{"62191":{"#nid":"62191","#data":{"type":"news","title":"OIT to Upgrade \u0027My GaTech\u0027 System This Weekend","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis weekend, the Office of Information Technology will upgrade \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mail.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMy GaTech\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 Tech\u2019s unified email and calendar system \u2014 with nearly two dozen new features. It is an upgrade that requires a short period of downtime, but will enable many of the features requested by Georgia Tech users.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe received a lot of feedback,\u201d said Pamela Buffington, a department manager in OIT who has been working on this project since it launched in 2008. \u201cWhile this upgrade doesn\u2019t address everything, I believe everyone will find at least one improvement in using My GaTech.\u201d\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETo watch videos demonstrating some of what\u0027s new with My GaTech, visit \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.oit.gatech.edu\/zimbra\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.oit.gatech.edu\/zimbra\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a part of this upgrade, two new features, known as Briefcase and Documents, will be introduced. Briefcase allows a user to store files, which can then be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection. Briefcases can also be shared with other users for viewing or collaboration. Similarly, Documents enables sharing and collaboration, and is a central place in a user\u2019s account to develop, organize, and share information. Images, spreadsheets, and other rich web content can be embedded into Document pages. These pages can be published publicly on the Web or privately to Georgia Tech users. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile users of the My GaTech web client do not take any action to take full advantage of the new features, there will be a six-hour service interruption \u2014 on Saturday, October 16, from 6 a.m. \u2013 noon \u2014 while OIT performs the upgrade. During this time, e-mail will not be lost or bounced, but held in a queue and delivered when service is restored.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOutlook users using the Zimbra Connector for Outlook (ZCO) need to download the last version (6.0.8) of the connector in order to take advantage of the new features. This connector will be available on Software Distribution (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/software.oit.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/software.oit.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E) on October 16.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe My GaTech system currently maintains approximately 62,000 accounts, with more than 90 percent student utilization rate and more than 70 percent faculty and staff utilization rate. For information and help, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/info.my.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/info.my.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis weekend, the Office of Information Technology will upgrade \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mail.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMy GaTech\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 Tech\u2019s unified email and calendar system \u2014 with nearly two dozen new features. It is an upgrade that requires a short period of downtime, but will enable many of the features requested by Georgia Tech users.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Downtime expected Saturday, October 16, from 6 a.m. - noon"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2010-10-15 08:54:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:38","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.oit.gatech.edu\/content\/zimbra-6-coming-my-gatech-october-16th","title":"Zimbra 6 Upgrade"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"336","name":"information technology"},{"id":"4112","name":"oit"},{"id":"4113","name":"zimbra"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:pam.buffington@oit.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPam Buffington\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of Information Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-7518\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}