QM Desktop goes live

Updating to the latest version of the QM Desktop has been particularly challenging this year, and IS staff are extremely grateful to staff and students for bearing with us through the transition. However we thought you would like to know what improvements and benefits the new QM Desktop brings, as these are not always immediately visible.

Update to Server 2008 Enterprise:

Improved performance and savings on both hardware and energy using our virtual platform

Greater flexibility to handle peaks and troughs through the year and the week
Update to Citrix which gives:

Improved performance

Improved audio

Improved video

More stable applications on our thin-client terminals

Update to Office 2010

Use the new Navigation pane to better organise your documents

Streamline your Outlook inbox with Conversation and Ignore features

Utiltise new tools in Word, Excel and PowerPoint to create professional-quality documents

Update to Remote Desktop

Improved remote performance

Better experience for collaborative partners

Santander branch arrives on campus

The Santander branch pod arrived on campus today, Friday September 2.



The branch will operate several days a week and will offer banking services to staff and students.

This will be particularly useful, we hope, to the new students matriculating with us this year.