Apple has announced their 2020 back-to-school promotion! Anyone purchasing a WakeWare Apple on or after Monday, June 15 through September 29, 2020, will receive a pair of second-generation AirPods! *Update! No longer are customers asked to add AirPods to their cart upon checkout. Your AirPods will be added to your order. Upgrade to a Wireless Charging… Read More »
We want you to stay connected with friends and the University so you will have access to your student WFU Google Account and email address until after your in-person Commencement. Be sure to continue checking your Wake Forest email frequently as this will be your primary email for university updates, including details about Commencement. To… Read More »
Information Systems is pleased to announce the addition of Statuspage to the IS website. Whether it’s a server issue, bug in production, or scheduled maintenance, downtime may happen. Statuspage provides a way to get in front of incident communication so IS can focus on fixing the problem at hand. Statuspage is displayed in the top menu… Read More »
Via Business Insider: Twitter is advising all its 330 million users to change their password after a glitch left them exposed in the company’s internal systems. Twitter discovered the glitch and did not find any “breach or misuse by anyone,” the company said in a blog post. The bug left passwords in an internal log “unmasked,”… Read More »
You may have seen information in the news about a data breach affecting Under Armour’s MyFitnessPal accounts. Under Armour released this statement to account owners. As a reminder, it’s best practice to change your account passwords often and refrain from using the same or similar logins and passwords for multiple services. If you have questions… Read More »
You may have seen information in the news about new computer security threats.The flaws — dubbed Meltdown and Spectre — affect processing chips made by Intel, AMD and ARM. Information Systems is aware of the potential threats. It is important that you keep all your devices updated with security releases and application updates as they become available.
Beginning Monday, January 8, 2018, Google will add new features and update the look and feel of the Google Calendar for its users, including Wake Forest University. Read more about the fresh look and new features from Google. This update was initially announced as an option to Google Calendar users in October 2017.
Information Systems is making improvements in the configuration of our wireless network.
Beginning this week, users will see a new wireless network, WFUwireless-legacy, to be used for connecting older devices which support only the 2.4Ghz spectrum, such as Raspberry Pi and iPhone 4S and older. Most devices will continue to connect, without any changes, to WFUwireless and should enjoy improved performance. This change will provide an overall better wireless experience for all users.
Thanks to all the members of our campus community that participated in our National Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign. Attendees registered to win several awesome prizes donated by Dell, Cisco and IS, including a Chromebook and other fun technology. We are excited to announce the winners! Google Chromebook (from Dell) – Joseph A Soares, Chair, Department of Sociology… Read More »
If you’re running macOS High Sierra, it’s time to update your Mac as soon as possible! You may have seen information in the news about a security vulnerability in macOS High Sierra (10.13.x). Apple released Security Update 2017-001 today that corrects this issue. If you are currently running 10.13.x on your Mac (not just WFU-issued),… Read More »