SIGUCCS 2021 Conference Takeaway – Infrastructure and Networking

Our third session of the 2021 annual conference highlighted the technical achievements of our colleagues. The presentations included:

  • Centralizing Server and Workstation Provisioning, Configuration, and Management by Kyle Vonblohn
  • Consolidation of Individual Email Services into a Cloud Service by Takao Shimayoshi, Yoshiaki Kasahara, and Naomi Fujimura
  • Automatic and Flexible Operation of Campus Equipment Using Bot Computing by Takashi Yamanoue
Centralizing Server and Workstation Provisioning, Configuration, and Management with Foreman and Puppet

Kyle Vonblohn impressed attendees with his presentation recording – he used a recently renovated classroom to share his expertise.

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Challenge for Consolidation of Individual Email Services into a Cloud Service

Our colleagues from Kyushu University discussed their system for delegating administration of email domains to different constituents at their college.

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An Attempt of Automatic and Flexible Operation of Campus Equipment Using Bot Computing

Takashi Yamanoue is leveraging a wiki and Bot Computing (Arduino) to program electronic power-on time and power-off time. His informative slides demonstrated how leveraging small technology can have a big (positive) impact for users.

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About SIGUCCS Editor

The Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS) is an association of professionals who support and manage the diverse aspects of information technology services at higher education institutions. SIGUCCS is one of 36 special interest groups of ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society. SIGUCCS focuses on issues surrounding the support, delivery, and management of those services, and provides professional development opportunities for its members and the other individuals in the field.