Minutes - Applications & Equipment Committee

Campus Technology Advisory Board

CTAB Applications & Equipment Committee
Summary of Meeting - 5/5/2010

PC Authentication

CTS is working on moving PC authentication from pGina to Active Directory
- pGina is an older, no-longer-supported product
- Active Directory is the current "industry standard" and will allow additional management tools and user services
There was discussion on user privileges - user, power-user, and administrator - and which will provide the best balance between security and productivity
- Privileges can be adjusted for an individual and/or a group of users
LanDesk is an additional piece that will help with security and productivity

Google Sites

There are still technical problems to work out before Google Sites can be made available to the campus
- For now, it is turned off and not available in LakerApps
- Google Sites will be made available when the technical issues can be addressed
Natalie has compiled a list of the issues she has found. These are available at: https://sites.google.com/a/gtest.oswego.edu/sturr/
For now, CTS has enough on its plate with the email migration and implementing other components of Laker Apps

Fonts and sustainability

A discussion started last meeting about changes to default fonts in an effort to reduce ink usage
The Enterprise Desktop Services Committee has been exploring this issue.
They found, and are investigating, ecofont - http://www.ecofont.com
- Reviews say it can reduce ink use by 20%
- Pricing may be an issue, although that is still being investigated
The group also asked the EDSC to also look at vertical spacing - as a way to reduce paper use.
- The default line spacing in Office 2007 is 1.5. The default in Office 2003 was 1.0. This makes a notable difference in the length of the document

Thank you !!!

To all who have worked on this committee this year
To all who tested, and tested and tested Google products, Microsoft products, and more
To all who investigated, evaluated and discussed our many issues
Thank you!