ISSUE 6 ♦ Dec 2016
Two-Level Protection of Malicious Email: Email Quarantine and Endpoint Defense
Computer network attacks are becoming common incidents and more severe in recent years. We continuously receive a large number of phishing emails targeted to deceive unsuspecting users. Every day, there were over 85% of incoming emails classified as malicious or unsolicited emails.
Staff Email Migration Project Concluded
ICTO has concluded the migration of the remaining email accounts to Microsoft Outlook on 5 October, 2016. Total of 1,593 mailboxes are migrated from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Outlook successfully. Moreover, in the week of 25 July, ICTO has also [...]
All Web Applications are Compatible with IE Version 11
All our web applications developed by IMS of ICTO are updated to support the latest Internet Explorer (IE) version 11. On 12 January, 2016, Microsoft announced the immediate end of support for older versions of Internet Explorer, including IE8, IE9, [...]
HPC User Experience Sharing Session 2016
To let more users know how High Performance Computing (HPC) is being used in research in UM, ICTO organised a HPC User Experience Sharing Session on 25 Nov 2016. There were 45 audiences attended the sharing session and they believed [...]
AITSAG Workshops
Academic IT Support Advisory Group (AITSAG) is an internal IT committee consists of IT support staff from various academic units and departments. Its aim is to share the experience and knowledge between support staff from academic units and ICTO. Regular [...]
ICTO Organised Training Courses – MS Outlook and MS Excel
ICTO organised two training courses in the month of November- Advanced Microsoft Excel 2013 and Advanced Microsoft Outlook 2013. Courses were taught in three sessions. There were two sessions of Microsoft Outlook 2013 and one session of Microsoft Excel 2013. [...]
Jinan University’s Delegation Visits UM
On 24 Oct 2016, a delegation from the Network & Educational Technology Center, Jinan University led by Deputy Director Shuhua Zhu visited ICTO. The delegation was warmly received by Stanley Seak, Head of IMS, Antony Si Tou, Head of ACTS, [...]
Workshop on UMMoodle E-learning Platform (Fall 2016)
ICTO has organised a series of training workshops in past three months to introduce and share with the teaching staff members about the E-learning platform – UMMoodle. The topics in this series of workshops covered the most commonly used functions [...]
The 1st Student User Focus Group (SUFG) Meeting for Academic Year 2016/2017
To share latest updates regarding ICTO services, collect feedback and suggestions from students, ICTO holds Student User Focus Group meetings regularly. The meeting aims to enhance communication between ICTO and students. On 21 September 2016, the 1st SUFG meeting for [...]
What is Virtual Private Network (VPN)?
VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. VPN extends over a private network (such as an organizations network) across a public network (such as Internet). Authentic users have access to VPN to send and receive data across the public network securely [...]
Large Files and Video Sharing for Staff
Have you ever struggled to share large files with your colleagues/external parties? Sending large files through email may not be the best solution. In general, all email service providers have set a limit to the maximum email size that an [...]
Introduction of UM WebCMS System
UM Web Content Management System (WebCMS) can help staff members to update and publish information to web easily without expertise and techniques of writing web pages. Staff can enjoy the following features when using UM WebCMS: Provide a list of [...]
Improving Energy Efficiency with Building Automation Systems
What is Building Automation? Electrical devices have become an essential part of modern life. In the cities, whether it is office buildings, schools, shopping malls, hospitals or hotels, all installed thousands of lights, air conditioners, ventilation fans and other facilities. [...]
Ransomware
Trend Micro defines Ransomware as “A type of malware that prevents or limits users from accessing their system, either by locking the system's screen or by locking the users' files unless a ransom is paid. More modern ransomware families, collectively categorized [...]
ShareDM Tips – Keep Track of Edited Document Versions
In ShareDM, the versioning feature automatically saves every version of a document. This allows multiple people to make changes to a document without the fear of overwriting previous version. If necessary, you can always revert to a previous document versions. [...]
Don’t Miss Out on University Emails
Student email is the official communication channel between students and the University. Latest news, events and important announcements are sent to students email account from the University. Therefore, students are recommended to check their emails frequently to stay informed about [...]
Two Ways to Use SPSS-Statistics When Off-Campus
SPSS Statistics is one of the most popular statistical analysis program. It can be installed on UM asset computer. Academic staff can use at the University and reserve a number of commuter licenses for short-term off-campus use. [...]
Protect your Home Computer with ESET Anti-Virus Software
In order to enhance the entire security of users’ home computer and to lower the cost of productivity loss caused by virus infection, all staff, students of the University of Macau are entitled to install ESET Anti-Virus software on one [...]