Keeping your system safe and up-to-date…

April ‘Patch Tuesday’ was the biggest Microsoft update in history – addressing more than 60 vulnerabilities and updates. Be sure to keep your system up-to-date and scanned regularly for malware and viruses. To learn more, visit http://bit.ly/g1c666 or visit http://bit.ly/fo8NvB for up-to-date information on our new campus antivirus tools.

e-Books outsell paperback and hard cover media for the first time…

In a report produced by the U.S. Trade Association, e-books and downloaded audio books increased by 200 percent from 2010-11. Between iPads, Kindles, Nooks, other e-Readers and tablet computers, consumers and students continue to purchase books, training and journals on-line, rather than in print form. http://www.publishers.org/press/30/

As summer approaches, the Office of Information Technology will begin scheduling upgrade projects. This summer, projects including email, document imaging, database servers and server hardware will be upgraded. As these upgrades are scheduled, visit http://systemstatus.nku.edu to see information about downtimes.

Did you know? NKU’s Office of Information Technology and Murray State University’s IT are collaborating on a disaster recovery project.  Both Universities are sharing data center space to create a disaster recovery hot site location. NKU will be transferring data center equipment to Murray State in mid-May. This will allow both universities to create a more robust DR solution with faster recovery times and it will keep the costs of a DR hot site minimal.