Escalation Process Within EA

Submitted by Jennie Franke Enterprise Applications has gone through a couple different organizational structures to allow us to support both the HR/FIN system replacement (MyDay) and still be responsive to the rest of the university’s needs for on-going operational support and enhancements. Currently, we have a model that pairs role-aligned resources with a domain-focused team. […]

32 Years of Outstanding Work- Steve Westlund Retirement

Submitted by Amy Walter After 32 years at Washington University, Steve Westlund, Director of Enterprise Applications, will be retiring on September 30, 2020.  Throughout his tenure, Steve has led many successful initiatives within WashU IT and made significant contributions to both WashU IT and the University at large.  His ability to connect with our business […]

How to Separate Work and Life When You Work from Home

Adapted from an article on workflexibility.org When COVID-19 changed the office landscape, many were suddenly faced with the work from home conundrum: how do you balance your work life with your personal life? At first you imagined how much time you’d save from not having to commute into an office, how much money you’d save […]

Legacy CITS Virtualization Hardware and Software Decommissioned

Submitted by Rob Schmidt When you get a new stereo, do you sell / give away the old one? Does anyone even get stereo systems anymore? Or, do they get a waterproof Bose blue-tooth speaker to hook to their smart phone?  But, I digress. Friday, July 17th was an eventful day for many in WashU […]

Recent Enterprise Applications Accomplishments 08/11/2020

Submitted by Jennie Franke  Enterprise Applications is working on a variety of projects. Below is a list of the projects they have completed in the last couple of weeks. Domain Alignment Key Project Name Date Implemented Project Team Student EA-3234 SFS file server migration 7/23/2020 Raj Parihar Human Resources EA-3604 TimeLink Upgrade & 2008 Mitigation […]

Legacy CITS Virtualization Hardware and Software Decommissioned

Submitted by Rob Schmidt  When you get a new stereo, do you sell or give away the old one? Does anyone even get stereo systems anymore? Or, do they get a waterproof Bose blue-tooth speaker to hook to their smart phone?  But, I digress. Friday, July 17th was an eventful day for many in WashU […]

WUSM Secure Network Extended to Danforth Campus for Wireless Collaboration

Washington University Information Technology has extended the WUSM Secure wireless network to enable collaboration and access to resources between the Medical School and Danforth campuses. Starting April 26, Medical School students, faculty and staff can connect to the encrypted WUSM Secure wireless network when visiting the Danforth Campus in the same way they currently connect […]

Enterprise Applications- Recently Completed Projects

Despite the unique challenges that COVID-19 has presented to employees, Enterprise Applications has been working on an incredible variety of projects. Below is a list of the projects they have completed in June.

Building Out Change Tiers in Enterprise Applications

In February, EA established 4 Change Tiers to help drive process and documentation rigor based on the risk (impact and complexity) of the system change (click here to read an overview of the EA Change Tiers). Over the last few months, we’ve been working to add more structure and detail to ensure that our project […]

Zoombombing Prevention

We are aware of reports of Zoombombing occurring at other universities and would like for you to know we are taking measures to prevent this from occurring in our environment. (Zoombombing is the name given to gate-crashing Zoom meetings or when trolls use Zoom’s screen sharing feature to interrupt and disrupt online meetings and classes […]