{"id":3979,"date":"2012-08-14T10:38:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T14:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/?p=3979"},"modified":"2012-09-25T09:00:42","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T13:00:42","slug":"hod-service-upgraded-to-support-latest-java-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/2012\/08\/14\/hod-service-upgraded-to-support-latest-java-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"HOD Service Upgraded to Support Latest Java Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IS&amp;T has successfully upgraded the\u00a0<a title=\" opens in a new browser window or tab.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/desktop\/support\/software\/mainframe-connection-software\/host-on-demand-hod\/\">Host On-Demand<\/a> service (used to connect to and use GALAXY) from version 10.0.1 to version 11.0.5. \u00a0This update fully supports modern browsers, operating systems, and Java plugins, and it does not require any action on your part; the next time you launch HOD it should operate normally, although it may update a few files before opening. Computers that previously did not receive Java updates have been updated to reflect the change and should start receiving Java updates as normal.<\/p>\n<h3>Supported Browsers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Windows<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Internet Explorer 6.0 or newer<\/li>\n<li>Mozilla Firefox 1.5 through 12.0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mac OS X<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Safari 1.2 or newer<\/li>\n<li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0 through 12.0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Supported Java 2 Plugins<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sun, IBM, and HP Java plugins 1.5.0. Sun 1.6.0<\/li>\n<li>IBM 32-bit runtime Environment for Java 2, 1.5 and 1.6.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Though this new version of HOD will work on older browsers and Java versions, we highly recommend updating to the newest possible version of each to take advantage of important security updates. If you use any other applications that need Java, please check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/it\">TechWeb<\/a> for browser and Java compatibility.<\/p>\n<p>For assistance updating your browser and Java plugins, contact the IT Help Center\u00a0<a title=\" opens in a new browser window or tab.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/desktop\/support\/#help\">online<\/a>, via e-mail at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ithelp@bu.edu\">ithelp@bu.edu<\/a>, or by phone at (617)353-HELP (4357). If your computer is managed by IS&amp;T\u2019s Desktop Services, the appropriate updates will be pushed to your computer during the next change window. If your school or department has dedicated IT support,\u00a0<a title=\" opens in a new browser window or tab.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/desktop\/support\/other\/\">contact them<\/a> for help installing updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IS&amp;T has successfully upgraded the\u00a0Host On-Demand service (used to connect to and use GALAXY) from version 10.0.1 to version 11.0.5. \u00a0This update fully supports modern browsers, operating systems, and Java plugins, and it does not require any action on your part; the next time you launch HOD it should operate normally, although it may update [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5559,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3979"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4370,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3979\/revisions\/4370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}