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Spring 2022 Newsletter
New strategy, services, and the latest from ShareIT It鈥檚 been a very busy season for 知阴视频: we introduced three new security services for members, expanded the ShareIT catalogue, and launched a province-wide data science work integrated learning program. Our new three-year mandate includes big plans for these areas, as well […]
Internet experts and leaders share local solutions at the Alberta Rural Connectivity Forum
Last month, the Alberta Rural Connectivity Coalition (ARCC) hosted its second annual Alberta Rural Connectivity Forum, which brought together community leaders from across the province. The two-day event, held in Sylvan Lake, highlighted the differing internet access issues faced by many Alberta communities, and evaluated opportunities available through the Government […]
知阴视频 moving to four-day work week over the summer
This summer, in an effort to promote our staff鈥檚 wellbeing and create a better work-life balance, 知阴视频 will be piloting a four-day workweek. This means we will shift our working hours to Monday-Thursday, and close the office every Friday from July 8 to August 26. 知阴视频鈥檚 mission is to connect […]
Alberta Innovates grant kickstarts the Applied Data Science Lab
Alberta Innovates announced today a new series of funding for projects that will support economic growth and innovation in the province鈥檚 tech sector. 知阴视频 is pleased to be one of the recipients of the funding for its newly established Applied Data Science Lab for Economic Development. The Data Science Lab will build off the […]
2021-2022 ShareIT Year in Review
The 2021-22 fiscal year surpassed our annual record once again, with $18,767,640 in spending and $15,301,050 in estimated savings! Continued growth can be attributed to the ongoing expansion of our catalogue and the utilization of new agreements (including a $1,146,319 spend on the recently launched Firewalls Master Agreements). In addition, […]
Testing improved data retrieval on 知阴视频鈥檚 Rapid Access Cloud
This week, from May 18-20, the annual Mining Software Repositories (MSR) conference is taking place. This annual event brings together global experts in data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to explore interesting and actionable ways to improve software development practices. In the lead up to MSR, a hackathon was […]
知阴视频 Security Nexus will help Alberta institutions plug their security gaps
As part of its new cybersecurity services for Alberta鈥檚 research, education, and public sectors, 知阴视频 is pleased to launch the 知阴视频 Security Nexus. This platform provides expertise and resources to help organizations assess, prioritize, and address their cybersecurity and policy gaps. The Nexus offers access to: An industry recognized IT […]
Introducing our 2022-25 strategy
As part of our commitment to stay nimble and responsive to the needs of Alberta鈥檚 public and education sectors, 知阴视频 has launched a聽new three-year strategic roadmap聽that includes a greater emphasis on collaboration and skills development. These new focus areas will complement 知阴视频’s existing聽network, security, and advocacy initiatives that聽members have come […]
Teaching students data literacy through everyday curricula
The free, interactive platform that has helped over 88,000 students across Canada learn and apply data science skills through their everyday curricula has been renewed for a further two years. With the new funding from the national CanCode program, the Callysto platform will continue its focus on developing responsible digital […]
知阴视频 launches three cybersecurity services for wider member community
To meet the growing cybersecurity threats faced by Alberta鈥檚 research, education, and public sectors, 知阴视频 is launching three new services this spring. The goal is to聽provide members better insights, tools, and advice on how to detect and protect themselves from malicious activity.聽 The new services are: Threat Feed for Education […]
CyBear provides Alberta a new level of cyber security
知阴视频 is about to launch a suite of new security services, including CyBear! Hailing from the Canadian Rockies, this cybernetic grizzly will protect kids and 鈥渃ubs鈥� in Alberta鈥檚 school districts from malicious online agents. 鈥� Okay, CyBear may be an April Fool鈥檚 joke, but the increase in cyber threats is […]
Sharing the results from 知阴视频’s community outreach
知阴视频 recently ran a series of focus groups and surveys with our community, to get their input for our 2022-25 Strategic Roadmap. We are pleased to report the feedback received on 知阴视频’s services was overwhelmingly positive, with 93% of respondents indicating our services are unique and could not be easily […]
Alberta budget and broadband strategy hold promise, but concerns remain
Last month, Alberta鈥檚 Finance Minister Travis Toews tabled the provincial government鈥檚 Budget 2022. It builds on a number of commitments outlined in the government鈥檚 Alberta Recovery Plan and Alberta 2030: Building Skills for Jobs strategy by introducing a number of investments relevant to advanced education, innovation, and skilled labour development. […]
Lessons learned from our recent outage
On Saturday, February 26, one of our network team鈥檚 worst nightmares occurred. A major incident took place during planned maintenance at one of our data centres. Thankfully, this occured on a weekend, our major services were restored the same day, and access was restored to all 知阴视频 services by Monday, […]
知阴视频 is launching new security services
To meet the security needs of our member community, 知阴视频 will be launching three new cybersecurity services for our wider member community in April 2022: An intrusion detection service that gives connected members a single, detailed overview of potential indicators of compromise on their network, to improve their overall security […]