K-State’s 11-year-old mainframe now sits in the basement hallway of Hale Library, with thoughts of better days as it awaits removal to the melting pot. It was dismantled and removed from the K-State Data Center over a two-day period, July 1-2, by Computing and Telecommunications Services staff. So ends 42 years of IBM mainframes at K-State.
Continue reading “K-State bids farewell to central IBM computer mainframe”
On June 30, Kansas State University will soon meet its long-term goal of decommissioning the mainframe. There are campus users still in possession of mainframe tapes. Please return all tapes by Tuesday, July 7, to the dispatcher’s window at CTS Operations, Hale 14. The university will have the tapes shredded by the state-approved vendor. Tapes returned after the deadline will not be accepted.
Individuals who choose to keep tapes will be responsible for their disposal in accordance with the university’s media sanitization policy.
Please direct all questions or concerns to Michael Brown (mibr@k-state.edu, 785-532-7847).
K-State’s new Student Information System (iSIS) replaced several legacy systems that had been running on the mainframe, including SIS, BRS, and FAMS. iSIS also replaced KATS, the system that provided users with web-based access to mainframe student data. As a result, the university will meet its long-term goal of decommissioning the mainframe on June 30.
Questions or concerns with shutting down the mainframe June 30 should be directed immediately to Michael Brown (mibr@k-state.edu, 785-532-7847).
Access to the K-State computer mainframe and KATS will be suspended on May 22. For more information, see the April 28 article in InfoTech Tuesday.
Access to the K-State computer mainframe and KATS will be suspended on May 22. For more information, see the April 28 article in InfoTech Tuesday.
K-State’s new Student Information System (iSIS) replaced several legacy systems that had been running on the mainframe including SIS, BRS, and FAMS. iSIS also replaced KATS, the system that provided users with web-based access to mainframe student data. As a result, the university will soon meet its long-term goal of decommissioning the mainframe and KATS systems on June 30.
Continue reading “Access to KATS and mainframe to be removed May 22”
