ETS Services
The Services provided by Enterprise Technology Services are available to students, faculty and staff
members throughout the University. Additionally, departments and
organizations at UVM may provide separate services specific to
their missions.
Among our more widely used services, you'll find the
following:
- Email
- Mailing
Lists (LISTSERV)
Mailing Lists are a means of distributing information to defined
lists of users via email. Lists often are used as forums for the
discussion of special topics.
- Web publishing
- Calendar
Services
for shared electronic scheduling and calendaring (faculty and staff
only)
- File sharing
- Chat Services
ETS maintains an instant messaging and conferencing service based on the open-source Jabber protocol. All UVM affiliates can use these services for secure, confidential ad-free instant messaging.
- Computing
Facilities
provide access to computers and standard software at locations
across campus
- zoo.uvm.edu
Many computing services at UVM are provided by a cluster of
UNIX-based systems known as "Zoo". The many services hosted
by Zoo include: Email, file storage, FTP services, programming
environments, statistical software, mathematical software, and GIS
applications programs.
- Computer and
Software Sales and Service
The Computer Depot offers sales and service to UVM affiliates
- Statistical Software Support
and Consulting
- Database
Software Support and Consulting
- Mathematical Software
and Support
- Streaming Media
Servers
Serve and view streaming audio and video via the web using
QuickTime or RealPlayer
- mySQL Database
Server
UVM's central UNIX servers provide mySQL support for UVM Web
developers wishing to integrate database functionality like
shopping carts or other dynamic content to their site via PHP.
MySQL is a fast, robust, Open Source, relational database
management system.
- Consultation Services for Teaching, Learning, or
Research
The staff of
Academic Computing Services serves as information technology
consultants for faculty and students at UVM, and to that end we are
closely tied to the Center for
Teaching and Learning and the Doctor is In program. Our
small staff's expertise includes statistics, computer programming,
instructional technology, electronic texts, and multimedia. We are
funded through the University's general fund, so we are available
at no cost to you or your department — feel free to pick our
brains.
- Blackboard Online Learning System
Blackboard is UVM's main online course management/eLearning platform.
- Multimedia
Development Support
The Center for Multimedia Development, at Media Resources in
Bailey/Howe Library, offers computers, software, and advanced
editing systems for images, video, and audio.
- Support for Business Software Systems and the operational
offices that use them.
- Our department of Administrative Information Systems supports
operational offices in their use of Business Information Systems.
Together with ETS's System Administration and Architecture Group (SAA) we are responsible for
installing hardware and software, providing tools used to access
these systems, maintaining and upgrading these systems, and
troubleshooting problems and defects.
- Our primary clients are: Office of the Registrar; Office of
Admissions and Financial aid; Controller's Office; Financial
Analysis and Budgeting; Telecommunications, and the Human Resources
Department. We also provide some programming support to
Orientation, Graduate Admissions, the ACCESS program, and Career
Services. And we run an ORACLE infrastructure supporting Facilities
Management, Time Reporting, Imaging, and Room Scheduling
systems.
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