Events

Andrew McAlorum, Director of Client Services (IST); Maher Shinouda, Project Manager (IST); Mat Thijssen, Director of Sustainability (Sustainability)

As part of a pilot program through Green Economy Canada, in collaboration with HP Canada, University of Waterloo’s Sustainability Office and Information Systems & Technology are partnering to transform our IT landscape through sustainable IT best practices. From sustainable IT procurement through ecolabels such as EPEAT and Energy Star, eco-friendly printing, the energy management benefits of cloud, virtualization, and work from home solutions deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic, to the surprisingly complicated business of implementing procedures around computer shutdown outside normal operating hours, this project is far-reaching in scope, including ‘quick wins’ and more aspirational objectives, with the aim of incrementally helping the University reach its sustainability goals. Join us to learn more about how IT can impact real change in the green campus journey.

Matt Harford, Manager, Service Desks (IST)

This seminar topic is about 'Confluence'.

Jason Testart, Director Information Security Services (IST)

This seminar topic is an update on ISS. 

Andrew Ward, IAM Specialist (IST)

Andrew will provide an update on 2FA at Waterloo, including changes that will be implemented over the next few months.

Greg Parks, Manager, IST (Renison University College)

In this seminar Greg will discuss hybrid meetings and best practices for running them.  Greg will share his own perspective on hybrid meetings and invite the audience to share their perspectives as well.

Andrew will provide an update of what's happening in Client Services, IST.

Joe will provide an update to the Waterloo Content Management System 3.0 transition.

Speaker(s): Sandra Gibson, Manager, Health Education (Campus Wellness)

Chair Yoga for Office Workers 
If you spend several hours a day at your desk, this yoga practice is for you. Stretch and strengthen your body while using your chair as a prop.  Chair yoga is a great way to practice yoga, connect to your breath, and stretch and strengthen your body. You can experience the many benefits of yoga with this gentle practice. 

Speaker: Dave Aldwinckle, Supervisor, Networks

The Domain Name System (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) are essential services that play a role in every modern data network. IP Address management (IPAM) tools help administrators keep track of thousands of numerical addresses, and make associations between names, addresses, and devices. Altogether, DNS, DHCP, and IPAM, make up a suite of tools referred to as DDI.

This session will briefly describe DNS, DHCP, and IPAM and explain how they affect daily life; even if they go unnoticed.

An RFP for a DDI solution closed in 2022, and the implementation is underway. Details about the project timeline, as well as anticipated service impact will be shared.

Speaker: Jordan Barnartt, Systems Integration Specialist

During Jordan's tenure at the Library, he successfully championed and led the deployment of Bitwarden as a password management solution for all Library staff.  This is the first user-centric password management solution deployment of this scale at the University (as far as we know).  Jordan will walk through creating the business case, testing the solution, automating administrative tasks, and implementing a password management policy.