CNIT News

05/06/2013 - New Chat experience coming to Google Drive
A new Chat feature is coming to Google Drive for BergApps users. Beginning on May 7, Google will be rolling out this feature to your BergApps (Google Apps) account.  Chat in Docs and Slides has a new look similar to what you’re used to in Gmail. You can now start a group chat with just...

04/17/2013 - Google Experiencing Outage
As of 9:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, April 17, Google is reporting sporadic outages with various Google Apps services.  These outages may affect your ability to log into BergApps and access Gmail, Google Drive, and related services.  Google engineers are working to resolve the issue, and CNIT...

04/17/2013 - Google Services Restored
As of 11:15 AM EDT, Google reports that it has resolved all issues that rendered some of its products inaccessible this morning (Wednesday, April 17, 2013).  BergApps as well as Google's consumer services should be functioning normally at this time. You can monitor the status of Google apps...

04/14/2013 - New Default for Gmail Compose Window in BergApps
On April 16, 2013, the new Compose and Reply interface from the consumer version of Gmail  will become the default compose experience in BergApps.  These features put more focus on your message itself, not all the features around it. Here are some of the highlights: Fast...

12/19/2012 - WiFi Live in Miller Hall
Just after final exams in December, CNIT staff began installing WIFI access points into all 5 floors of Miller residence hall. There had not been any university WIFI service in Miller previously.   All residential rooms in Miller should now have good coverage. Of course, all wired connections...

12/10/2012 - All Google Apps services restored
Google reports that it has resolved all issues that rendered some of its products inaccessible for a brief period around 12:00 pm EST today (Monday, December 10, 2012).  BergApps as well as Google's consumer services should be functioning normally at this time. You can monitor the status...

11/13/2012 - Time-Warner fiber maintenance knocks out Internet connection
Our campus connection to the Internet was interrupted from approximately 1:30 AM until 7:00 AM on Tuesday, November 13, 2012.    This kind of unanticipated outage by our middle-mile provider is very rare, but did interrupt all email, web browsing, and social network activity via computers...

11/10/2012 - New Compose window coming to BergApps
Google will soon roll out a new version of the email compose and reply features in BergApps. These features put more focus on your message itself, not all the features around it. Here are some of the highlights:   Fast: Compose messages right from your inbox. Simple: Redesigned with a clean,...

10/26/2012 - Faster Internet connection now active
Our campus connection to the Internet has just been increased by 33% to 100 Mbps.  In addition, we have an 80 Mbps connection to other Ohio schools, museums, libraries, and research centers, plus a 20 Mbps connection to our own campus at Arrowhead Park in Maumee, Ohio.   During the month...

10/26/2012 - Network Maintenance Thursday, November 1, 2012
CNIT personnel will be performing significant network maintenance activities on Thursday afternoon and evening, November 1.  This work will be done behind-the-scenes, and any activity that would interrupt general access to servers and the Internet will be postponed until after 4...