Message From SWGfL – EasyMail Maintainance 6th May

 Information, Service Updates, SWGfL
Apr 292010
 

As part of the improvements made last summer to Easymail, the size of every user mailbox in the SWGfL was increased to 1GB at no charge to schools. This has been a very popular change and more and more schools are making good use of this.

Because of the increase in use, SWGfL need to add more storage capacity to their systems to continue to provide this functionality. The work is scheduled to take place at 6am on Thursday 6th of May. The work will probably only take about two hours and it is not expected that Easymail will unavailable in this period and you should be able to log in and use your Easymail as usual during this period.

Please contact the SWGfL Helpdesk or your Local Authority support team if you have any questions about this or have problems afterwards.

You can read about the SWGfL Mail service and find out your support team contact numbers here: http://www.swgfl.org.uk/Services/SWGfL-Mail

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Advice to All Schools – SWGfL Regional ICT Conferences 2010

 Information, SWGfL
Apr 272010
 

The 2010 SWGfL Regional conferences are now available for booking by visiting the following link:
http://www.swgfl.org.uk/News/Regional-ICT-Conferences/Regional-ICT-Conferences-(1)

The Conferences provide an opportunity to meet some of the biggest suppliers in the educational ICT industry and, thanks to a host of keynote speakers of international renown, provide an informative insight into best practice and the future of the industry.

 Posted by simon.lovegrove at 11:14 am

Summer Term Training

 Training
Apr 232010
 

ScoMIS have a range of Training Courses and Presentations available for the Summer Term. Download our latest Flyer or take a look a the New Training Directory (http://training.scomis.org/).

Click to Download the ScoMIS Courses and Presentations this Summer flyer

Also don’t forget about our Strategic Roadshows

 Posted by Scomis at 9:00 am  Tagged with:

IMPORTANT – McAfee PC’s closing down – FIX now avaliable

 Information
Apr 222010
 

Yesterday McAfee published an update with a problem which corrupted some key computer processes.

PC’s manifesting this problem may display some of the following symptoms:

  • PC will continually shutdown and reboot
  • No access to the internet
  • Start menu and taskbar not showing
  • No Network access
  • Missing Network Drive ( F:\, G:\ )

ScoMIS now have a fix and full instructions for applying this can be found in the following FAQ:

http://faq.scomis.org/kb885/

In the first instance, Schools are advised to visit the NEW ScoMIS FAQ site on the above link and print the instructions to be manually carried out on the affected Computers.

If Schools are unable to access the FAQ or download and apply the fix, please contact the ScoMIS Service desk on 01392 385300 or email ScoMIS@devon.gov.uk

Please note: ScoMIS advise this is a major incident affecting all McAfee customers worldwide and is not a Virus. There will be no further affect to Schools computers or data once the fix has been applied.

For further information please visit the following BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8636985.stm

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IMPORTANT – PC’s Shutting down – Mcafee Virus

 Information
Apr 222010
 

As of yesterday a McAfee update was published with a problem which infected the ‘svchost’ in windows.

PC’s with this problem will have some of the following symptoms:

  • PC will continually shutdown and reboot
  • No access to the internet
  • Start menu and taskbar not showing

ScoMIS have a fix and are currently testing it ready for deployment to schools.

We would appreciate schools restricting calls to the Service Desk on this issue; to enable us to channel our resource ensuring the fix is deployed urgently.

More information will be posted on the website within the hour.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

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New ScoMIS Website Has Launched

 Information
Apr 182010
 

April 2010 sees the launch of this new website which has been redesigned and re-launched with a vibrant new look, new content, significant layout updates, new features and functionality. It includes a layout based upon school roles, up to the minute news, frequently asked questions, ScoMIS Calendar of events and deadlines and an innovative new Training Directory that integrates the latest web technologies.

It is intended to offer an enhanced user experience with a fresh look and represents a different approach and reflects our long-term strategy to bring up to date and relevant information direct to your desktop.

Since we designed this site for you, we want it to be everything you want it to be and we want to know what you think and therefore welcome your thoughts and suggestions. Please email your comments to scomis@devon.gov.uk. We have also created a blog site where we shall be sharing our ideas for the continue development of the site. Website Development Portal.

In addition we will be working hard during the summer to implement Hornbill which is our new Service Management Tool. It will replace our existing system and will manage all requests for support, advice and services. It will enable us to offer you direct access into the system to check for on-line solutions, to make requests for help and to review the progress of your requests for assistance.

Steve Salway
Head of ScoMIS

 Posted by Scomis at 9:00 am

ScoMIS Strategic ICT Roadshows 2010

 Information, Training
Apr 132010
 

Free for Staff in Schools in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay

ScoMIS are hosting FREE ScoMIS Strategic ICT Roadshows in April 2010 for schools to explore ways in which ScoMIS can support schools to maximise impact on teaching and learning.

ScoMIS Strategic ICT Roadshows 2010 Flyer

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