OIT Technology News: End of 2021 Edition

In this last edition of 2021, we feature the new SUPERPOD, updates to STABLE, the winner of our MOS3K contest, plus much more
SMU launches powerful new supercomputing research system with NVIDIA

“Research universities like ours have an obligation to actively engage in the development and application of AI for societal good, and this partnership gives us the tools to do it.” Find out more about SMU's collaboration with NVIDIA.
NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD


We are excited to announce that the event management and room scheduling components of STABLE will go live in January. We've produced a for you.


If you have an SMU-provided Sprint cellular device, such as an iPad, phone, or mobile hotspot, we have .


Tyler Diehl can explain persistent themes, styles of character writing and even identify the saddest sentence in all of Dracula without ever opening the book—.


Recently, several OIT leadership members collaborated with Educause on a case study about .


On Friday, December 3, 2021, we hit a significant milestone when issuing our 3,000th certification to Elizabeth Bell. She was awarded our , a perfect addition to getting her ready for final exams.


Time is running out! SMU will be disabling the telephone/SMS authentication methods on January 4, 2022. to make sure your service is not interrupted.


As the new Log4Shell critical zero-day vulnerability is exploited, the OIT Security Team reviews and patches enterprise systems and web apps. Read the .


On January 4, 2022, OIT will reduce the number of choices to authenticate with Duo two-factor authentication .


During the winter break, the AV team will facilitate . Some of this work had been scheduled for the summer but was impacted due to shipping delays and resource constraints.