Author Archives: Stephen Landry

About Stephen Landry

Stephen Landry, Ph.D., is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Seton Hall University. You can follow him on Twitter at @landryst

Planned Email Upgrade During August Maintenance Window

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Stephen Landry

University IT Services is scheduling an upgrade to the Microsoft Exchange servers.  This upgrade will take place during the August maintenance window and will take approximately one day.  University faculty, staff, and administrators will not be able to access their … Continue reading →

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Voice Mail System Upgrade Scheduled Late July

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Stephen Landry

The campus voice mail system will be upgraded later this summer.  As part of this upgrade, voice mail will be down for approximately one day.  During the upgrade, voice mail will not pick up any incoming calls.  University IT Services … Continue reading →

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Web Server Upgrades Scheduled July 5 – 13

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Stephen Landry

This summer the campus Web servers will be upgraded.  Updates to the campus Web site will be suspended beginning Tuesday, July 5, in order to allow the Web site to be moved to the new servers.  Updates to the campus … Continue reading →

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Storage Area Network Upgrade Successful

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Stephen Landry

During this past weekend’s normal maintenance window (Sunday, 12:01 AM – 7:00 AM) University IT Services successfully upgraded the Storage Area Network in the data center, ahead of schedule.  This will reduce the outages that will occur later this summer … Continue reading →

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Summer IT Maintenance Scheduled for August 10th – August 16th

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Stephen Landry

This week University IT Services began scheduling maintenance on the data center. This year’s IT maintenance will begin at 12:01 EDT on Wednesday, August 10th, and will end at 11:59 PM EDT on Tuesday, August 16th. During this time, any … Continue reading →

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Campus Network Issues This Afternoon Cause Intermittant Outages

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Stephen Landry

This afternoon at approximately 1:15 PM the systems support team began seeing errors on the data center network.  This caused intermittent access problems for some users and services.  Systems affected included the campus Web site and the PirateNet portal.  Not … Continue reading →

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Campus Internet Problems This Evening

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Stephen Landry

This evening at approximately 6:45 PM that campus Internet connection was interrupted due to problems with the campus firewall.  This caused all campus services, including the Web page, email, PirateNet, and Banner, to be unavailable from off campus, and the … Continue reading →

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Campus Internet Problem This Afternoon

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Stephen Landry

This afternoon at approximately 11:45 AM the campus lost its connection to the Internet.  This caused all campus services, including the Web site, email, PirateNet, and Banner to be unavailable from off campus.  On campus users were unable to access … Continue reading →

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PirateNet Down This Morning

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Stephen Landry

This morning at approximately 9:00 AM PirateNet, that campus portal, began giving error messages to users when they logged on.  All PirateNet services were restored by approximately 11:30 AM. Steve Landry, CIO

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Be Aware – Data Breach at Epsilon May Result in Increased Phishing Attempts

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Stephen Landry

This past weekend the email marketing firm Epsilon had a data breach that exposed the names and email addresses of their clients.  Epsilon’s clients included the College Board, TIAA-CREF, and many retail stores.  You may have already received notification from … Continue reading →

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Sungard Announces Banner 9

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Stephen Landry

Last October Seton Hall University upgraded the Banner administrative system to Banner 8.  While Banner 8 offers many new features, Sungard Higher Education has been working for the past year developing a new version.  Banner 9 was announced last week … Continue reading →

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Piratenet Inactivity Lockout Reset

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Stephen Landry

A recent upgrade to PirateNet inadvertently changed the time period after which a user’s PirateNet account is disabled for inactivity.  As a result, users who had not visited PirateNet in several months found their accounts disabled.  This issue has been … Continue reading →

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Wireless Network Upgrade Begins in McNulty Hall

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Stephen Landry

University IT Services have completed the wireless upgrade in the first two floors of Jubilee Hall.  This week the campus wireless network upgrade moves to McNulty Hall.  University IT Services expects to complete the wireless upgrade in McNulty Hall over … Continue reading →

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Be Secure When Using a Public WiFi Hot Spot

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Stephen Landry

Public wireless hot spots, like those found in Internet cafes, Starbucks, hotels, and airports, are a great convenience, but they’re also magnets for hackers who want to steal your personal information.  Most wifi hot spots are insecure; most do not … Continue reading →

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Setonian Article on Technology at SHU

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Stephen Landry

This week’s issue of The Setonian includes an article on Information Technology at SHU. http://www.thesetonian.com/news/seton-hall-ranks-on-most-wired-list-1.2014361 Steve Landry, CIO

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Campus Wireless Upgrade Moves to Jubilee Hall

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Stephen Landry

As previously discussed, University IT Services is in the process of upgrading the campus wireless network.  The new wireless access points being installed around campus are based on the new 801.11n wireless standard and are five times faster than the … Continue reading →

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US News Ranks SHU the #15 “Most Wired” Campus

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Stephen Landry

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2011/02/09/15-most-wired-college-campuses U.S. News and World Report today released their list of the “most wired campuses”, ranking Seton Hall University as the #15 “most wired” campus. This is the first year that U.S. News has created a “most wired” list.  In … Continue reading →

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Course Photo Rosters Now Available in PirateNet

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Stephen Landry

By popular request, we are pleased to release the first version of the newly developed Photo Roster tool. Available to instructors, this tool presents a roster of students enrolled in your course along with basic contact information and a photograph … Continue reading →

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Facebook Users BEWARE!

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Stephen Landry

Facebook users should be aware of some potential security risks that Facebook presents.  Fortunately, these risks are easily solved. When you use Facebook on open (unencrypted) public networks, such as those found in coffee shops or airports, you run the … Continue reading →

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Risks of Illegal File Sharing

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Stephen Landry

Each semester the University receives dozens of notices of copyright infringement from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), and other industry watchdogs.  University IT Services makes every effort to track down these … Continue reading →

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Beware of Phishing Scams

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Stephen Landry

This afternoon the University’s email system slowed down considerably as the campus began sending and receiving thousands of spam emails.  This deluge was traced to a users account that had been compromised through “phishing.” “Phishing” refers to sending unsolicited emails … Continue reading →

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Email System Slowed

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Stephen Landry

This afternoon the campus Microsoft Exchange email system slowed for a brief time due to a large volume of incoming and outgoing email.  This volume was traced to a campus email account that had been hacked and was being used … Continue reading →

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Campus Wireless Network Upgrade is Proceeding

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Stephen Landry

The campus wireless network is proceeding close to the planned schedule. At this time, the wireless network upgrades have been completed in the campus residence halls and Walsh Library. Over the next few weeks the upgrades will begin in Jubilee … Continue reading →

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Internet Upgrade Completed

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Stephen Landry

Over the winter break, University IT Services completed a major upgrade of the campus Internet connection. Over the course of the fall semester, Internet traffic reached the capacity of our former Internet connections, resulting in periods of slow Internet performance … Continue reading →

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Reminder: System Maintenance During Winter Break

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Stephen Landry

The University community is reminded that there will be service interruptions during the winter break while University IT Services performs maintenance and upgrades on key systems. On Thursday, Dec. 30th, University IT Services will be performing maintenance on the data … Continue reading →

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