Banner Communication Manager Could Help You!

If you are finding yourself in need of sending a large email communication, Banner Communication Manager (BCM) may be a helpful resource for you! It saves you from manually inputting large amounts of email addresses and can also help personalize mass emails. If you are interested in learning about how to use BCM you can check out this article. 

If this is something you would like to explore further please email its@manhattan.edu for a BCM Consultation to arrange a setup and training session.

Now Available: Instant ITS Blog Updates!

ITS has recently changed the way you can subscribe to our blog. 

This new subscription will allow you to get instant updates when a post is shared to the blog straight to your inbox! This is done by joining a Google group that sends out an email each time a post is shared. If you'd like to subscribe, please refer to this guide. 

Please note that if you have already subscribed but want to receive ITS blog updates faster by joining the group, you will need to subscribe using this link. 

Google Chrome Profile Update

If you have logged into a Google Chrome Profile you may have seen a message that looks like the image below. 

Google has recently released an update in which they are taking more steps to separate personal information data from enterprise-managed data. 

What does this mean? 

This means that when you are using Chrome you will need to be logged into a Chrome profile with sync, or use guest mode. We recommend that you select the box next to “Keep local browsing data (bookmarks, passwords, history, etc.)” if you will not be using a Guest profile. To learn more about using Chrome Profiles please refer to this article. This will ensure that you keep all of your saved data like bookmarks and passwords. Please refer to this article for guidance on turning sync on and off. 

Please feel free to reach out to its@manhattan.edu with any questions or concerns. 

Planned Outage: Banner/Oracle Maintenance - Complete

Dear Manhattan College Community,

The Oracle Migration is complete. Thank you everyone for your support in this effort.

Information Technology Services

Dear Manhattan College Community,

Information Technology Services will be migrating our Oracle environment from an "on premise" model (hosted in our datacenter) to the Oracle Cloud.

This will require that our Oracle environment be offline beginning on Friday, June 10th at 6:00pm - Sunday, June 12th until 10:00pm.  This includes Banner and any secondary software associated with Banner i.e., Self-Service.  Additionally, we will work diligently to limit the downtime especially for Banner Self-Service.

Also, starting on May 24, 2022, ITS will institute a freeze on any new banner releases or patches in order to keep the integrity of our Test system and Banner Production environments intact unless related to an emergency fix from Ellucian or a time-sensitive patch released by the government.

Thank you for your patience during this important migration.

Information Technology Services

Campus Network Outage

Update June 2, 2022 7:20AM: Outage is resolved. There was an equipment malfunction that was attended to.

 We are aware of an outage affecting Network and Phones on campus.

Your Feedback Is Needed!

Your Feedback is Needed!

As another semester comes to an end we need your help! We are evaluating how certain services and products benefit the Manhattan College community or could bring value to a particular classroom/computer lab. Please help us by completing the following surveys. Each one will only take 5 minutes or less and your feedback is valued.

Google Jamboard is a digital whiteboard that can be used by students, professors, and staff. It has a range of features from digital whiteboards to remote collaboration to video conferencing and more. ITS introduced them on campus during the Summer of 2017 and they are currently located in:

Leo Student Study Space- (4 Jamboards available for use)
Leo Center for Academic Success

Please take this 4-5 minute survey to tell us about your experience with Google Jamboard and help us learn more about where, when, why, and how you are using it.

Smart classrooms are defined as rooms that have the latest technology standard in place.

Please take this 4-5 minute survey to tell us about your experience with classroom technology and help us learn more about where, when, why, and how you are using it.

Customer satisfaction is very important to us. We value your feedback and would like to hear about your overall experience with ITS.

Please take this 1-2 minute survey to tell us about your experience with ITS for the Spring 2022 semester.

Cybersecurity Group Releases List of Cybersecurity Themes for 2022

Global venture group Team8, which creates and invests in technology and cybersecurity companies, has announced the release of its 2022 Cybersecurity Themes report. This report aims to inform the reader of the factors shaping the future of cybersecurity in the near future. Driven by the impact of the pandemic, the increase in remote work and the increase of cyberattacks, these factors, and solutions associated with them are being pushed by our governments in order to protect our companies and individuals. Cyberattacks have been trending away from individuals and have been targeting larger entities as of late, which has been emphasized in the article.


Important Trends Identified:

• Trend 2 starts by describing the shift in ransomware toward targeting enterprises and whole companies rather than just individuals. Many corporations have physical and digital infrastructure that is at heavy risk, and like in the Colonial Pipeline attack in which ransomware caused a whole pipeline to be shut down, these companies need to heavily invest in cybersecurity.

• Trend 4 explains that there is an increasing trend in private investment in cybersecurity, like in the areas of cloud adoption and remote work, in order to keep a company’s intellectual property safe.

• Trend 7, arguably the most important trend, describes the “shift left” that is happening among cybersecurity software development, in which more security concerns are addressed in the earlier stages of development.

There are several more trends discussed in the article. To read about every trend laid out by Team8 and to see their full research, visit the following link:


https://lp.team8.vc/cyber-trends-report-2022