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Cybersecurity 101: Protecting the Digital Footprint in the Digital Age

July 3rd, 2023 | by
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In today’s digital age, our lives are increasingly intertwined with the online world. From social media profiles to online banking accounts, we leave a digital footprint that can be vulnerable to cyber threats. Protecting our digital presence and maintaining online privacy is more important now than ever. In this blog post, we’ll go over the basics of cybersecurity and provide practical tips for protecting your digital footprint.

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Healthy Well-Being When Working From Home – Part 3

April 28th, 2023 | by
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“Sitting is the new smoking” – everyone has probably heard this saying. Research in recent years has also shown that this is not just an empty phrase: Just 30 minutes of daily exercise has a positive effect on physical and mental health, such as strengthening the cardiovascular system or reducing the tendency to depression, etc. In part 3 of our series, we would like to give you some useful tips for feeling good and staying fit at home.

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New software environment and operating system
for CLAIX

March 29th, 2023 | by
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Maybe you have already noticed – the changeover to a new Linux distribution on the CLAIX has been going on for some time. Now it goes into the final phase, so that the old operating system CentOS 7 will be replaced by Rocky Linux 8.7. It is compatible with Red Hat Enterprise and brings a few changes.

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Call Center World in Berlin

March 24th, 2023 | by
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For More Performance in Customer Dialogue

This year, the trade fair “Call Center World” – CCW for short – took place from February 28 to March 2,2023. The central theme of the 24th International Congress Fair for Innovative Customer Dialogue this year was “Total Experience Management”. Customer experience across all channels and excellent service solutions were the focus of the exhibitors at the fair. In addition to 6,500 international visitors and 200 exhibitors, the IT Center also visited the trade fair in Berlin. What is currently happening in the service industry? What new technologies await us? What will advance customer service? Exhibition stands, speaker forums and demo talks informed visitors about the current trends and movements in the customer dialogue industry. On two exciting days at the fair, we spoke with many exhibitors from the various companies. One thing became clear to us very quickly: new AI technologies such as chat bots and voice assistants, as well as customer experience across all channels, are indispensable in the current world of customer service.

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Hooray, Hooray, the 1000th Blog Post Is Here

March 16th, 2023 | by
Auszeichnung zum 1000. Blogbeitrag auf dem IT Center Blog

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Today we’re celebrating a big milestone at the IT Center! Our 1000th blog post – can you believe it? It’s okay for a blog post to break ranks and appear on a Thursday. But who actually provides you with new articles on exciting IT topics three times a week?

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IT Center Satisfaction Survey

March 3rd, 2023 | by

Comments and Answers

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Some of you participated in the satisfaction survey and gave us a few suggestions.
Many thanks for that!

We gladly take up your points and explain to you:

  • what can you do in case of possible problems,
  • which things unfortunately cannot be changed at the moment,
  • and above all: which problems will soon be solved by new services.

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Carnival Celebration at the IT Center 2023

February 24th, 2023 | by
Colorful decorated pastries with frosting in a tupperware.

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On fat Thursday, the IT Center was finally bright and colorful again.
Disguised employees from different departments of the IT Center met at the festively decorated IT-ServiceDesk at Seffenter Weg 23.

At exactly 10:11 am the carnivals party started. With suitable music the beloved fifth season was celebrated.

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Two Years Omnichannel

February 3rd, 2023 | by

In most cases, the IT-ServiceDesk is the first point of contact for technical problems concerning the services of RWTH Aachen University.

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But how do you contact us?
Of course, in the way that is most convenient for you. Either via our chat support, by mail, by phone or via our ticket portal.

In order for you to be able to report in any way you want and at the same time for us to be able to handle any incoming request efficiently and with high quality, the Omnichannel tool was introduced.

And now we are celebrating the two-year anniversary of this tool. Thanks to this tool, for the past two years we have been able to manage customer requests more easily and efficiently, as we now have them from chat and phone bundled in one system.

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Change-Your-Password-Day

February 1st, 2023 | by
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Today is the official “change-your-password-day”. We would like to take this opportunity to once again draw attention to the importance of password security and have prepared a few tips for you.

Because hand on heart – when was the last time you changed your passwords?

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IT Center Annual Review 2022

January 18th, 2023 | by

 

Typewriter with a piece of paper on which Review is written on.

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Just a quick blink and 2022 is already over.
Now we are standing in the middle of the first chapter of 2023.
Last year was characterized by many changes, especially based on the motto “ away from online – towards presence”.

We are looking back at the past year and take you with us.

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