Tech Bytes

ASU student and intern for the Cloud Innovation Center working on a project.
Arizona State University values partnerships that fuel innovation – and it’s this strong tradition of collaboration that brings business leaders into the higher education space, providing learners with future workforce experience while creating new…
Understanding time management, building confidence, making more money later in your career – these are just a few of the benefits of having a job as early as high school.
Person looking at infosec tips at his computer
Cybersecurity is a 24/7 pursuit at ASU as we aim to keep our community protected and informed. Voice or phone phishing is where bad actors may spoof one of our ASU phone numbers in an attempt to voice phish for personal information. We want to take…
Editor’s note: We invite readers to join us on an ongoing storytelling series, “Culture & Innovation,” in which we will not only discuss the development of UTO’s celebrated culture, but how it intends to improve, evolve, and intersect with the…
ASU students and teaching fellows for CIS 194 Cloud Foundations
In partnership with National Education Equity Lab and Amazon Web Services, ASU’s W.P. Carey School of Business and University Technology Office deliver a course on cloud computing to high school students. Pictured above: ASU students serve as…
Web accessibility at ASU is a crucial practice of the university’s commitment to inclusivity, defined by those we serve. UTO is always looking for ways to improve the means by which our community is able to interact with university sites, tools and…
Editor’s note: This story was co-authored by UTO’s editorial team, including Sophie Jones, Alisha Mendez and Mike Sanchez – edited by Tristan Ettleman. 
As the Spring session ends, UTO prepares once again for upcoming Summer and Fall courses. As with every new session, arrangements for individual classrooms are necessary: it is imperative that faculty and staff request desired software to be…
"Be BRAVE." That is our motto that aims to embody as we collectively build our workplace culture. But, what does it mean to be brave?
Individuals looking at a screen together and taking detailed sticky-notes.
ASU prides itself on accessible enterprise tools, ensuring all departments have an array of affordable resources at their disposal. Supporting this mission, UTO is happy to share an additional service option for our community to choose from:…
conversketch of the pitches from Day 2 at Pente Pitch Challenge
If you’ve watched the ABC hit TV show Shark Tank, you know that inventors stand before potential investors, pitching their ideas in hopes of earning financial backing and mentorship. 
Herberger students at Skysong
Smart campus technology has long been a focus of ASU innovation. Key to advancing this work are strategic partnerships like those with the Cox Connected Environment Collaboratory and the Cloud Innovation Center, powered by AWS, known around campus…
Students gather for the LF Jam
If you’ve been to the Creativity Commons in Tempe this month, you may have noticed a flurry of activity on the second floor. That’s because the space in ASU’s Learning Futures now offers Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband indoors.
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Maintaining more control and privacy of our information is crucial in today’s digital-centered world. Data Privacy Day, which takes place on January 28 every year, is a time to drive home this always relevant idea. To open up conversations and bring…
ASU students working at Creativity Commons
Futuristic, learner-centered and empowering: UTO has developed a new array of strategic priorities designed to support and advance the innovation taking place across ASU.
5K runners gather for a picture
Every year, ASU supports Valley of the Sun United Way to further their mission of addressing health, housing, education, workforce development and more in Maricopa County. As part of a university-wide approach, UTO takes part to give back to the…
Immersive Creation Studio teams
Editor’s note: UTO’s By the Numbers is moving to a new publishing cadence to align with the Fall, Spring and Summer semester at ASU. This edition looks at the Fall 2021 semester from October 1 - December 31, 2021.
ASU campus
Editor’s Note: Chris Richardson, Deputy Chief Information Office at ASU, recently returned to the University Technology Office after a 6-month secondment with the Arizona Department of Education as interim CIO. Richardson authored the following blog…
ASU's 2022 Smart Region Summit
Over 550 smart city experts, technology leaders, faculty, researchers and students convened at ASU's fourth annual Smart Region Summit, a digital imm
ASU’s Learning Futures’ Collaboratory, powered by Verizon 5G, in Creativity Commons. Photo credit: Mike Sanchez, ASU
“We are in the most transformative technological moment since the early stages of the industrial revolution,” said ASU President Michael Crow during a welcome keynote at the 2022 Smart Region Summit last week.