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New Semester, New RWTHApp

March 17th, 2023 | by
RWTHApp on the smartphone in hand

Quelle: Eigene Darstellung

New RWTHApp? That’s right – just in time for the start of the summer semester 2023, you will be able to use the app in a new design with new and improved functionalities from April 3, 2023.

Spoiler: The long-awaited Dark Mode is finally available!

Did you know that this app has been around for ten years in November? We’ve published a few posts about the RWTHApp here on the blog over the past few years, reflecting its evolution. Feel free to check them out! Read the rest of this entry »

Renaming: RWTH Service and L²P Get a New Name

March 15th, 2023 | by
Icon image of the renaming two services: RWTH Service and L²P

New name, but nothing new behind it! Source: Own illustration

The IT Center has two account renamings for two services to announce! As of March 23, 2023, the account “RWTH Service” will be renamed “RWTH-E-Mail” and the account ” L²P” will be renamed “RWTH Collaboration”. What the name changes mean for you and what the background for the renaming is, you can find out in this blog post! (*)

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Protecting the HPC account with MFA

January 27th, 2023 | by
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Protection of the HPC account
Source: freepik.com

At least a little less than a dozen of Europe’s supercomputers were taken offline simultaneously in May 2020. Several university centres in Europe have been attacked by hackers and had to go offline. The unknown perpetrators hacked the accounts of the users in order to gain access to the supercomputers. Fortunately, our high-performance computer was not affected, but JURECA, JUWELS and JUDAC at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Hawk at the Stuttgart High Performance Computing Centre and the supercomputers at the Leibzig Computing Centre (LRZ), for example, fell victim to the attack.

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NHR4CES: High-Speed 4 Science

January 25th, 2023 | by
NHR4CES lettering on purple background

Source: NHR4CES

Cards, posters, stickers and on social media: Everywhere you read the slogan “High-Speed 4 Science.” With this campaign, NHR4CES – National High Performance Computing for Computational Engineering Science – is drawing nationwide attention to its freely accessible service services.
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TSM Backup “Read Only”

November 18th, 2022 | by
Cup with text

No backup? No mercy! (Source: IT Center)

Attention!

As part of the backup transition 2022, a new platform for data backup and recovery has been built at RWTH Aachen University in the last months. Together with the manufacturers Hitachi Vantara and Commvault, the backup team of the IT Center has set up a new backup infrastructure, which in the future will not only provide the RWTH, but also other universities in NRW with the Datensicherung.nrw service.

In this context, we are gradually saying goodbye to the previous backup solution, the “TSM backup”.

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#Goodtoknow – IT Services in the Spotlight

October 28th, 2022 | by
Helle Bauleuchte

We take some important IT services for you in the spotlight, and hence you a few interesting facts at hand! (Source: pixabay)

#Goodtoknow – IT Services in the Spotlight

Today we have useful knowledge about some of the IT services at RWTH. We have summarized interesting facts about our collaboration and communication tools, but also information about a stable connection via VPN and Eduroam. To keep you connected, we have prepared a small series for you!

Today: Sciebo and Gigamove  Read the rest of this entry »

Welcome to the Winter Semester 2022/23!

October 10th, 2022 | by
Welcome

Source: Pixabay.com

We’re glad you’re here and happy to start the new semester with you!

For the new international students, the RWTH has already organized the Welcome Week – also the IT Center was there to make the start in the new country and at the (yet) foreign university a little more pleasant.

You are also new at RWTH and still have difficulties with the IT services? Below in the text you will find a small guide for a good start: A Good Start – IT Services for the Start at RWTH Aachen University

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Welcome new MATSE trainees!

September 16th, 2022 | by

 

Welcoming of the new MATSE beginners in the lecture hall

Source: Own illustration

90 new trainees began their dual training as mathematical-technical software developers (MATSE) on September 1.

The welcoming ceremony followed on September 2 in the IT Center to welcome all the creative newcomers. Read the rest of this entry »

RWTHmoodle – Results of This Year’s User Survey

August 22nd, 2022 | by
Hashtag moodle monday

Source: Own Illustration

This summer semester, RWTHmoodle users once again had the chance to evaluate the system and its associated services.

The user survey started in June 2022. 37.300 people who actively used at least one course room in the summer semester 2022 were asked to participate in the RWTHmoodle user survey. 1.820 users complied with this request.

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