networking projects include:
- Hale Library – network upgrades nearing completion
- McCain Auditorium Expansion
- Multicultural Center
- Athletics – South Endzone expansion
Smaller Scale Infrastructure Projects
- Various projects to upgrade building switches on the Polytechnic campus
- ICE – clinical recording system
- Vet Med Complex – multiple projects
- Athletics – multiple projects
Listening sessions are underway for the Data Analytics Project to create an enterprise data store or data warehouse.
Meeting Owls and Poly/Calisto sets are still available for distribution. Email Shelley Griffin shegriff@ksu.edu to request equipment. For those who have received the Meeting Owls, see the Instructions for Setting up the Meeting Owl.
Microsoft Training continues to be offered. For more information, view the Microsoft Trainings Opportunities for March article.
IT successfully upgraded HRIS and KSIS during the last weekend of February. The upgrade included turning on Fluid for HRIS, allowing users to use phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops.
The Financial Information System (FIS) is undergoing a major application upgrade, with rollout slated for December 2021. Concurrently, we are upgrading the FIS Database to 19c with a go-live date slated for March 12-14.
HRIS, KSIS, and DARS will be unavailable from midnight – 4 a.m. March 14. Maintenance will be performed on the Oracle PeopleSoft systems.
FIS will be unavailable from 6 p.m. Saturday, March 20, through 6 p.m. Sunday, March 21 for monthly maintenance.
Comparison of Phishing Scams and Compromised eIDs Jan. 1 – Feb. 28, 2021.
| YTD 2021 | YTD 2020 | YTD 2019 | |
| Compromised eIDs | 43 | 156 | 94 |
| Phishing scams | 249 | 239 | 234 |
| Phishing scam tickets processed | 1339 | 710 | 589 |
