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Projects - What will be coming
April 2006
Banner 7, Oracle 10
Banner 7.x will be rolled out in June 2006. Banner 7.x has a new
look to it, allowing much more information to be displayed on a
single screen. There is new technology incorporated into Banner
7.x. It uses the new Oracle Forms product, which turns Banner into
a completely web-based application. The Banner 7 testing
environment can be access from the its/services page.
After Banner 7 is up and running, we will be looking at the next
step of our migration, which is Oracle 10.
Judicial Module
A new Judicial module is being added to the CBORD system. This
will allow Student Affairs to better process and track various
incidents on campus. This will be available for Fall 2006.
Mailing Lists
Many of our major e-mail lists and aliases, such as students,
faculty-official, staff-official, etc. and too susceptible to
attack by “spam” and the lists are too big or anyone to maintain by
hand. The automation of the major e-mail lists and aliases requires
special software. The software is really used behind the scenes and
unaware to most users. So to make more of the community aware, ITS
will begin migrating from the use of the software called Majordomo
to software called Mailman (http://www.list.org).
We'll be moving you over to the new lists soon, and you will have
improved list archives on the web and easier access to your
subscription options.
Watch us grow: http://home.eckerd.edu/mailman/listinfo
Phone Switch
The core phone switch of the main campus is currently being
replaced and the project will be completed by mid-summer. The
existing phone switch is over 22-years old and was technically
labeled “end of life” over a year ago. The new phone switch
includes a new voicemail system and most of the campus will receive
new phones with the caller ID display.
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