Software and Hardware
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Acquiring and Maintaining Your Software and Hardware
- Acquiring Computing Hardware — Basic information about getting a computer for use at the UW
- Cloud-based Services —
The UW is partnering with both Microsoft and Google to offer
additional options for email and collaboration tools to the UW.
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UW Windows Live
— Email, calendar, and contacts; live chat, voice, and
video; online file storage and collaborative workspace; and photo
and slideshow sharing, -
UW Google Apps
— Email and calendaring; document and presentation
creation, storage, and sharing; Web site creation; and instant
message and computer voice calling
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- Computer Maintenance Group — CMG can fix or upgrade your hardware, install or straighten out your software, move your computers across a room or across the campus, and get computers ready for Surplus Property
- Computer Vet — A free service helping students, faculty, and staff with computer problems
- Electronic Equipment Registration — A registration service for personal equipment offered by UW Police
- Equipment Insurance — University property and equipment (including laptops) is not automatically insured. Low cost coverage is available for UW departments.
- Green Computing — How you can help the UW go Green
- Health Sciences Academic Services & Facilities — Consulting, Mac & Windows support, server support, software installation, and more.
- Hyak — A large-scale, "condominium-style" compute cluster with large data storage facilities
- Lolo — Research computing file storage service
- Archive Storage Service for Research (Tape) — Tape based archival data storage
- Shared Central File System for Research (Disk) — Providing network attached file system storage for collaborative purposes
- Nebula Services for Staff and Faculty — Networked personal computers centrally managed and supported by UW Information Technology
- Residence Halls Computing and Networking — What you need to know to connect from UW residence halls
- SQLShare — Web-based application for data integration, analysis, and sharing that lets researchers get answers to their research questions without extensive programming or database knowledge
- Storage Quotas on Central Servers — How much (disk) storage space you can have on the central servers
- Tools for Safe and Secure Computing — A basic set of software tools for fighting viruses, doing secure file transfer and terminal sessions, and other common tasks. The Tools page replaces the old UWICK kit, which is no longer available.
- University Book Store Tech Center — Software and hardware at competitive prices, plus you get a patronage refund.
- Unix Basics — Old, but useful references for Unix and Linux users
- UWare Software Guide — No-cost or discounted software available through vendor license agreements.
