Tech Bytes

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Beginning May 15, Google will begin retiring the URL shortener platform that the links.asu.edu service is hosted on. On Saturday, this service will switch over to read-only followed by decommissioning all together on June 15.
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of the UTO Newsroom category Modern Workforce, which will explore, surface and contextualize the journey to and through UTO 2.1.
The relevance of culture in an organization cannot be overstated. With intentional frameworks in place, leaders and innovators alike can develop their own unique cultures in which their teams flourish. The question then is “How does an organization…
In a time when data security breaches, cookie workarounds and advertising browser tracking take place every day, how much trust do you have in organizations to keep your information safe online? Moreover, how much trust do you have in institutions,…
The term “working parent” has always been colorfully diverse. With it comes feelings of triumph, balance and competence coexisting with exhaustion, frustration and self-doubt. Marked by COVID-19, these past 18 months have amplified the experience of…
The beginning of the 2021 calendar year saw the third quarter of UTO’s 2021 fiscal year run its course, and that course brought exceptional support, service and innovation to the ASU community. As always, we have gathered the quantity reflecting the…
A university-wide technology “freeze” for Spring semester-end will take place from April 26 - May 3. The freeze is in place to avoid significant disruption to our students, faculty and staff during this critical processing period as the semester…
All IT professionals and academic faculty working across the university are invited to come together for the fourth annual Empower! Taking place virtually from May 13-14, this is the premiere event for ASU's IT professional community to design,…
The White House recently unveiled its $2.3 trillion package to overhaul the country’s infrastructure, calling it The American Jobs Plan. Investments for providing clean water, affordable housing, improved transportation and modernized schools are…
Verizon, the maker of the Ellipsis Jetpack mobile hotspot devices -- Models MHS900L, MHS900LS and MHS900LPP -- has issued a safety recall of this product, and based on our records, you may have one of the recalled devices through our Remote Sync…
As the spring session draws to a close, UTO is beginning to prepare for the summer and fall sessions approaching on the horizon. As with every new session, arrangements for individual classrooms are necessary: it is imperative that you request…
This month the University Technology Office hosted its first-ever Responsible Innovation Workshop to outline its framework for a standard of ethics, respect and accountability being adopted across the organization. 
This year's Women's History Month was one for the books as departments across ASU rallied in celebration and recognition of women's accomplishments, both on and off campus. From explorations of women’s movements that may save the world to …
Editors note: Pictured above from left to right are ASU President Michael M. Crow; Minu Ipe, Senior Knowledge Enterprise Architect and Senior Fellow of Leadership and Institutional Design; Lev Gonick, ASU's Cheif Information Officer; and Christine…
John Wolpert and Timothy Summers during Innov8
Editor's note: The image above was taken at March's Innov8 installment and features, from left to right: John Wolpert, Group Executive, Enterprise Mainnet Products and Technology of ConsenSys, and Timothy Summers, ASU Executive Director of Third…
Alexa has quickly risen in popularity as a household name for individuals and families across the world. And while we aren’t talking about Alexa Rose from the hit-series Schitt’s Creek (although it’s arguable), we are referencing your second…