ISD Highlight http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/isd-news/highlight/rss admin 2010-03-30T11:51:52Z 21st May 2013 - Research Publications System (RPS) Outage http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/isd-news/isnews/may2013/RPS_Outage_21st_May_2013 The Research Publications System (RPS) will be upgraded to the latest version 4.2.1  on Tuesday 21st May 2013,   and as a result of this there will be no service available between 3pm - 5pm on that day.  We are expecting the service to be fully re-instated  by 10.00am on Wednesday 22nd May 2013.  Prior to this,  the service should be considered 'At Risk'. Khalil Rahman 2013-05-14T13:25:41Z Tues 14th May and Tues 21st May, ISD media-related services 'at risk' http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/isd-news/isnews/may2013/isd_media_services_outage_10052013 The following ISD media-related services should be considered 'at risk' during the times listed below while essential maintenance is performed: Bianca McGrath 2013-05-10T11:37:16Z Java Upgrade - Monday 8th April http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/isd-news/isnews/mar2013/java_version_upgrade UCL Administrative Systems are mainly available via the web using an internet browser. Many of the commonly used systems require the use of Java via a browser plug-in in order to run. This is sometimes referred to as the Java Runtime Edition (JRE). Kam K Patel 2013-03-05T12:32:34Z Windows 8 - ISD Statement http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/isd-news/isnews/jan2013/Windows8 Windows 8 is the latest version of the Windows Client operating system. It was put on general release in October 2012. Kam K Patel 2013-01-21T10:45:21Z 8 character minimum password length http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/isd-news/isnews/jan2013/password_length_16012013 Microsoft require us to migrate Live@UCL to their Office 365 offering. This is currently being planned but is unlikely to take place before July 2013. E A ( Liz ) Holden 2013-01-16T13:41:16Z