MyWeb launch date set for August 14—Future course set for student, faculty, and staff Web pages at UGA

Enterprise Information Technology Services Press Release
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

WRITER: Bert DeSimone, 706/542-5110, bert@uga.edu
CONTACT: EITS Help Desk, 706/542-3106, helpdesk@uga.edu

ATHENS, Ga.— Beginning August 14, 2006, students, faculty, and staff at UGA will have a new home for their Web pages, replacing the current ARCHES system. Utilizing the convenience of MyUGA (http://my.uga.edu)— the University's portal—MyWeb offers students, faculty, and staff the following advantages:

A new Web address. Beginning August 14, your Web address will be:
myid.myweb.uga.edu

where myid is your MyID. The old ARCHES address of arches.uga.edu/~myid will continue to work. After August 14, you can list or promote your site with the new address.
Quota increase to 100 Megabytes (from 10 Megabytes). Actually, the MyDrive quota, which currently provides Internet-accessible file storage space through MyUGA, is being increased to 100 Megabytes. The new MyWeb is supported by the existing MyDrive, so both services benefit from the quota increase.
Web site management directly through MyUGA. After logging into MyUGA, you will see a MyWeb button located along side the other services (UGAMail, WebCT, etc.).
Other Web site management methods in addition to MyUGA are available. These are described on the MyWeb information site:
eits.uga.edu/myweb

Transitioning from ARCHES to MyWeb will enable EITS to provide a better environment now and in the future for Web site creation and continued development. Please feel free to contact the EITS Help Desk if you have questions or comments regarding information contained in this release.

In a previous release, it was announced that the transition would take place during the month of July. The delay is a result of a quality improvement assessment to ensure that we are providing the best possible service to UGA students, faculty, and staff.

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The Office of the Chief Information Officer and Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS) are committed to the mission of UGA as a land-and-sea-grant institution where academics come first and the research extensive university community encourages research efforts at the undergraduate and graduate levels. To that end, under the direction of the University´s Chief Information Officer, EITS endeavors to provide a robust, reliable, and secure information technology infrastructure, maintain essential production services, and offer world-class support.

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