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 Caltech Data Warehouse is Live 8/14/08
Phase II of the Caltech Data Warehouse is live. Three new datamarts have been added: FAMIS (facilities information), GA (grants accounting), and LD (labor distribution). To get started, go to the Caltech Data Warehouse information site at http://imss.caltech.edu/help/datawarehouse and register for a training session. Upon completion of training, you will be able to log into the new Caltech Data Warehouse with your access.caltech username and password.

 Beware Fake E-mails Asking for Your Caltech Username & Password
Many campus users are receiving e-mails claiming to come from Caltech that ask them to provide their usernames and passwords.  Please be aware that this is a form of security attack known as “phishing” designed to fool users into giving their usernames and passwords to unknown persons.  Please do not reply to these e-mails.

IMSS recommends against providing usernames and passwords by e-mail, and IMSS will never ask users for their passwords by e-mail or phone.  If you receive any confusing or worrisome e-mails about any of your Caltech accounts, we strongly recommend you take the cautious approach by contacting the IMSS Help Desk at x3500 or help@caltech.edu or your local system administrator.

 Administrative Systems Maintenance on 8/28/08

Biweekly Thursday Maintenance

Start Date:  Thursday, August 28, 5:00 PM Test/Dev Systems, 6:30 PM Production Systems
End Date: Thursday, August 28, 11:59 PM  

Affected Equipment: Oracle Production/Test/Development UNIX/Linux Servers 
Affected Applications: Oracle HR and Financial applications, Discoverer, Kronos, Famis, Exeter Student Systems, Pcard, Webster, Docushare

 New Online Directory Feature 8/13/08
In response to feedback that the online directory should provide more information to off campus Caltech users, an access.caltech login has been added to online directory.  Logging in to the online directory allows off campus Caltech users to see the same information as on campus users.

To see how your information is currently displayed to off campus users, look up your online directory record and click the "Show off campus version" link.  As a reminder, access.caltech allows you to choose which information is displayed in the online directory.  We encourage you to login to access.caltech and select My Personal Information to review your current settings.  The items you can choose to display are:
  • E-mail address
  • Phone numbers (work and home)
  • Campus mailing address
  • Home residence address
Please note that changes to these settings take up to 24 hours to take effect in the online directory.  If you have questions or need assistance, please contact the Help Desk at x3500 or at help@caltech.edu.

 Caltech Guest Wireless Network Delay for Firefox 3.0 Users
IMSS recommends disabling the Online Certificate Status Protocol feature for Firefox 3.0 users who are trying to use the Caltech Guest wireless network.  This feature, enabled by default, causes delays when attempting to access the Guest network.  See here for additional information and instructions on how to disable this feature.

 IMSS Supports New iPhone 2.0 Features

The iPhone 2.0 launched Friday, July 11 at Apple and AT&T stores.  IMSS supports the first generation iPhone features (Wi-Fi, POP mail and IMAP mail) and the new enterprise features of the iPhone 2.0 operating system (Exchange ActiveSync, Secure Wi-Fi and VPN).  Please see our iPhone pages for more information and configuration guides for using the iPhone with IMSS' services:

http://imss.caltech.edu/help/iphone

 New Webmail System Now Available
IMSS is pleased to announce that a new webmail system is now available.  You will  now see a noticeably improved Webmail interface that is quicker and easier to use. This new Webmail system can be reached at http://webmail.caltech.edu.

The old webmail server at http://webmail.its.caltech.edu will continue to be up for one month to allow people to have time to smoothly transition to the new servers.

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access.caltech
Benefits Annual Enrollment
Caltech Data Warehouse
HENGE Calendar
IMSS Exchange Email & Calendar
KRONOS Timekeeping
My Personal Information
Parking
REGIS Student System
Software Download
TechMart
Webmail
Standard Unix Email
Unix Cluster
VPN
   
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS:
FAMIS
PCard
STUDENT SYSTEMS:
Exeter
HUMAN RESOURCES:
Recruiting Solutions
REPORTING TOOLS:

Discoverer
Discoverer (9iAS)

Webster
EMAIL & CALENDAR:
B&F Exchange Email & Calendar
MISCELLANEOUS:
Administrative Applications
Oracle, E-PAN, ASI, WIC, PIC
Performance Appraisal
[Queries]
[Ops Calendar/Ops Production]
License Servers