Annual UCOP ITS Tech Fair draws a crowd
August 15, 2016 •
The third annual UCOP ITS Tech Fair was a huge success, with an estimated 300 people dropping by during the two-hour event held on Wednesday, Aug. 10.
By visiting the 12 tables run by various ITS staff, UCOP employees had a chance to learn about both current and future services — from commonly used desktop apps and software like Windows to the new Zoom video/audio and web conferencing system. Other tables — such as the ones for PowerBI, Salesforce, Tableau, and Cognos — were designed to make staff aware of apps, software and IT services that they might not know are available to help with their work.
The capper of the two-hour event was the drawing for raffle prizes. Albert Apolonia won the Phiaton Bluetooth headset while Tommy Lam and Lloyd Allen each won an iPad Pro with case.
Many people contributed to the success of the ITS Tech Fair. Listed below are descriptions of all the fair’s informational tables and who staffed them, plus a list of the other volunteers who made the annual event such a big success.
PowerBI and Salesforce: PowerBI is a cloud-based business analytics service that transforms data into rich visuals for easy comprehension, pattern recognition and analysis. Salesforce provides a collaboration and customer relationship management (CRM) service and also a technology platform for customers and developers to build and run work applications. For education, it can be used for recruiting, student success, advancement, marketing and community engagement. Assistance with PowerBI and Salesforce is available by contacting EnterpriseApplicationServices@ucop.edu. Staffed by Donna Yamasaki, Bhanu Polakam, Sushant Prasad and Ran Liu.
Records Management: The records collection database, Document Central, is available to all UCOP staffers who sign up for an account to access non-confidential documents. The Correspondence Report is a subscription email newsletter with summaries of correspondence that may be of interest. Staffed by Angela Hom and Laurie Sletten.
Information Security: This area protects the confidentiality, availability and integrity of UC information assets through activities that identify and minimize information security risk. Staffed by Jon Good and Audrie Ramirez.
IT Service Desk: This desk provides first tier support to UCOP staff, emphasizing customer service and accountability and resolving problems efficiently by following best practices. Staffed by Cyndi Lukk and Jenny Zhang.
ServiceNow: ITService Hub is the OP brand for ServiceNow, the ticketing system used by IT as well as BRC. Staffed by Wendy Rager, Kal Vallamsetla, Praveena Pirla and Dede Bruno.
IT PMO: This office provides project management and business analysis resources for technical projects. Staffed by Bill Doucet and Halina Wojnicz and supported by Dede Bruno. Additional contributors: Allison Spencer, Bob Fraysse, Debra Turnage, John Blake, Gale Sheean-Remotto and Elizabeth Burkart.
Zoom: Zoom is the new UC systemwide provider of audio/web/videoconferencing that will be replacing ReadyTalk in coming months. Staffed by Regana Staccato-Johnson and Albert Lai.
Jabber: The UCOP softphone application for Windows, Mac, smartphone and tablet is now also available on the cloud desktop. Staffed by Joseph David, Kim Dorsey and Daryl Yamamoto.
Windows 10/Office 2016: The next generation of Windows and Office that UCOP will be moving to. Staffed by Paul Anderson, Derek Mazon and Robert Koster.
Accessibility: The IT Accessibility Work Group promotes guidelines for making documents, websites, videos and applications accessible to people with disabilities. Staffed by Candace Jones and Yvonne Tevis.
Tableau and Cognos: IT reporting tools. Staffed by Al Course, Nataraj Basavaraj, Krishna Malipatel and Debra Turnage.
Outlook Photo Booth and ITS video montage: Employees had the opportunity to have a photo taken for their Outlook profile and to watch a video about ITS. Staffed by Kyle Hwang.
Other table volunteers: Randy Kemish, Jay McGehee, Jerome McEvoy, Patrick Rogers, Emma Sebastian, Sarah Mathews, Veena Doijode, Elizabeth John, Jon Kirton and Steve Pease.
Overall fair organizers/coordinators: Donna Yamasaki, Bob Fraysse and Shirley Bittlingmeier
