What do you think IT means?

What exactly is Information Technology? What does this area include? Check out the following links and see what you think. It seems that IT is a very broad term that encompasses so many different areas.

TechTerms.com

Answers.com

MSN Encarta

Wikipedia

University of Toledo IT Department

The University of UT IT Department has several groups within that serve specific functions. Some groups have groups within also. Below is a brief list with some descriptions, or a link to more information.

Clinical Informatics -

Clinical Integration - Supports Clinical Portal, Care Manager and other clinical software.

Clinical Business - Supports clinical software that is billing or business related.

Clinical Support - Supports clinical areas for example radiology, pathology, etc that have need for onsite support.

Hospital Client Services -
Hospital Technicians - Serves hospital IT technician needs

Help Desk -First tier support; submit cases from calls and email for IT problems. Tries to resolve but what is not resolved passed to a more specific technician

Client Services (CS) -

Main Campus (MC) CS - Serves Main Campus IT technician needs

Health Science (HSC) CS - Serves HSC IT technician needs (except hospital)

Network Services - More information at this link: Network Services

Enterprise Apps - More information at this link: Enterprise Apps

Academic Computing - More information at this link: Academic Computing

College Computing -

Arts & Science

Business

Education

Engineering

HSHS

Law

Medicine

Nursing

Pharmacy

IT Helpdesk at University of Toledo

The IT HelpDesk at the University of Toledo is where students, faculty and staff go for all IT problems. Whether it is by phone (419-530-2400), email (ITHelpDesk@utoledo.edu) or submission of a case online (support.utoledo.edu), they are there to serve the university. In addition to the support by this group via the communications listed, there is also a FAQ that can be very helpful: UT IT FAQ.

UT CMPT 1700 class?

Why did I take CMPT 1700 class (Podcasting, Vodcasting and Blogging) at UT? I took this class to learn more about these tools. I have an interest to effectively make use of them in social networking and possible groups I belong to. I would like to know what they are and how most people use them, how to use them effectively and how and where to use them so that you get the most out of them.

Journey Ed

In the name of helping out IT students with finding legitimate sites with lower cost software, I would also recommend Journey Ed. Another plus for this site is that sometimes a University (for example University of Toledo) will let you purchase Journey Ed gift cards through the bookstore and let you use them online to purchase software. What is nice about this added bonus is that some universities allow you to use scholarship or student loan money in the student bookstore to purchase supplies. This is a definite plus!

Academic Superstore

Academic Superstore is another site where students are able to find software at a reduced price. Sometimes the packages are up to 80% off! Check it out frequently and subscribe to their email advertisements if you want to see their latest specials.

www.academicsuperstore.com/

Microsoft Office 2007 for Students - Cheap!

Microsoft is running an offer especially for college students called The Ultimate Steal. For a limited time, students can obtain a copy of Microsoft 2007 Ultimate Edition for only $59.95. To qualify for this offer, you must be enrolled as a US educational institution and have a valid e-mail address that ends in the edu domain. Considering this package is available at retail for around $500, this is a fantastic deal for students. So check it out and save some $$$ today!

Even though you can download the software from the Web site, you should also consider purchasing (for an additional fee) the software on DVD. This will make reinstalling the software much easier in the future in case you have a problem (such as your hard drive fails).