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Welcome, Priscilla!
Priscilla Mariano recently joined the Office of Information Technology as our Help Desk Operator. Priscilla comes to us from the Salvation Army where she worked as an IT Assistant. Prior to coming to the US, Priscilla, originally from Zimbabwe, worked as a systems administrator in her home country and more... More
“Verify Your BU Account Now” E-Mail is spam – Delete it
If you got an e-mail from "upgrade@bu.edu" asking you to supply for you email username and email password appears to be a phishing scheme. We would *never* ask you to e-mail your password. Please just delete the e-mail. As always, if you have an e-mail that is suspect, you can call the... More
Welcome, Curtis!
BUMC IT would like to welcome our newest Desktop Support Specialist, Curtis Teixeira. Curtis comes to us from the School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Health where he has provided both Mac and PC support for approximately 50 faculty and staff for the past 7 years.
Welcome, Brian!
Please join us in welcoming our newest Desktop Support Specialist, Bryan Bettencourt. Bryan has several years of experience supporting users and computers in various environments ranging from hospitals to mobile broadcasting units. Bryan graduated cum laude from Wentworth Institute of Technology with a BS in Computer Engineering Technology.
Exchange E-mail Quotas
As a reminder the quota for individual Exchange mailboxes is 250MB. For Exchange Public Folders the quota is at 20MB. Please click here for more info.
Welcome, Matt!
BUMC IT would like to welcome Matt Reinke to the Systems Analyst/Administrator IT position starting Monday, September 11th. Matt has a degree in Business Administration with concentration in Information Systems and technical work experience in networking and system administration.
Congratulations, Marco!
With great pleasure, BUMC IT announces the promotion, effective August 1st, of Marco Basta to Application Developer II. Marco has done an outstanding job for the past 7 months as Application Developer I, working predominantly on the AIMS application, and has proven himself to be both dedicated and extremely capable.
Managing Spam at BUMC
Many at BUMC are victims of "spamming" attacks and are forced to filter through hundreds of unwanted and inappropriate email daily. While there's no cure for spam, BUMC IT encourages using SpamAssassin for anyone with a BU email account to minimize its effects. Questions? Contact (617) 638-5914 or bumchelp@bu.edu. Click here for more... More
