A New University-wide Site License for WinZip
Acquiring a university-wide license for commonly used computer software is usually an effective means to reduce the overall costs of purchasing software. Regarding this, CSC/ITSU has recently adopted a University wide WinZip license for all computers owned by the CUHK. Under this scheme, staff members can download registered version of WinZip from http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/mcas/sitelicense/ with no charge. Also, there will be one to two times upgrades a year available from that site too. Please proceed to download now and don't hesitate to enjoy this University wide license.

A New Desktop Personal Computer Tender Available for Reference
CSC/ITSU has recently conducted a Desktop Personal Computer tender exercise (JUCC Tender #243). Fifteen companies bidded to supply three classes of personal computer for the member institutes of Joint Universities Computer Centres (JUCC). The classes range from general purpose models to power user models.

The resulting tender has been distributed to all LAN Administrators in the briefing meeting session that held on March 16. Interested departments are welcome to use these tender results for acquisition. Details can be found at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/price/.

High-performance Computing Workshop March 27-29
A parallel programming workshop for high-performance computing (Origin 2000) users was held between March 27-29 in the Centre. It was our pleasure to have a guest speaker from Silicon Graphics Limited to provide this training for University staff and students. In the workshop, the speaker provided an overview of the SGI Origin 2000 supercomputer and its parallel programming environment. Participants were introduced to optimization and parallelization techniques and provided with hands-on experience.

Regular workshops are held for University staff in various areas. Please visit our training page http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/csc/training for program and registration details.

Internet Access Points (ClassNet) Available in United College Library
Apart from those in the University library, several network outlets are now available in the United College Library. If you have already registered the Ethernet Address of your network card on our system, you should be able make access to the Internet and the Campus Network in the same way as in other classrooms or buildings.

While using the network, you should observe the rules and regulations which are stated in the "Campus Network - Policies and Guidelines on Access and Usage". Please visit http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/csc/network/classnet for network card registration and other details.

Computer Services on Ching Ming Festival Holiday (April 4)
Consultation Room, Room 131A Pi Chiu Building
9:30am-11pm

User Area, 1/F Pi Chiu Bldg.
Open in 24 hours as usual

User Area, Room 103 Wong Foo Yuan Bldg.
Closed

Information Counter, G/F Pi Chiu Bldg.
Closed

During this period, other computer systems and network services will continue operating as normal over the holiday period.